| Publication type: | Conference other |
| Type of review: | Peer review (abstract) |
| Title: | NMT Literacy for future language professionals : changing perceptions |
| Authors: | Delorme Benites, Alice Lehr, Caroline |
| et. al: | No |
| Proceedings: | International conference on translation, interpreting and cognition : book of abstracts |
| Page(s): | 16 |
| Conference details: | 3rd ICTIC, Forlì, Italy, 2 - 5 November 2021 |
| Issue Date: | 2021 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Università di Bologna |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | MT Literacy; Artificial Intelligence; Awareness-raising; Reflective learning |
| Subject (DDC): | 410.285: Computational linguistics 418.02: Translating and interpreting |
| Abstract: | The tremendous progress of NMT in the last few years has not only shaken the translation professions, it has also changed the world for lay users. Freely available NMT systems such as DeepL and Google Translate have found their way into many of our daily routines. They offer a wide range of new possibilities for communication, but they also hide some potential for miscommunication and other risks (Nurminen, 2019). While the implications for translators and translation students are being investigated and recommendations have been made in the literature, the use of NMT by other communication professionals has not yet become the centre of attention. This paper presents an action research project made possible by the integration of an NMT literacy class within a larger course on applied linguistics for future journalists, communication experts, and language teachers. All students attended a one-off lecture and seminar on machine translation, focussing on its potential and risks for language professionals (O’Brien & Ehrensberger-Dow, 2020). Before and after the classes, they were asked to complete a short questionnaire about their awareness of NMT-related risks and problems. In addition, focus group discussions afterwards with representatives from the three specialisations provided insights into the students' perceptions of MT with respect to potential bias, trust, influence on creativity and awareness of other cross-linguistic issues. By addressing students, we would like to illustrate the potential of instituting future changes in practices of language professionals and at the same time explore the influence of MT literacy (Bowker & Buitrago Ciro, 2019) on metalinguistic awareness. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/23453 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
| Departement: | Applied Linguistics |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Translation and Interpreting (IUED) |
| Published as part of the ZHAW project: | Digital Literacy im Hochschulkontext |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen Angewandte Linguistik |
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Delorme Benites, A., & Lehr, C. (2021). NMT Literacy for future language professionals : changing perceptions [Conference presentation]. International Conference on Translation, Interpreting and Cognition : Book of Abstracts, 16.
Delorme Benites, A. and Lehr, C. (2021) ‘NMT Literacy for future language professionals : changing perceptions’, in International conference on translation, interpreting and cognition : book of abstracts. Università di Bologna, p. 16.
A. Delorme Benites and C. Lehr, “NMT Literacy for future language professionals : changing perceptions,” in International conference on translation, interpreting and cognition : book of abstracts, 2021, p. 16.
DELORME BENITES, Alice und Caroline LEHR, 2021. NMT Literacy for future language professionals : changing perceptions. In: International conference on translation, interpreting and cognition : book of abstracts. Conference presentation. Università di Bologna. 2021. S. 16
Delorme Benites, Alice, and Caroline Lehr. 2021. “NMT Literacy for Future Language Professionals : Changing Perceptions.” Conference presentation. In International Conference on Translation, Interpreting and Cognition : Book of Abstracts, 16. Università di Bologna.
Delorme Benites, Alice, and Caroline Lehr. “NMT Literacy for Future Language Professionals : Changing Perceptions.” International Conference on Translation, Interpreting and Cognition : Book of Abstracts, Università di Bologna, 2021, p. 16.
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