Translators and technology : constraining or aiding creativity?

Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen; Massey, Gary

Publication type:	Conference other
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Title:	Translators and technology : constraining or aiding creativity?
Authors:	Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen Massey, Gary
Conference details:	ASTTI Jahreskongress «équivalence», Bern, 24 October 2014
Issue Date:	24-Oct-2014
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	ASTTI
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Bern
Language:	English
Subjects:	Translation; Human-machine interface; ErgoTrans_presentation; Ergonomics
Subject (DDC):	418.02: Translating and interpreting
Abstract:	The increasing use of language technology tools, such as translation memory systems, termbanks, and online dictionaries, has prompted an interest in their impact on cognitive processes, creativity, and the quality of translation products. Ideally, CAT tools relieve translators of the tedium involved with text production and help them to find creative, appropriate solutions by freeing up cognitive capacity to deal with challenging translation problems. However, our research at translators’ workplaces has indicated that CAT tools are not being used to their full potential or are even unnecessarily constraining the users they should have been designed for. Drawing on a large corpus of translation processes collected from professionals and students, we discuss key issues posed by the cognitive, physical, and organizational ergonomics of translation.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/2813
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)
Appears in collections:	Publikationen Angewandte Linguistik

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Ehrensberger-Dow, M., & Massey, G. (2014, October 24). Translators and technology : constraining or aiding creativity? ASTTI Jahreskongress «Équivalence», Bern, 24 October 2014.

Ehrensberger-Dow, M. and Massey, G. (2014) ‘Translators and technology : constraining or aiding creativity?’, in ASTTI Jahreskongress «équivalence», Bern, 24 October 2014. Bern: ASTTI.

M. Ehrensberger-Dow and G. Massey, “Translators and technology : constraining or aiding creativity?,” in ASTTI Jahreskongress «équivalence», Bern, 24 October 2014, Oct. 2014.

EHRENSBERGER-DOW, Maureen und Gary MASSEY, 2014. Translators and technology : constraining or aiding creativity? In: ASTTI Jahreskongress «équivalence», Bern, 24 October 2014. Conference presentation. Bern: ASTTI. 24 Oktober 2014

Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen, and Gary Massey. 2014. “Translators and Technology : Constraining or Aiding Creativity?” Conference presentation. In ASTTI Jahreskongress «Équivalence», Bern, 24 October 2014. Bern: ASTTI.

Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen, and Gary Massey. “Translators and Technology : Constraining or Aiding Creativity?” ASTTI Jahreskongress «Équivalence», Bern, 24 October 2014, ASTTI, 2014.