Translation Revision and Post-editing: Industry Practices and Cognitive Processes

ISBN-13: 9781138549708 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 284 str.

Maarit Koponen; Brian Mossop; Isabella S. Robert

Opis

Looking at the apparently dissolving boundary between correcting translations generated by human brains and those generated by machines, this book is key reading for researchers, instructors and advanced students in Translation Studies as well as for professional translators with a special interest in checking translations.

Spis treści

Introduction  Part 1: Post-editing versus revision  1. Preferential changes in revision and post-editing  2. Differentiating editing, post-editing, and revision  3. Post-editing human translations and revising machine translations: impact on efficiency and quality  Part 2: Non-professional revision and post-editing  4. Non-professional editing in the workplace: examples from the Canadian context  5. When the post-editor is not a translator: can machine translation be post-edited by academics to prepare their publications in English?  Part 3: Professional revision in various contexts  6. Revision and quality standards: do Translation Service Providers follow recommendations in practice?  7. From language check to creative editing: exploring variation in the revision stage of the LSP workflow  8. Exploring a two-way street: Revisers’ and translators' attitudes and expectations about each other in biomedical translation  9. Another look at revision in literary translation  Part 4: Training  10. Revision and post-editing competences in translator education  11. Improving revision quality in translator training with translationQ  12. The MT post-editing skill set: course descriptions and educators' thoughts