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LANG 2047 Translation Technologies

LANG 2047  Translation Technologies  (10 Credit Points)  
Subject Details  Legacy Code: 101302  

This subject aims to equip students with the theoretical and practical knowledge needed to effectively apply information and communication technologies to translation and other language related tasks. It focuses on translation memory and terminology management systems, and on the workflow involved in the handling of multilingual content. Emphasis is also put on uses of the Internet as a resource tool, and to the principles of controlled language for text to be processed by machine translation (MT). Tutorials will be conducted in a computer lab where students will familiarize themselves with leading computer-assisted translation (CAT) software applications.

Level: Undergraduate Level 2 subject  
Equivalent Subjects: LGYA 0191 - Translation Skills  
Restrictions: Please see the Subject Details page for any restrictions for this subject