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Translate

 Translate is the  action and effect of translating  (expressing in one  language  something that has been previously expressed or that is written in a different language). The term can refer both to the interpretation given to a  text  or  speech  and to the material work of the translator.This concept has its etymological origin in Latin. Specifically, we can determine that it comes from the word  tradition , which can be defined as the action of guiding from one place to another. And it is made up of three different parts: the prefix  trans -, which is synonymous with  “from one side to the other” ; the verb  ducere , which means  “to guide” ; and the suffix – cion , which is equivalent to  “action” .

For example:  “The Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges made translations of works by Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, George Bernard Shaw and other great authors” ,  “The translation of this film is very bad” ,  “The speaker speaks too fast, I think that the translate is not including all its concepts . ”

Types of translate

The types of translate are various. Direct translation is   carried out from a foreign language to the language of the translator (such as the case of Borges translating a text by Poe). Reverse translation ,  on the other hand, takes the form of the translator’s language into a foreign language.

On the other hand, one can speak of literal translation  (when the original text is followed word by word) or  free or literary translation  (the meaning of the original text is respected, although without following the author’s choice of expressions).

However, we cannot ignore that there is another classification of translation. In this case, within it we find categories such as  judicial translation , which is that which takes place in front of a court.

Both the studies and the profession of the translator and interpreter are inherently poorly defined. In the United Kingdom, for example, there is no university degree that deals extensively with these disciplines.

Students who choose to pursue a language degree will deal somewhat with the topic of translation and interpretation, but not in an extensive way that allows them to work in the market, although there are various postgraduate courses on translation and interpretation, both practical (as well as the MA in Translation and Interpreting offered by the University of Salford) and theorists (such as the  Reading MA in Translation Studies ).

In Spain, on the other hand, translation and interpretation constitute a career (initially both disciplines were taught in university schools, which have now become faculties).

Training

Until recently, it was only necessary to have minimal linguistic knowledge to establish yourself as a translator. However, this state of affairs is slowly changing with the emergence of specialized courses in translation and interpretation and of regulatory bodies for the profession such as the  Institute of Translation and Interpreting  ( ITI ) or the  Institute of Linguists , in the United Kingdom.

Documents that are translated into English and that must be presented to English authorities only require that a translator appear before a notary or a Commissioner for Oaths and declare that to the best of his or her knowledge and belief the translation is a faithful and accurate translation of its original. The translator does not need to demonstrate its competence. 

In the aspect of legal translation, and specifically of documents that require legalization, there is total ignorance on the part of both clients and agencies. Often an agency orders a translation and says they want it certified, and I simply put a certificate myself in English saying that the translation is faithful. Once the reason for the document has been established, then we must insist that it is necessary to have the original document, for example in the case of a death certificate.

Equipment

The freelance translator spends most of his time in front of the computer screen, typing the translation of a text that, normally, he will have received by fax, and whose translation will have to be sent by modem.

So when starting to work as a freelance translator, you must invest in a computer and appropriate programs (until now the most commonly used word processing program in the world of translation was WordPerfect 5.1, but increasingly Translators are often required to submit their work in Word for Windows or the Windows version of WordPerfect).

Today there is a wide range of computers at very varied prices. Computers can be bought for around £500 plus  VAT  if you only run DOS, while a computer that can run Windows and keeps up to date with software that may be produced in the next three to five years can cost on average about £1000 plus  VAT .

You will also need a printer and, depending on your budget, a fax and modem, or a combined fax-modem. An inkjet printer is sufficient to cover all translator needs, while for larger volumes of work it may be worth considering a laser printer; Whatever type of printer you choose, you must check that it works for both Windows and DOS (if WordPerfect is used). An inkjet printer costs around £200 while a laser printer costs around £400.

Let’s now talk about the fax and the modem, which are essential for the freelance translator. If you are starting to work as a freelancer, perhaps the best option is to get a combined fax-modem. Nowadays almost all modems are in fact also faxes. The advantages of the fax modem are that it is cheaper than buying a fax separately, and it gives very good results, especially when receiving faxes, since they can be read on the computer screen, enlarging the document if necessary. for your good reading.

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Disadvantages: you can only fax text that is on the computer screen; when it comes to correcting translations (proofreading) it is obsolete, since the pages cannot be sent with the corrections on them. Although this problem can be solved later, when you have the necessary money, by purchasing a manual scanner (about 50 pounds plus  VAT ) or a personal one (about 150 plus  VAT ).

Fax prices vary considerably, with the average price being around £200. As far as modems are concerned, the V32bis models (14,400 bits per second), which are the most common currently, can be purchased for a maximum of £80, while the V34 models (28,000 bits per second), which operate twice as fast, and which are only recently making their way, they cost around £150.

Lately, software has been developed for a new type of modem that also works as an answering machine; This model may be a good investment for the future, but right now it is still in an almost experimental state.

Finally, in this equipment section, I would like to highlight the importance of an answering machine or a mobile phone. The translator (or interpreter) must be reachable at all times. Hence how important it is to have an answering machine (and check it from time to time when you are away from home or the office) or a mobile phone (which is even more important if you work as an interpreter for the police or customs agents). .

Therefore the total costs of the equipment, as well as those of stationery (business cards, heading paper,  etc. ) can be estimated at around £3000. And to this we must add the costs of the  mailings  carried out and the purchase of dictionaries and other reference materials.

Technical aspects

From a technical point of view, it is essential to have good dictionaries and reference material. Good dictionaries are usually quite expensive – around £100 per copy – which represents a significant investment.

Therefore, sometimes it is not profitable for a translator to accept a small, somewhat specialized job if he or she has to acquire a specific dictionary to be able to do the translation. This situation justifies the fact that specializing in a subject makes a lot of sense.

There is no doubt that to be a good translator you have to set a goal, follow it, study it and dedicate yourself fully to it in order to make the production as profitable as possible.

The advancement in technology also requires a constant investment for a translator. The equipment must be updated and it must be kept running.

Advances in computing have been a great help to translators, but at the same time they are subject to the constant pressure of having to adapt to market needs and constantly update their equipment. It is essential for every translator to have a computer, although I know two or three translators who still work with a simple typewriter.

The second essential piece of equipment is a fax and the third that has already become established in the last three or four years, especially in England, is the modem. Without these three tools it is very difficult to operate successfully in the English market. However, this at the same time puts a certain pressure on translators that did not exist before. Many translations are sent by fax and the client or agency expects to have them the same day, either by fax or modem.

The standard software in the world of translation is the Word Perfect 5.1 program and lately Word for Windows is taking over. The market doesn’t just want a good translation: it wants a well-presented text. This imposes yet another effort on the translator, especially for those who are not very skilled with the computer.

But the market is very competitive and the translator who can offer, in addition to competence in his professional field, all the other attributes of the computer world, that is, modem, email, Windows,  etc.  You are much more likely to stay more fully occupied than another professional who is not as well equipped.

The most important technical part for a translator, although somewhat abstract, are contacts: contacts of colleagues, of people who are specialists in various fields. A translator always needs to turn to a specialist in accounting, medicine, chemistry, banking, etc.

Many translators often choose a certain field such as legal or medical because either their colleagues are specialists in that field, or their father or mother or someone in the family is someone they can turn to. It is equally important to have the help of a native person in the source text.

In fostering contacts, the Institute of Translation and Interpreting has done a good job of providing a forum where translators can meet; They belong to the same group and within the  ITI  there are what they call “regional networks”, which have periodic meetings and are a place where translators can meet each other, exchange ideas, problems,  etc.  These types of associations carry out a very worthy job, although naturally an association of almost 2000 members cannot please everyone or satisfy the particular needs of each one.

The other technical aspect, also abstract, is  age . A young translator, no matter how skilled he may be, will never have the experience of a 40-year-old translator who has experience from having practiced the profession for a long time and probably in different fields.

In conclusion, to be a good translator it is necessary to master computer science well, be at least 40 years old, have a consort or partner who is a native of the language of origin, an uncle who is a doctor, another jurist, an accountant brother, to be possible to have had a French wet nurse and what is very essential, an enormous work capacity to be able to work 14 or 15 hours a day. I must add that above all you have to have a good knowledge and culture of your own language.

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Interesting information about Gujarati

Gujarati   or  Gujarati  (autoglotnym:  Gujarātī , in English:  Gujarati ) is a language that comes from the state of Gujarat, in western India. It is an Indo-European language, from the Indo-Aryan family, spoken by about 46 million people around the world, making it the 23rd (twenty-third) most spoken language in the world. Of them, approximately 45.5 million reside in India, 250,000 in Tanzania, 150,000 in Uganda, 100,000 in Pakistan and 50,000 in Kenya.

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Gujarati is the main language of the state of Gujarat, as well as the adjacent territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. It is one of the 14 official regional languages ​​of India. It was the mother tongue of Mohandas K. Gandhi, the “father of India”, and Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the “father of Pakistan”.

 

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Translate

 Translate is the  action and effect of translating  (expressing in one  language  something that has been previously expressed or that is written in a different language). The term can refer both to the interpretation given to a  text  or  speech  and to the material work of the translator.

This concept has its etymological origin in Latin. Specifically, we can determine that it comes from the word  tradition , which can be defined as the action of guiding from one place to another. And it is made up of three different parts: the prefix  trans -, which is synonymous with  “from one side to the other” ; the verb  ducere , which means  “to guide” ; and the suffix – cion , which is equivalent to  “action” .

For example:  “The Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges made translations of works by Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, George Bernard Shaw and other great authors” ,  “The translation of this film is very bad” ,  “The speaker speaks too fast, I think that the translate is not including all its concepts . ”

Types of translate

The types of translate are various. Direct translation is   carried out from a foreign language to the language of the translator (such as the case of Borges translating a text by Poe). Reverse translation ,  on the other hand, takes the form of the translator’s language into a foreign language.

On the other hand, one can speak of literal translation  (when the original text is followed word by word) or  free or literary translation  (the meaning of the original text is respected, although without following the author’s choice of expressions).

However, we cannot ignore that there is another classification of translation. In this case, within it we find categories such as  judicial translation , which is that which takes place in front of a court.

On the other hand, there is  literary translation  which, as its name indicates, is the one whose object is literary works of various kinds, be they stories, poems, theater or novels. All of this without forgetting what is known as  informative translation,  which is responsible for doing the same with all types of texts and documents that aim to make known a matter in question.

The difficulties that students who begin their translation courses have when they first face the task of producing a TT from a TO are varied, but in general terms they are related to an exaggerated concentration on linguistic aspects and a lack of of attention to the discursive or communicative aspects of the situation of enunciation, origin and end of the translation.

It is the teacher’s task, as  Gile  (1995: 21) points out, to emphasize from the beginning the fact that translation has a communicative function and that only with this in mind is it possible to successfully approach the learning of  translation techniques .

Logically, anyone who is starting out in training in the area of ​​translation will make mistakes (otherwise they would not be starting out in the learning process of said trade), but what is striking is how common it is to find in their texts not only false meanings, but also a large number of editorial errors until reaching the point of meaninglessness.

I do not propose here to elucidate the reason for these failures in students or to what extent they have to do with poor handling of the SL or the TL , 1 since, as I have pointed out, I consider that if they were not in that translation  situation   they would commit many fewer errors.

The truth is that the failures that usually occur regularly in the first translation courses are basically the following: (i) a strong attachment to the words and linguistic structures of the OT when producing the TT.

( ii ) a counterproductive clinging to the bilingual dictionary to find out the meaning of unknown words as soon as they find them in the OT; ( iii ) problems in recognizing the logic or structure of the TO and in apprehending its general meaning without getting lost in the details; ( iv production of texts that  “sound like a translation”, or in the well-known “third language” (Rossell, 1996: 18) ; (v) inadequate handling of TL when it comes to translating into the foreign language;

( vi ) an inappropriate perception of the sentence as a formal unit; ( vii ) a neglect of the communicative intention of the TO and its transmission in the TT; ( viii ) little awareness about their own translation process (decision justification); ( ix ) lack of critical stance towards the linguistic-discursive quality of the OT provided to them.

In summary, especially at the beginning, the translation student focuses his attention on the linguistic differences between the SL and the TL and does not adequately put his linguistic-discursive skills into practice, it is difficult for him to let go of the words to keep the ideas and he lacks of sufficient awareness about the fact that you are immersed in a real communication situation.

Faced with this reality, I wonder to what extent the methodologies applied in our translation classes allow us to overcome these obstacles.

Based on my experience as a graduate of the EIM, and without failing to recognize the efforts of teachers to include awareness exercises and constant analysis to overcome in one way or another the obstacles that prevent their students from advancing in their training as translators, I consider that it could be useful to include some unconventional exercises in the translation class -without eliminating the traditional ones that are commonly carried out-, in order to help overcome the aforementioned failures. Traditional exercises work, but I think they should be complemented with others of a different nature to give even better results.

I would like to draw attention, however, to the difficulty of overcoming the sentence as a formal unit in traditional translation exercises. In EIM translation classes, students generally receive a TO that they must analyze and translate at home. Then, in class, different students read part of their translation aloud, write it on the board, or project it on the wall, implying that the “translation units” are sentences or paragraphs.

Translations are almost always analyzed, therefore, sentence by sentence – or paragraph by paragraph -, which has the consequence that the TT is not seen in the analysis as a single “functional unit” ( Nord , 1996: 320).

The fact of not studying the TT in its entirety in class means that linguistic mechanisms that go beyond the sentence and that are fundamental for the cohesion of the text are rarely discussed. Discussions are often limited to the way a certain idea was formulated, without going beyond the sentence or paragraph. And since each student has prepared a probably very different proposal for the term text, the formulations analyzed do not always adapt to each other, which prevents everyone in class from generating an acceptable, well-cohesive TT.

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With these deficiencies in mind,   as well   as the need to strengthen the discursive skills that students neglect when they begin to translate, I proposed to take into account the contributions made by various specialists in the area of ​​translation didactics, who have considered it important to include certain exercises in translation class that are not commonly known.

The objective of this work is, therefore, to present a didactic proposal for the area of ​​translation teaching, made up of a series of non-conventional exercises that can be carried out as part of translation courses, with the aim of overcoming the failures described above.

The work could be useful as a methodological tool not only for translation teachers at the EIM and for those who work in other institutions that train translators, but also for teachers of other subjects prior to translation courses, in which they could begin to strengthen the aforementioned competencies  with a view to future training in translation.

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Skills and strategies necessary to translate

According to Hurtado (1999: 43), translating requires a variety of knowledge and skills, which allows translation competence to be classified into a series of  subcompetences  (communicative in both languages, extralinguistic, transfer, professionalpsychophysiological  and strategic). 

Kautz  (2000: 19-26), for his part, points out that to translate and interpret, knowledge of general and thematic culture is needed, good handling of the SL and the TL, a good knowledge of both cultures, theoretical and practical knowledge. of  translation studies , knowledge of various types of text and the ability to produce them, and knowledge about the practice of the translator’s profession. Furthermore, the author refers to the most important intellectual, psychological and professional ethical traits that define the future translator or interpreter.

It should be noted that the intellectual traits that he mentions are logical, evaluative and analytical thinking, creativity, intuition, the capacity for self-criticism, the ability to address different thematic areas and the ability to express, convince and argue.

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Now, when translating, a series of strategies or procedures are put into play aimed at solving the problems encountered. Even translation theorists have not determined what strategies the translator uses when going through the translation process.

However, the  Thinking  Aloud  Protocol  (TAP) technique has been applied, that is, having translators or translation students verbalize their mental processes and taking note of it. Hurtado (1999: 33) points out that thanks to these studies it has been determined that the translator uses certain strategies that are fundamental for translation competence.

These are strategies for both comprehension (differentiation of main and secondary ideas, establishment of conceptual relationships, search for information, etc.) and for reformulation (paraphrasing, retranslation, reformulation out loud, discarding words close to the original, etc. .).

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Translate

 Translate is the  action and effect of translating  (expressing in one  language  something that has been previously expressed or that is written in a different language). The term can refer both to the interpretation given to a  text  or  speech  and to the material work of the translator.This concept has its etymological origin in Latin. Specifically, we can determine that it comes from the word  tradition , which can be defined as the action of guiding from one place to another. And it is made up of three different parts: the prefix  trans -, which is synonymous with  “from one side to the other” ; the verb  ducere , which means  “to guide” ; and the suffix – cion , which is equivalent to  “action” .

For example:  “The Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges made translations of works by Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, George Bernard Shaw and other great authors” ,  “The translation of this film is very bad” ,  “The speaker speaks too fast, I think that the translate is not including all its concepts . ”

Types of translation

The types of translate are various. Direct translation is   carried out from a foreign language to the language of the translator (such as the case of Borges translating a text by Poe). Reverse translation ,  on the other hand, takes the form of the translator’s language into a foreign language.

On the other hand, one can speak of literal translation  (when the original text is followed word by word) or  free or literary translation  (the meaning of the original text is respected, although without following the author’s choice of expressions).

However, we cannot ignore that there is another classification of translation. In this case, within it we find categories such as  judicial translation , which is that which takes place in front of a court.

On the other hand, there is  literary translation  which, as its name indicates, is the one whose object is literary works of various kinds, be they stories, poems, theater or novels. All of this without forgetting what is known as  informative translation,  which is responsible for doing the same with all types of texts and documents that aim to make known a matter in question.

Nor to the so-called  scientific-technical translation which is what, as its name indicates, refers to texts referring to science, technology, the medical field or engineering, among other fields.

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NON-CONVENTIONAL EXERCISES FOR THE TRANSLATION CLASS: A DIDACTIC PROPOSAL

An idea that should always be conveyed to translation students when they begin their introductory translation course or their first general translation course is that you cannot be a good translator if you are not first a good writer.

It is well known, and confirmed by experts in translation didactics, that the use of the source and term languages ​​is a necessary competence to be able to successfully undertake translation studies, which tells us that not only does one have to be a good writer, but also, obviously, a good reader, with all that this means from the point of view of discourse studies.

According to Calsamiglia  and Tusón (1999: 15), speaking or writing is constructing textual pieces with a specific purpose in interdependence with a context that is at the same time linguistic, local, cognitive and sociocultural. Hence, the communicative success of a text depends on the competence of its sender in the language in which it is produced, but taking into account its ability to communicate within a specific culture, discursive tradition and situation of enunciation.

Regardless of the linguistic skills of the students who come to translation courses, in most cases, when they are faced for the first time with the task of converting a text written in the source language (LO) to one in the term language (LT), ), it seems that their concentration and efforts are channeled in such a way towards the search for linguistic equivalences between the two languages ​​in question, that, as a consequence, they do not read the source text (TO) nor write the term text (TT) of the proper way.

Sometimes they even surprise themselves at the difficulty they suddenly have in analyzing the texts they receive or at the low linguistic-discursive quality of the texts they produce, given that it does not correspond to what they would be able to do on their own if were not immersed in a translation situation.

And apparently it is a relatively widespread phenomenon already described by specialists in translation didactics. Gile (1995: 21) points out   that when they begin to study translation, most students only pay attention to the linguistic aspects and, upon receiving a text in SL, they simply try to find the closest linguistic equivalent in the TL without awareness of the role of the  translation operation  as such, leaving aside the communicative aspect, essential in reading the TO and writing the TT.

Delisle  and  Bastin (1995: 44) also   point out that the errors that students make are due to the fact that they are “too sensitive to the tyranny exerted by foreign forms, so they interpret the statements of a message in an incomplete or erroneous way, without carry out a sufficient contextual analysis.”

The basic translation process

Various authors have described the mental process of translation from their different theoretical perspectives, but they all agree that there is a first phase of understanding, in which the translator is the recipient of the TO, a second intermediate phase of a non-verbal nature, in which the The translator discards the words and retains the concepts that they represent, and a third phase, in which the translator becomes the issuer of the TT.

In the Interpretive Theory of Translation, also known as “Meaning Theory” and developed in the 1960s by renowned interpretation theorist and conference interpreter  Danica  Seleskovitch , these three stages are called “comprehension,” “ deverbalization ,” and “ restatement.” It should be noted that the theory has the qualifier “interpretive” in its name because the description that this researcher made of the translation process was based on her observations of the activity of simultaneous interpretation.

The author points out that when interpreting, language is not the end, but the means, since what is sought is communication ( Seleskovitch , 1968: 12). And, as  Diehl confirms  (cited by  Bühler , 1996: 262),  deverbalization  characterizes both the interpretive and translation processes: “…in written translation the cognitive processes are basically the same as in simultaneous and consecutive interpretation. ”. (My translation).

It is also worth highlighting the contributions of the Functionalist Theory of Translation, presented in 1978 by the German researcher Hans Vermeer and later defended by researchers such as Christiane  Nord  and Katharina Reiss, among others, according to which the translator must be able to recognize the function of the TO and keep it constantly in mind when performing the translation. The translation activity   is, therefore, in all accounts a communicative activity.

3.2 Competencies and strategies necessary to translate

According to Hurtado (1999: 43), translating requires a variety of knowledge and skills, which allows translation competence to be classified into a series of  subcompetences  (communicative in both languages, extralinguistic, transfer, professionalpsychophysiological  and strategic). 

Kautz  (2000: 19-26), for his part, points out that to translate and interpret, knowledge of general and thematic culture is needed, good handling of the SL and the TL, a good knowledge of both cultures, theoretical and practical knowledge of  translation studies , knowledge of various types of text and the ability to produce them, and knowledge about the practice of the translator’s profession.

Furthermore, the author refers to the most important intellectual, psychological and professional ethical traits that define the future translator or interpreter. It should be noted that the intellectual traits that he mentions are logical, evaluative and analytical thinking, creativity, intuition, the capacity for self-criticism, the ability to address different thematic areas and the ability to express, convince and argue.

Now, when translating, a series of strategies or procedures are put into play aimed at solving the problems encountered. Even translation theorists have not determined what strategies the translator uses when going through the translation process.

However, the  Thinking  Aloud  Protocol  (TAP) technique has been applied, that is, having translators or translation students verbalize their mental processes and taking note of it. Hurtado (1999: 33) points out that thanks to these studies it has been determined that the translator uses certain strategies that are fundamental for translation competence.

These are strategies for both comprehension (differentiation of main and secondary ideas, establishment of conceptual relationships, search for information, etc.) and for reformulation (paraphrasing, retranslation, reformulation out loud, discarding words close to the original, etc. .).

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3.3 Teaching translation

Although the  linguistic and extralinguistic subcompetencies  that Hurtado (1999: 43) mentions, as she clarifies later, are not exclusive to translation competency – that is, they can be possessed by any person who knows two languages ​​well and who has a broad culture. In general, the translator possesses them in a special way:

He is not a linguistics specialist, but he must be an exemplary user of languages ​​with a great capacity for understanding in the SL and reexpression in the TL; and he is not necessarily a specialist in any field of knowledge, but he must be able to acquire, by properly documenting himself, the necessary knowledge to be able to translate.

Hence the importance of strengthening these two  subcompetences  with a particular focus oriented to translation.

In this same order of ideas,  Delisle  and  Bastin  (1995: 50) point out that in the translation class a way should be found to develop the most important aspects of the cognitive process typical of  translation activity , that is, logical analysis, interpretation of the meaning of a message through analysis and logical reasoning, sensitivity to the texture of a text, etc.

It is necessary, they point out, to carry out exercises that improve the reflective capacity and analytical faculty of future translators. Hurtado (1999: 16 and 19), for his part, establishes an interesting difference between traditional translation didactics – focused solely on the translation of texts, the analysis of linguistic problems and the offering of a translation proposal that is commented – and didactics with a textual contrastive approach – which introduces contrastive considerations from a point of view of the functioning of the texts (elements of coherence and cohesion, textual typologies), much closer to the reality in which the translator operates.

It is also worth highlighting the fact that various authors reinforce the need for an analysis of the discursive aspects in translation teaching by proposing the need to evaluate the quality of translations from a more holistic point of view, in which the the analysis of the process versus the product ( Gile , 1995: 10-11), or in which the quantitative is combined with the qualitative at a level not only microstructural, but also   macrostructural ,   suprastructural   and   peritextual  ( Larose , 1987), by insisting on go beyond error analysis and evaluate the adequacy of the TT based on its functionality ( Nord , 1991), or by proposing the application of argumentation theory in the evaluation of translations (Malcolm, 2001).

There is no doubt, on the other hand, that it is necessary to emphasize the communicative essence of the translation process which, as noted above, is also typical of interpretation, which is why various specialists consider the application of exercises to be very useful. related to interpretation in the training of translators (Collados, De Manuel and Parra, 2001: 159-174;  Hönig , 1995: 166; Hurtado, 1999: 21;  Nord , 1996: 321).

Interpreters have much less time (and only one opportunity) to understand,  deverbalize  and  reexpress  the meaning of a text in another language, so they must develop a great capacity to make quick decisions and produce a text that is understandable in the other language. language. The allocation of an order, the integration of information, the differentiated creation of associations and the organization of knowledge in a hierarchical manner play an extremely important role in interpretive activity.

Finally, it is necessary to point out that Hurtado (1999: 20-21) has mentioned the current pedagogical insufficiencies in the area of ​​translation, among which he points out the lack of definition of learning objectives related to the difficulties involved in learning to translate, the polarization towards the results linked to the lack of indications on how to make the student grasp the principles that allow him to learn to solve translation problems, and the lack of a methodological framework that includes activities that teach him to translate correctly.

It is necessary, then, to advance in the clarification of objectives and design methodological proposals, differentiating the levels (initiation to translation, specialized translation…) and the types (direct and reverse).  

Furthermore, Hurtado (1999: 45) considers it essential, among other things, to incorporate an integrative conception of translation (text, act of communication and mental process), expand the scope of the objectives towards the process beyond the results, and incorporate a methodology centered on the student, which gives him a more active role and makes him discover the principles he must comply with to correctly develop the translation process, granting a less sanctioning role to the teacher.

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How artificial intelligence is transforming translation

With the level of globalization that exists today, communication is crucial and language barriers can be a strong obstacle. Businesses and individuals increasingly seek  to communicate with other countries or access their content . This has led to an essential need to find an accurate, reliable and, above all, fast translation.

Luckily,  artificial intelligence (AI) and translation  have found a way to come together to advance solutions that meet this need. And, with this, they are revolutionizing translation technology in different industries. Do you want to know some of the most curious tools from different sectors? I’ll tell you here.

Artificial intelligence and translation in different sectors

These are some of the sectors revolutionized by machine translation and AI.

📚 Education and literature

Machine translation based on artificial intelligence is helping to decipher lost languages ​​and  improve educational  and literary resources .

  • Dead language translation : MIT researchers Jiaming Luo and Regina Barzilay have developed a tool that uses artificial intelligence to  decipher and  translate dead languages ​​. They already got it with Ugaritic and the linear B writing system.
  • StorySign : The Huawei company has developed an application that  translates stories into sign language  so that children with hearing problems can learn to read and enjoy literature.

🎮 Video game industry

In the video game sector, artificial intelligence is helping  players communicate with each other  and have access to games that are not available in their native language.

  • Acer’s SigridWave : Acer has developed a real-time automatic translator within the video game. It is powered by artificial intelligence and allows players to communicate with each other, even if they speak different languages. SigridWave uses natural language processing  and is capable of recognizing both video game slang and different accents or dialects.
  • RetroArch Machine Translation:  The creators of the RetroArch video game emulator have implemented an automatic translator that uses AI to  translate old games from Japanese to English . And translations include both audio and text.

It goes without saying that the impact of machine translation is not limited to the world of video games; It will also affect other entertainment industries. For example, to sectors such as betting, role-playing games, sports broadcasts, virtual reality games and  online roulette games , among others. In short, all types of businesses in the entertainment field that will not hesitate to take advantage of the advantages offered by AI-based translation.

🎬 Communication and entertainment

The communication and entertainment sector is also taking advantage of these technologies to  facilitate access to information  in any language.

  • Automatic translation of YouTube subtitles : A few years ago, YouTube implemented automatic subtitles on its videos. However, recently, they have also implemented  automatic translation of these into several languages ​​powered by artificial intelligence .
  • Meta’s No Language Left Behind : Meta has also leveraged artificial intelligence  to boost minority language translation on its social networks , such as Facebook and Instagram. Additionally, they are collaborating with Wikipedia to implement translations on the web.

📌 The limitations of artificial intelligence in translation

As you can see, there are a variety of very useful tools that not only make communication easier, but also make it accessible. However, although translation and artificial intelligence has come a long way in recent years, it  still has clear limitations .

For starters, the algorithms that power machine translation depend on data. And these  are not always available (or they are, but not enough)  to provide accurate translations. Especially in uncommon languages.

On the other hand, we return to the usual problem: artificial intelligence and algorithms  are not always capable of capturing the nuances of a language . This can be clearly seen with the cultural references, the expressions of each region, etc. AI’s inability to recognize these nuances frequently results in  errors in translation . Therefore, we can say that the union of artificial intelligence and translation, although it is progressing, is still far from being perfect.

📌 The future of translation with artificial intelligence

Despite these limitations, it is undeniable that the future of these technologies is promising. In addition to having generated  a positive impact in several sectors , it has also helped break down language barriers and make it easier for everyone to access all types of content.

Likewise, as with other technologies, this one will also  continue to advance, refining its algorithms and expanding its databases . And not only that, since there are more and more tools available to the general public for free.

Translate AI – Translator

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Choose from any supported language and speak to translate. The app automatically detects the correct language for fast and accurate translation. your voice and translate it to the chosen output language or you can even read it on the screen.

2) Text to text

Enter the word or sentence you want to translate and receive results in your desired language in seconds!

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