Collaborative Translation in Chinese Students Majored in Master of Translation and Interpreting

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10.2991/978-2-38476-054-1_30How to use a DOI?

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collaborative translation; Machine Translation; MTI

Abstract

Collaborative translation is different from independent translation. It emphasizes on the importance of cooperation which between human translation (HT) and machine translation (MT) or among translators. Students who learnt English as a foreign language (EFL) always count translation and interpretation as an important standard to show their English competence. Thus, many undergraduates choose Master of Translation and Interpreting (MTI) as their major to continue the further English learning. The study plans to explore if collaborative translation is adopted by English students and what difficulties they have met in making this strategy effectively. The participants were 50 Chinese students majored in English in the university. Data were collected by using a survey questionnaire. The study found that most students prefer collaborative translation to independent translation. The use of collaborative translation in daily practice is conducive to improving the accuracy and speed of translation and helping students find their problems in time. These findings are expected to make more people understand the benefits of English learning strategy of collaborative translation so that learn from other’s strengths and get a better translation.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Li Yukun
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/05/18
TI  - Collaborative Translation in Chinese Students Majored in Master of Translation and Interpreting
BT  - Proceedings of the 20th AsiaTEFL-68th TEFLIN-5th iNELTAL Conference (ASIATEFL 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 348
EP  - 357
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-054-1_30
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-054-1_30
ID  - Yukun2023
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