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Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
FOR TRASLATION
INFORMÁTICA DE TRADUÇÃO
FALL SEMESTER 2010
Tue. 19:30-21:30
Wed.17.30-19.30
Room 204
Elena Zagar Galvão
[email protected]
Webpage: web.letras.up.pt/egalvao
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Students who successfully
complete this class will:
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be familiar with some of the
multiple resources for
translators and language service
providers available on the
Internet;
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be able to use the main
functionalities of Computer Assisted
Translation tools;
 be familiar with the most important
concepts in software localization;
 be able to use free downloadable
subtitling software such as Subtitle
Workshop;
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be able to produce quotations for smallscale translation projects;
be able to produce a database using the
Corpógrafo;
be able to produce small comparable or
parallel corpora using the Corpógrafo;
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This course is designed to introduce
students to the use of CAT tools,
Translation Memories (TM), Machine
Translation (MT), the Corpógrafo, as well
as the main functions of free subtitling
software so as to help them get ready for
their professional life as translators and
language service providers. For this
reason, the approach will be mostly
practical, with a variety of hands-on
assignments to be carried out both in
and out of class.
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Lectures will cover more theoretical aspects
such as the difference between TM and
MT, the use of comparable and parallel
corpora in translation, Machine Translation
(history, success stories, limitations),
subtitling (history, classification, pros and
cons), etc.
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Excerpts from the set books
(see programme)
and a selection of articles which you will be
able to download via relevant links.
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Avaliação distribuída sem
exame final/Continuous
assessment with no final
exam
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teórica (Theory): 40%
 Parte prática (Practice): 60%
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1 teste final na segunda
semana de Janeiro (semana
14)/1 final test in the second
week in January
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2 ‘minitestes’ + exercícios práticos a
serem efectuados durante a aula 2
minitests+practical exercises during class
(20%+20%)/
1 apresentação a efectuar pelos grupos
dos tutoriais durante a aula (o tema e os
detalhes sobre tais apresentações deverão
ser previamente acordados com a
docente)/1 presentation by tutorial groups
(topics+details to be agreed upon with the
teacher) (20%)
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Switch off your computer screens, please!
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Translate the text on the handout
into your main / first foreign /
second language using only
pen/pencil and paper.
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Using MSWord and online resources,
translate the same text into your main
language / first foreign language /
second language.
Tell the person next to you how you felt
during this experience, comparing both
your translation and your reactions to the
task.
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What aspects of the translator’s work are
affected by electronic tools and how?
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Full name and name you want to be called
Contact info: e-mail and cell phone;
Software applications you can use/you regularly
use at work (rate your knowledge as very good,
good, sufficient, insufficient)
Language combination
A brief statement about yourself including why
you want to become a translator; what type of
texts you’d like to translate; etc.
Other interests
Something else you would like me to know
about you
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Thanks
and see you tomorrow.
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