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Types of
translation!
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Machine Computer
HUMAN
Or Mechanical Aided
Translation

Translation Interpretation CAT/MAT HAMT

AVT

General and Specialized

Translation / Interpretation
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Human Translation

Very common and ever present

human activity
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Machine/Mechanical
Translation
Computer
Computer Program
is programmed to
Decode the Source
Dictionary Language
Based Systemthen
Encode into the and
Pre-Editing Target Language
Post Editing
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Audiovisual Translation
(AVT)
✖ A new field in Translation
✖ A growing Professional Demand
✖ Dubbing, Voice-over, subtitling
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Computer Aided Translation

Computer is programmed to
Decode the Source Language then
Encode into the Target Language
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General
Translation / Interpretation
The translation or interpretation
of non-specific language that
does not require any specialized
vocabulary or knowledge
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Specialized
Translation / Interpretation
Refers to the domains which
require at the very least that the
person be extremely well read in
the domain
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Computer Assisted Translation

(Cat)
AThe
form
Translator
of translation
uses awherein
computera
Human
to improve
Translator
or speedcreates
up the
a
targetprocess
text with
ofthe
Translation
assistance of
a computer program
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Human Assisted Machine Translation

(HAMT)
Human intervention can mean
The Source Language is either
pre-editing the Source Language
modified before, during or after it
by a person in order to make the
is Translated by the computer
translation easier for the
computer to understand
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Quiz
1- 4 True or False
5-10 Identification
You will be given 5 minutes each slide.
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Quiz
True or False
1. Human Translation is prone to errors
2. Human Language Communication is context
embedded
3. Mechanical Translation is a good choice to
translate literary texts.
4. Translations produced by Computer Programs
need no further human interventions.
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Identification
1. The video shown earlier shows an example of what type
of translation(s)?
2. He orally translates a source language to a target
language; likewise in sign language.
3. This refers to domains which require at the very least
that the person be extremely well read in the domain.
4. An exciting new field in translation – a growing
professional demand.
5. Give an example of AVT.
6. Google Translate is a type of this translation.