Translation Types Revisited
C. K. Quah · Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks · 2006
In Chapter 1, the classification of translation into different types on a linear continuum reflecting degrees of human and machine interaction was shown to present certain difficulties once current translation tools were incorporated. It was agreed that an alternative way of presenting the four basic translation types — machine translation, human-aided machine translation, computer-aided translation and human translation — was needed. One of the main weaknesses underlying the linear continuum model is that current translation tools are more sophisticated than those of the early 1990s. In this chapter, a revised, multidimensional perspective of translation types will be presented, reviewing the many topics discussed in previous chapters in relation to the four main translation types and their sub-types, where relevant. The depiction of translation types differs from the linear model in Hutchins and Somers (1992) in at least one further respect: a new medium for translation, the Internet, has now emerged, radically changing the way translation operates, as seen in earlier chapters. It is also likely to change the architectures and functions of specific translation tools, particularly online machine translation systems. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.