Ten years of Translog
Lasse Schou, Barbara Dragsted, Michaël Carl · Copenhagen studies in language · 2009
2009 is not only the year of Arnt's 65th birthday; it is also the 10th anniversary of one of his greatest accomplishments: the creation and documentation of Translog. The basic idea of developing a tool for logging the translator's keystrokes was conceived by Arnt back in 1995, while the first comprehensive description of its potential, together with a manual, appeared ten years ago in an edited volume (Hansen 1999). This paper gives a review of how Translog has evolved, where Translog is used and what the main areas of research are. The programming and development of Translog has taken place in close collaboration with Arnt's eldest son, Lasse Schou. The first section is his account of how it all started and how Translog has developed over the past ten years. The second and third sections give an overview of where and how Translog is used.