Translation-mediated communication in a digital world : facing the challenges of globalization and localization

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Translation-mediated communication in a digital world : facing the challenges of globalization and localization

Minako O'Hagan and David Ashworth

(Topics in translation, 23)

Multilingual Matters, c2002

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 160-165) and index

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Description

The Internet is accelerating globalization by exposing organizations and individuals to global audiences. This in turn is driving teletranslation and teleinterpretation, new types of multilingual support, which are functional in digital communications environments. The book describes teletranslation and teleinterpretation by exploring a number of key emerging contexts for language professionals.

Table of Contents

Introduction Glossary Part 1: Setting the Scene 1 Translation and Interpretation in Transition: Serving the Digital World 2 Redefining Context for Teletranslation and Teleinterpretation Part 2: Technologies Enabling Teletranslation 3 Language Engineering and the Internet 4 Computer-mediated Communication and Translation 5 Globalization and Localization: Culturalization of Content and Package Part 3: Emerging Domains of Translation Practice 6 Teletranslation 7 Teleinterpretation Part 4: Future Tense 8 Virtual Communities for Translators and Interpreters 9 Global Information Society and the New Paradigm of Language Support 10 New Paradigm of Translation and Interpretation Postscript References Index

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