COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR TRANSLATORS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IMT 2116 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR TRANSLATORS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

English Translation and Interpreting

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR JASMIN ESIN DURANER DIKMEN

Offered to

Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies (English)
English Translation and Interpreting

Course Objective

The course aims to introduce information technologies to translation students, develop their general computer skills, and enable them to integrate technology into translation practices effectively. The course focuses on translation tools, translation memory systems, the use of search engines and corpora in translation, computer translation, Microsoft Office applications, and Google tools, which are crucial in the translation market.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Common Terms in Translation Technology - History and Types of Machine Translation
3 Search Engines and Advanced Search Techniques for Translators
4 Advanced features of MS Word
5 Online Resources and Tools for Translators
6 Pre-editing and Post-editing Machine Translation
7 Practice
8 Midterm
9 CAT Tools-Phrase I Tutorial
10 Phrase II- Tutorial and Practice
11 Phrase III- Tutorial and Practice
12 Phrase IV- Tutorial and Practice
13 Translation exercises using Phrase
14 Translation exercises using Phrase
15 General overview
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Austermühl, Frank. Electronic Tools for Translators.2001.
2. Bowker, Lynne. Computer Aided Translation: An Introduction. 2002.
3. O Hagan, Minako and David Ashworth. Translation-mediated Communication in a Digital World. 2002.
4. Şahin, Mehmet. Çeviri ve Teknoloji. 2013.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Face-to-face and interactive courses.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 +ASG * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.30 +FCG * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

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Assessment Criteria

Assessment will be based on assignments and participation (20%), mid-term (40%) and final exam (40%).

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance is obligatory.
2. Homeworks should be handed over on due time.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

jasmin.duraner@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Preparing assignments 4 4 16
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 96

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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