《TRANSLATION TECHNOLOGIESp- SCOPE》.pdf

1 TRANSLATION TECHNOLOGIES: SCOPE, TOOLS AND RESOURCES Amparo Alcina Universitat Jaume I Amparo Alcina Departamento de Traducción y Comunicación Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales Universitat Jaume I Campus Riu Sec, s/n 12071 Castelló Spain alcina@trad.uji.es http://tecnolettra.uji.es Alcina, A., in press, Translation Technologies: Scope, tools and Resources, Target: International Journal on Translation Studies.Alcina, A., in press, Translation Technologies: Scope, tools and Resources, Target: International Journal on Translation Studies. 2 Abstract Translation technologies constitute an important new field of interdisciplinary study lying midway between computer science and translation. Its development in the professional world will largely depend on its academic progress and the effective introduction of translation technologies in the translators training curriculum. In this paper different approaches to the subject are examined so as to provide us with a basis on which to conduct an internal analysis of the field of Translation technologies and to structure its content. Following criteria based on professional practice and on the idiosyncrasy of the computer tools and resources that play a part in translation activity, we present our definition of Translation technologies and the field classified in five blocks. Keywords: translation technologies, computer assisted translation, translation theory,