Do translation memories affect translations? Final results of the TRACE project
Martín Mor, Adrià (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Traducció i d'Interpretació i d'Estudis de l'Àsia Oriental)

Date:	2018
Abstract:	Since their appearance in the translation field, computer-assisted translation (CAT) tools and, notably, translation memories (TMs) have drawn the attention of academia. Research evidence has, for instance, pointed towards an increase in translators' productivity when using TMs, and some scholars have warned about possible implications of their use. The TRACE project, carried out by the Tradumàtica research group at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, set out to explore the possible effects of these tools on the translation product. This article focuses specifically on linguistic interference, a phenomenon that, it has been suggested, might be a translation universal. Through experimental research, using a multi-methodological approach and a combination of different data-gathering resources, translations were conducted, with and without TMs, by 90 subjects. The experiments provide interesting data on the distribution of interference according to the environment in which they are carried out, as well as on the differences between different translator profiles.
Grants:	Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología HUM-2006-04349-FIL
Rights:	Tots els drets reservats.
Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Subject:	Translation technologies ; Computer-assisted translation ; Translation memories ; Linguistic interference ; Laws of translation ; Translation universals ; Experimental research ; Research methodology
Published in:	Perspectives. Studies in Translation Theory and Practice, 2018 , ISSN 1747-6623

Adreça alternativa: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/citedby/10.1080/0907676X.2018.1459753
DOI: 10.1080/0907676X.2018.1459753

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