Mapping new translation practices into translation training: Promoting collaboration through community-based localization platforms

Crowdsourcing and collaborative translation, activities emerging on the translation scene recently, are playing an increasingly important role in the world of professional translation and in the localization industry. This article focuses on a study carried out to analyze the perception of a group o...

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Published in:Babel (Frankfurt) 2019-12, Vol.65 (5), p.615-632
Main Author: del Mar Sánchez Ramos, María
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
College students
Cooperative learning
Localization
Motivation
Qualitative research
Translation instruction
Translators
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Summary:Crowdsourcing and collaborative translation, activities emerging on the translation scene recently, are playing an increasingly important role in the world of professional translation and in the localization industry. This article focuses on a study carried out to analyze the perception of a group of translator trainees regarding these new translation practices. A total of 20 undergraduate students participated in the research and were asked to perform a collaborative localization task using an online collaborative platform. Data subjected to a quantitative and qualitative analysis suggest that online collaborative translation tasks enhance students’ motivation towards collaborative translation and help consolidate their technical knowledge about specific localization tools and files.
ISSN:0521-9744
1569-9668
DOI:10.1075/babel.00114.san