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44360 - Terminology and Language for Special Purposes II (4 Credits)

Academic Year 2007/2008

  • Docente: Franco Bertaccini
  • Credits: 4
  • SSD: L-LIN/02
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Forli
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LS) in Translation for Special Purposes and for Publishing (cod. 0429)

Learning outcomes

Objectives

  • Strengthen students' knowledge about Trados Translator's WorkBench and MultiTerm
  • Use of  WinAlign (alignment techniques), Term Extract (extraction of terminology) and TagEditor (translation with HTML, SGML, XML...formats)

Course contents

Terminology course for Computer Aided Translation of sectorial languages

General Objectives

The course is divided into 32 hours of lesson (16 lessons) distributed on 8 weeks (2 lessons per week) carried out in the information laboratory.

The aim of this course is to provide students with the knowledge necessary to create and manage a translation project using CAT Tools.

The course is divided into a first introductive part, a second part regarding automatic and assisted translation and a third part including a practical application of these tools.

For the exam, students must create and carry out a translation project with the help of CAT Tools. The project could involve maximum three students.

 

MULTITERM

·         Terminology Database management: add, eliminate, modify terminological cards

·         Use of MultiTerm toolbar: extraction and printing of terminological data

·         Practical application during a translation.

WINALIGN

·         Presentation of alignment techniques

·         Presentation of the Software interface

·         Practical application

MULTITERM EXTRACT

Extraction of terminology and creation of monolingual or bilingual through the import of .tmx files

·         Presentation of the Software interface

·         Practical application

 

 TRADOS TRANSLATOR'S WORKBENCH

·   Translation memories management: standards, export, import, merge, reorganization, substantial modifications, modification or suppression of a translation unit, languages reversal, updating of a Word document translated with and not cleaned.

·   Practical application

TAGEDITOR

·   Presentation of the Web and documentary formats (Tags, Formatting, Structure)

·   Presentation of the software interface

·    Practical application

 

 

At the end of the course, students may participate to the SDL TRADOS certification project.

 

SDL TRADOS certification, which is free for SSLMIT students, is part of the agreement between SDL Company and the SSLMIT of Forlì _ University of Bologna.

 

In December there will be a number of training lessons, preceding the certification exam, to be arranged at the end of the semester.

 

Here, students will receive some ad hoc training material for the preparation of the certification exams.

 

The certification exams, divided into 3 competence levels, will occur online in Lab 2, in the period between 15 January and 15 February 2008.

 

The certifications will be delivered by SDL TRADOS through the SSLMIT of Forlì, after the overtaking of the different levels.

 

 



Readings/Bibliography

Austermuhl F., Electronic Tools for Translators (Translation Practices Explained), St. Jerome Publishing, 2001, ISBN 1900650347

Ciola B., Mayer F. (a cura di), Traduzione assistita, in Atti del Seminario Terminologia e Traduzione assistita, AITI Sez. Veneto Trentino-Alto Adige, 1999;

Esselink B., A Practical Guide to Localization, John Benjamins Publishing Co., 2000, ISBN 9027219567;

 Lesina B., Il nuovo manuale di stile, Zanichelli, 1998, ISBN 8808096025;

Monacelli C., Traduzione, revisione e localizzazione nel terzo millennio: da e verso l'inglese,     Franco Angeli, 2001, ISBN 8846430506;

       Muzii L., La redazione dei documenti tecnici, Franco Angeli, 1995, ISBN 8820485117;

       Osimo B., Manuale del traduttore, Hoepli, 2004, ISBN 8820332698;

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CD-ROMBibliography

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TRADOS The Language Architects. Edition 3 for the 3rd millenium (1992-2000). Stuttgart: TRADOS GmbH

Sitography

Assénat-Falcone, S. (2000). More Translation Memory Tools (not many more, but good ones).

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http://www.accurapid.com/journal/03TM2.htm (29.03.01)

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http://www.accurapid.com/journal/03TM1.htm (29.11.00)

Benis, M. (1999).Extended comparative review of Translation Memory products – Part 2.

http://www.transref.org/u-articles/Benis4-BODY.ASP (07.02.01)

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http://www.star-ag.ch/press/tm-review01.htm (05.12.00)

Bensch, P. (2000). Translation Memories: Übersetzungshelfer mit Gedächtnis.

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http://www.atril.com

Déjà Vu (1999). Déjà Vu/Trados Compatibility Guide.

http://www.atril.com (20.11.00)

Déjà Vu (20.11.00). Using Déjà Vu Interactive – a tutorial.

http://www.atril.com

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Instructions manuals for the use of CAT tools

Déjà Vu 2.3

Déjà Vu. Ein Produktivitätssystem für Übersetzer(2000). TRANSCONSULTING Language & Business, Germany.

Guida all'uso di Déjà Vu (2000). Rimini: Lexis s.r.l.

SDLX 3.5

Getting started with SDLX(2000). Maidenhead: SDL International.

TRADOS 3.0

MulitTerm 95 Plus. Benutzerhandbuch(1995-1999). TRADOS GmbH.

Translator´s Workbench. Benutzerhandbuch (1994-1999). TRADOS GmbH.

WinAlign. Benutzerhandbuch (1997-1999). TRADOS GmbH TRANSIT PROFESSIONAL 3.0

STAR Translation Tecnology – Produktbeschreibung(2001). Böblingen: STAR   DEUTSCHLAND GMBH.

STAR Translation Technology. TermStar. Version 3 for Windows. Bentuzerhandbuch (1999). STAR AG.

STAR Translation Technology. Transit. Version 3 for Windows. Benutzerhandbuch (1999). STAR AG.

Teaching methods

Our didactic methods are based on the active participation of students during the lessons.

After a discussion about the different arguments of the didactic program, students carry out a number of practical exercises in order to be able to prepare the terminology project requested for the exam.

The project can be developed individually or in groups of maximum three students.  

All the lessons will be carried out in Lab 2: Information Laboratory at the 2nd floor of Palazzo Montanari

Assessment methods

The exam will last about 30 minutes and will consist on the exposition and the comment of the single terminology projects.

The mark  will be divided in3 parts: 15 point to the structuring, the organization and the content of the terminological cards, 10 points to the definition and the realization of the project and 5 points to its exposition.

Teaching tools

Teaching tools

  • MULTITERM
  • WINALIGN
  • TERM EXTRACT

·         TRADOS TRANSLATOR'S WORKBENCH

·         TAGEDITOR

Further texts and support materials will be provided during the course.

Students can carry out their terminology projects, by the help of the teacher, in the terminology laboratory.

Links to further information

http://terminologia.sslmit.unibo.it/ http://www.e-learning.sslmit.unibo.it/TLS/

Office hours

See the website of Franco Bertaccini