Teaching Post-editing: A Proposal for Course Content
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There is a growing demand for translation. To meet this demand, many translation companies are introducing a hybrid technology solution combining translation memory and machine translation. However, few trainee translators receive training in machine translation postediting. This paper asks the question: Why should translator training programmes teach post-editing skills? Is post-editing the same as translation and traditional revision? The skillsets required of a post-editor are listed and the usual list of skills is extended. An outline for a course in post-editing, divided into theoretical and practical components, is proposed. Finally, the question of when such a course should be given to trainee translators is addressed. 1. Why teach post-editing?
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