El artículo presenta los resultados de un experimento realizado en las Universidades de Trieste y de Chieti (Italia) orientado a estudiar la relación entre competencia traductora y el uso de recursos informáticos. Para llevar a cabo el presente estudio se ha contado con la participación de dos grupos de estudiantes: uno especializado en Traducción (Trieste) y otro con limitada formación en Traducción (Chieti). Ambos realizaron una prueba de traducción directa y otra de traducción inversa, y contestaron un cuestionario final sobre el razonamiento seguido para resolver algunos puntos problemáticos planteados en las traducciones. Los resultados sugieren algunas tendencias significativas relativas al proceso de toma de decisiones, y a la relación entre calidad de la traducción y los recursos empleados para realizar dicha traducción. En particular, se ha observado que el uso de recursos informáticos no compensa ni la diferencia de nivel en las competencias lingüísticas y conocimientos especializados ni la menor formación en traducción por parte del segundo grupo. El artículo concluye con algunas consideraciones didácticas para aportar posibles soluciones en las áreas más problemáticas que se identificaron durante el experimento.

This article presents the results of an experiment jointly carried out at the Universities of Trieste and Chieti (Italy) with the aim to explore the relationship between translation competence and the use of ICT (including language corpora). Two groups were involved in the experiment: A group of students specialising in translation (Trieste) and a group of students with limited translation training (Chieti). Both groups carried out two translation tasks (into and from their native language), while compiling a questionnaire illustrating the reasoning behind the translation of a number of problematic points previously identified by the authors. Results shed light on the decision-making process involved in translation and on the link between translation quality and type of ICT resources used. In particular, data suggest that ICT resources do not compensate the gap in language skills, specialised knowledge and specialised training in translation. The final discussion proposes a number of classroom considerations that address the problems detected in the experiment.

Competencia traductora y recursos informáticos: por qué las tecnologías no sustituyen la formación en traducción

G. Pontrandolfo
2017-01-01

Abstract

This article presents the results of an experiment jointly carried out at the Universities of Trieste and Chieti (Italy) with the aim to explore the relationship between translation competence and the use of ICT (including language corpora). Two groups were involved in the experiment: A group of students specialising in translation (Trieste) and a group of students with limited translation training (Chieti). Both groups carried out two translation tasks (into and from their native language), while compiling a questionnaire illustrating the reasoning behind the translation of a number of problematic points previously identified by the authors. Results shed light on the decision-making process involved in translation and on the link between translation quality and type of ICT resources used. In particular, data suggest that ICT resources do not compensate the gap in language skills, specialised knowledge and specialised training in translation. The final discussion proposes a number of classroom considerations that address the problems detected in the experiment.
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