Community experience and expertise Translators, technologies and electronic networks of practice

Mihalache, Iulia

doi:10.1080/14781700701706476

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“…Finally, a few studies have used discourse-analytical approaches to examine how meanings of translation technologies are constructed. Mihalache (2008), for example, analyzes discourses of a leading translation technology provider as it assigns meanings to translation-related practices and makes decisions based on the representations it constructs and the strategic interests it seeks to fulfil. She also extends this analysis to reflections and opinions on translation technology as represented in translators' online communities (Mihalache 2009).…”

Section: Translation Technology Research -Sociological Questions and mentioning

confidence: 99%

Sociological approaches to translation technology

Olohan¹

2019

The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Technology

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While translation studies has become increasingly sociological in its methodological and conceptual focus, translation technology is only rarely at the forefront of such studies. This essay looks beyond Bourdieusian approaches to translation in fields of literary production to draw conceptual inspiration from the sociology of technology. By introducing key notions from the social construction of technology, and key concerns of recent studies on translation technologies, the essay identifies a potential trajectory for future sociological research on translation technology. As in other areas of social life, our understanding could be significantly enhanced by examining how translation technologies are inscribed with hegemonic values and by analyzing the socioeconomic and political conditions and configurations that bring about the technologies and normalize them. The widespread deployment of machine translation technology also requires us to examine the contexts of translation technology design and use, in professional workplaces of translators but also beyond them. An emerging sociology of translation technology may, in turn, lead to revisions of traditional conceptualizations of translation, to account for the material, embodied and collective dimensions of both translation and technology, as well for their construction, meanings and impacts in specific cultural and socioeconomic contexts.

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Section: Translation Technology Research -Sociological Questions and mentioning

confidence: 99%

Sociological approaches to translation technology

Olohan¹

2019

The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Technology

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“…Translation scholars have explored collaborative projects of online, crowdsourced translation (see e.g. Mihalache, 2008, McDonough Dolmaya, 2012, Olohan, 2014. Olohan (2012), for example, locates the drive for voluntary translation activity in altruism.…”

Section: The New Mediamentioning

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“…Although Düşünbil can be considered an "electronic network of practice" (Mihalache, 2008), bringing together individuals with a shared belief in making social sciences and humanities topics widely accessible, one may notice that editorial decisions in the translated texts are not entirely uniform. This may be attributed to the semi-professional status of the entire website, and does not have to pose a problem from the perspective of the researcher; if anything, it enhances the authenticity of the website as a community translation project.…”

Section: The New Mediamentioning

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Yeni Medyada Çeviri Aracılığıyla Popülerleştirme: Düşünbil Örneği

Tekgül¹

2019

Çeviribilim Ve Uygulamaları Dergisi

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T his study aims to explore the opportunities the new media present for the popularization of scientific knowledge through translation, based on the case study of a Turkish website called Düşünbil (www.dusunbil.com). The article will touch upon debates on science popularization, new media, and the translation of social sciences texts, highlighting the role of online translation projects in circulating new and hybrid genres. The contribution combines two under-researched topics in translation studies: popularization, and the translation of social sciences and humanities texts. On the other hand, TS research on popularization has so far mainly focused on natural sciences whereas this study concerns social sciences and humanities texts.Düşünbil Portal relies on non-professional volunteer translators for the translation of popular texts. In this respect, the translational action undertaken may be considered a case of "community translation." These texts, translated almost exclusively from English, represent a mix of social sciences and journalism, some leaning towards self-help in terms of content and style.It is the convergent aspect of digital media that make them particularly amenable for popularization: the functions of information and entertainment converge on the internet. The translation of social sciences and humanities texts, hitherto largely confined to conventional print media, helps extend knowledge in these fields thanks to projects like Düşünbil.After a conceptual discussion, the paper will elaborate on strategies of knowledge mediation through examples drawn from translated texts, their source texts as well as texts written originally in Turkish and published on Düşünbil. Proximity, regarded to be the distinctive feature of popular science texts, will be addressed not only as a textual-linguistic feature but also in terms of the wider strategies of presenting information. Aspects such as interactivity and conceptual clarification will also be illustrated, followed by an examination of translation strategies employed on texts originally written in Turkish.

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