HEИндивидуална стипендия2022–2024

DUAL-T · Developing User-centred Approaches to Technological Innovation in Literary Translation (DUAL-T)

„Хоризонт Европа“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период: 2022-09-01 → 2024-08-31
Финансиране от ЕС: 175 920 €
Участници: 2
Схема: HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF

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Накратко на български

Технологиите за превод на художествени текстове се изследват чрез сравнение между машинния превод и софтуера за компютърно подпомогнат превод (CAT). Това помага да се разбере как инструментите могат да подобрят работния процес на преводачите, когато те сами участват в разработването им.

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Developing User-centred Approaches to Technological Innovation in Literary Translation (DUAL-T)

The DUAL-T (Developing User-Centred Approaches to Technological Innovation in Literary Translation) project aims to involve literary translators in research on translation technology for creative texts. The project addresses the gap between machine translation (MT) research and studies on literary translators' self-image and attitudes towards technology. Literary translators are rarely included in studies on translation technology, despite their unique relationship to both technology and their profession. Furthermore, research has tended to prioritise the exploration of machine translation and post-editing for literary texts, while the potential of other translation technologies, such as Computer-Aided Translation (CAT) tools, remains largely unexplored. The project focuses on bridging the gap between MT-centric research and studies on literary translators' attitudes towards technology, involving literary translators as end-users in co-creating technology-inclusive workflows, and addressing the lack of user-centred approaches in literary translation technology research. In particular, DUAL-T’s main objectives are: 1. to devise a technology-inclusive literary translation workflow employing a user-led approach; 2. to assess the potential of translation technology to enhance literary translators' existing workflows, and in particular the potential of CAT tools to work in combination with MT and/or as an alternative to MT-centric approaches; 3. to mediate a dialogue between literary translators and translation technology developers by involving Nuanxed, a book translation company that is the project's associated partner. To achieve its objectives, DUAL-T seeks to compare temporal, cognitive, and technical effort across three literary translation workflows, each employing different types of technology. Data on effort will be accompanied by data on user satisfaction in the form of literary translators’ perceived effort and their perceptions of different tools’ text segmentation styles and machine translation and computer-aided translation technology.

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

Recent years have seen a growing research interest on the application of translation technology to literary translation workflows, mostly in the form of Machine Translation (MT) or post-editing of MT output. In these studies, literary translators' voices are virtually absent. This project will address the discrepancy between research in Computer Science/AI and Translation Studies, as well as the absence of literary translators from the conversation surrounding technological innovation in their profession. It will do so by proactively integrating literary translators' input in the co-creation of a new technology-inclusive workflow. Professional literary translators will be asked to perform literary translation tasks using (1) MT + post-editing, (2) a Computer-Aided Translation (CAT) tool environment, (3) a CAT tool environment with integrated MT. User testing will be performed using eye tracking, keystroke logging and screen capturing. In-depth interviews and focus groups will be conducted before and after the translation task to register changes in participants' attitudes towards technology before and after using it, as well as advantages and pain points of the tool employed. Being the first study of this kind in literary translation, results will help to (1) devise a technology-inclusive literary translation workflow employing a user-led approach, (2) assess whether and to what extent translation technology can enhance literary translators (particularly, the potential of CAT tools to work in combination with MT and/or as an alternative to MT-centric approaches will be assessed), and (3) mediate a dialogue between literary translators and translation technology developers by feeding back data on literary translators' use of and attitudes towards translation technology to the project's industry partner. It is expected that the project's findings will also contribute to the wider conversation around Human-Computer Interaction in other professions.

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

Участници

UNIVERSITEIT GENT · GentКоординаторБелгия
Nuanxed AB · StockholmШвеция