TECHNOLOGY-BASED INNOVATIONS IN THE TEACHING OF TRANSLATION: AN INSIGHT INTO WHYS AND HOWS
TECHNOLOGY-BASED INNOVATIONS IN THE TEACHING OF TRANSLATION: AN INSIGHT INTO WHYS AND HOWS

Summary/Abstract: Technological developments in all the activities of social, economic and communicativeareas of modern life brought forth a higher demand in translation services, which in turn, necessitatesa review of translation teaching at the university level. Traditional teaching methods which heavilyrely on teacher-oriented approaches where students are passive learners who focus on the study oflinguistic exercises and manual translation tasks by themselves, are no longer sufficient to producegraduates who can compete in the booming computerised worklife in the translation profession.Hence, the integration of Machine Translation (MT) and Computer-Assisted Tools (CAT) becomes apriority in the translation teaching curriculum in order to enable students to deal with the challengingmarket conditions upon graduation. Students who have experience in the use of computertechnologies by means of getting acquainted with them during their education will develop thenecessary skills to produce terminologically-consistent, time-efficient and correct translations asrequired by translation companies and working environment. Also, with the help of use of computertechnologies in their teamwork and project-based practices during their education and in theirinternship, students will develop interpersonal skills and network for better replacements upongraduation.

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