Translation Procedures done by Visually Impaired Translator: An Annotated Study

Translation Technology and the Translator

an investigation into translation of cultural concepts by beginner and advance student using think – aloud protocols

this research aims at answering the questions about translation problems and strategies applied by translators when translating cultural concepts. in order to address this issue, qualitative and quantitative study were conducted on two groups of subjects at imam reza international university of mashhad. these two groups were assigned as beginner and advanced translation students (10 students). ...

Wayfinding and Orientation by the Visually Impaired

Finding one's way around a large, complex building like a hospital is a difficult taskat best. Add in the stress that most hospital patients and visitors experience and thetask becomes even more arduous. A decision as basic as how floors are numbered canhave important ramifications on orientation and wayfinding. A study was designed todiscover which of several feasible floor num...

Improving translator productivity with MT: a patent translation case study

When evaluating the suitability of MT for post-editing, there are a lot of variables to consider that could have an impact on its overall effectiveness, including: the languages in question, the documents being translated, the translator workflow, and not least the individual translators themselves. Add to that the various ways we can carry out evaluation automatic measures, subjective assessme...

Malpighi's De polypo cordis: an annotated translation.

Malpighi's De polypo cordis (1666) represents a significant contribution to the understanding of blood, its composition and its clotting. In this work, written during his occupation of the primary Chair of Medicine at Messina (1662-66),l he recognized, albeit dimly, fibrinogen as a regular component of blood, and began to investigate the conditions which provoke or prevent clotting, either intr...