The new ICTs and translation competence

The translation now

Competence: Translation competence is the ability to carry out the transfer process from the comprehension of the second language adquisition.

Model of translation competence that is required to be able to translate

It is an expert knowledge and its not processed by all bilinguals.

It is basically procedural (and not declarative) knowledge.

The bilingual sub competence: consist of the underlying systems of knowledge and skills that are needed for linguistics, communication to take place in two languages.

There is a wide range of ICT available to tranlators today. Among the general applications or tools, we have the internet.

General ICT's for translators

The internet: one of the most important tools offered are the search and location information engines. (Google, yahoo, bing)The use of corpus linguistics: corpora are classified in two types: the monolingual corpora and the bilingual corpora.Concordance generator programs: can find all the times that a certain term appears in a text. Machine translation: a computer program analyzes a source text and produces a target text without human futher intervention.Computer assisted translation: is a form of translation wherein a human translator creates a target text with the assistence of a computer program.

Main phases of translation process:

1. The reception phase.
2. The transfer phase.
3. The formulation phase.

Factors affecting the use of ICT by teachers.

Factors affecting the use of ICT by teachers.

The studies reveal a number of factors that influence teachers' decisions to use ICT in the classroom: access to resources, software and hardware quality, ease of use, incentives to change, support and collegiality in their school policies, School and national levels; Professional learning and formal computer training.It is commonly divided into sections that examine:O factors that discourage teachers from using technology;Or schools as organizations;Or factors that encourage teachers to use technology;The role of the teacher in relation to ICT and its effect on pedagogy;Or teachers learn to integrate technology into their teaching.Often teachers are being outdone by the way the world is changing and inhibitors for an update in teaching are increasing. Sometimes it is just laziness on their part, sometimes it is a poor improvement of technologies in the classroom due to the polycies school or the flight of teachers specializing in the use of ICT.

The role of the ICT sector in expanding economic opportunity

ICTs are the pioneers in meeting needs. Technology only increases productivity when it is available to many.

The fundamental role of ICTs in the modern economy.
Reduce transaction costs and improve productivity
Provide immediate connectivity

The Business Case for Engagement
ICT companies to help the poor get rich is the opportunity
Innovation blow back: when something is created and innovated

Business strategies for the ICT sector in the expansion of economic opportunity
The most important way for ICT companies to expand their economic opportunities is to enable technologies to develop while driving the development and diversification of relevant content, applications and services.

ICT for Translation and Interpretation

Global Crisis: A SHORT OF QUALIFIED LANGUAGES


In 2010 the Paris Declaration, the European institutions anticipate that in the next ten years from the decline of qualified linguistics. Industries are concerned about this lack of skills because they represent an average loss of € 325,000 per business.

HOW TO TREAT THIS CRISIS?

The answer is beyond education, but there are some difficulties in most learning methods. John Dewey (1859 - 1952), American philosopher, psychologist, and
Educational reformer. He is one of the primary figures associated with
The philosophy of pragmatism is considered one of the parents
From functional psychology. As Dewey's experience is vital in the learning process, but for the experience to be valid, the activities must be authentic.

Information and communication technology

Information and communication technologyToday we are using ICT without asking if it is what it is doing. As a basic rule for the use of technology that ICTs 4C, those rules do not allow us to see that it is not just how to post a photo on Facebook and make everyone see it, how to search and reach Reality Valuable information, sotrage and sharing.4C of ICT1. Computing2. Connectivity3. Content4. CapacityICT and developmentGoal: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, universal primary education, pledge gender equality and empower women, reduce child mortality, ensure environmental sustainabilityRole of ICTs: Access market information and reduce transaction costs, increase the supply of trained teachers and expand the availability of quality educational materials, and provide targeted literacy and education programs.

Electronic Era

Electronic Era

Some have begun to call it the Information Revolution. Technological changes brought dramatic new options to Americans living in the 1990s. From the beginning of the decade until the end, new forms of entertainment, commerce, research, work, and communication became commonplace in the United States. The driving force behind much of this change was an innovation popularly known as the Internet.

Personal computers had become widespread by the end of the 1980s. Also available was the ability to connect these computers over local or even national networks. Through a device called a modem, individual users could link their computer to a wealth of information using conventional phone lines. What lay beyond the individual computer was a vast domain of information known as cyberspace.

The INTERNET was developed during the 1970s by the Department of Defense. In the case of an attack, military advisers suggested the advantage of being able to operate one computer from another terminal. In the early days, the Internet was used mainly by scientists to communicate with other scientists. The Internet remained under government control until 1984.

Electromechanica Era

Electromechanical Era

(1840-1940)

The discovery of ways to harness electricity was the key advance made during this periods. Knowledge and information could now be converted into electrical impulses. The beginnings of telecommunication. The telegraph ( Invented By Samuel F.J. Morse) created the character of our current information age. It broke the connection between communication and transportation. Prior to the telegraph, the speed of communication was the speed of a train--about 35 miles per hour! The telegraph dropped it to just a few seconds: point A to point B in an electronic pulse! With it a new experience was unfolding: information was no longer just local and rooted in immediate context. Instead, ideas and news were now presented in what Shane Hipps called in his book The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture “a mosaic of unrelated data points with not apparent connection.”

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