翻譯與技術（簡體書）

翻譯工具幾十年以來的發展反映出不同終端用戶群快速增長的翻譯服務需求。這本書討論了已經出現的變化，從比較熟悉的翻譯工具的發展，如機器翻譯系統，談到現階段其他的翻譯工具和翻譯資源，對專職翻譯及偶爾從事翻譯的人都很有幫助。本書還探討了翻譯工具的改進對本地化產業的促進，進一步挖掘了技術與翻譯理論之間的關系，闡述了為什么兩個都與翻譯有關的方面常被看作截然不同的研究領域。本書面向大學高年級學生和研究生，對現代翻譯中使用的技術、目前的發展以及未來的趨勢作了一個總覽，對希望探索翻譯與技術這一領域的專業譯員也很有裨益。

C.K.夸是職業的技術翻譯專家。她曾為大學本科生以及研究生設計翻譯課程并任教，并曾擔任多語言機器翻譯的咨詢顧問。

List of Figures, Tables and Boxes
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Definition of Terms
Machine translation
Human-aided machine translation
Machine-aided human translation
Human translation
The localization industry
Conclusion
2 Translation Studies and Translation Technology
Translation theory
Academic and professional groups in translation
Linguistic theories in machine translation systems
Translation studies
The translation process
Conclusion
3 Machine Translation Systems
Major historical developments
Architectures
Hybrid and interactive machine translation systems
Online machine translation systems
Commercial machine translation systems
Reasons for using machine translation systems
Conclusion
4 Computer-Aided Translation Tools and Resources
Workbenches
Translation support tools and resources
Localization tools
Commercial computer-aided translation tools
Standards for data interchange
Conclusion
5 Evaluating Translation Tools
Machine translation systems
Computer-aided translation tools
Stakeholders
Evaluation methods
General frameworks for evaluating translation tools
Conclusion
6 Recent Developments and Future Directions
Machine translation systems
Computer-aided translation tools
Translation systems with speech technology
Translation systems for minority languages
Translation on the web
Machine translation systems and the semantic web
The localization industry
Conclusion
7 Translation Types Revisited
Relationships between topics and translation types
Machine translation systems
Computer-aided translation tools
Conclusion
Appendices
References
Index