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Computer Simulation in the Teaching of Translation and International Studies
Author(s) -
Brecht Richard D.,
Noel Robert C.,
Wilkenfeld Jonathan
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
foreign language annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.258
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1944-9720
pISSN - 0015-718X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1944-9720.1984.tb01746.x
Subject(s) - interpreter , negotiation , foreign language , context (archaeology) , computer science , politics , mathematics education , language industry , international communication , international studies , sociology , pedagogy , political science , linguistics , natural language , psychology , comprehension approach , programming language , artificial intelligence , history , law , social science , philosophy , archaeology
This article describes the National Simulation in International Studies and Translation (NSIST) Program. While centered at the University of Maryland, NSIST links international studies and foreign language programs at a number of universities throughout the United States and abroad. It is intended to strengthen these two fields by talcing advantage of the natural symbiosis which exists between them. Computer‐assisted simulation is the mode in which communications in multiple languages flow among country‐teams at various universities. The language student is provided with a natural context for the otherwise purely academic exercise of translation, while students of international politics enjoy an authenticity of experience as they are forced to deal with the consequences of negotiations being conducted in foreign languages through translators and interpreters.