Open AccessTranslation-Memory (TM) Research: What Do We Know and How Do We Know It?
Author(s) -
T. Christensen,
Anne Schjoldager
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
hermes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.759
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 1903-1785
pISSN - 0904-1699
DOI - 10.7146/hjlcb.v23i44.97268
Subject(s) - exaggeration , computer science , need to know , empirical research , selection (genetic algorithm) , cognition , psychology , epistemology , artificial intelligence , neuroscience , philosophy , computer security , psychiatry
It is no exaggeration to say that the advent of translation-memory (TM) systems in the translation profession has led to drastic changes in translators’ processes and workow, and yet, though many professional translators nowadays depend on some form of TM system, this has not been the object of much research. Our paper attempts to nd out what we know about the nature, applications and inuences of TM technology, including translators’ interaction with TMs, and also how we know it. An essential part of the analysis is based on a selection of empirical TM studies, which we assume to be representative of the research eld as a whole. Our analysis suggests that, while considerable knowledge is available about the technical side of TMs, more research is needed to understand how translators interact with TM technology and how TMs in uence translators’ cognitive translation processes.