The Routledge Handbook of Translation Technology and Society / edited by Stefan Baumgarten and Michael Tieber.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baumgarten, Stefan.

Tieber, Michael.

Series:

Routledge Handbooks in Translation and Interpreting Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Translating and interpreting--Technological innovations.

Translating and interpreting.

Translating and interpreting--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (468 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2025.

Summary:

The Routledge Handbook of Translation Technology and Society offers the first comprehensive and critical exploration of translation technologies in the context of globalised multilingual societies within an increasingly AI-dominated world. This handbook calls for a fundamental rethinking of traditional approaches to translation, examining the ethical, ideological, socioeconomic, and environmental implications of digital tools and practices, such as professional AI-driven translation, ‘everyday’ machine translation, crowdsourcing translation, or platform-based translation work. It provides deep insights into pressing issues such as the commodification of language, inclusivity in so called low-resource languages, data colonialism, and labour exploitation. By questioning conventional science narratives and advocating for sustainable, inclusive, and equitable applications of translation technologies, this handbook empowers readers to engage critically with current trends and challenges in the digital age. Readers will benefit from an interdisciplinary approach that combines novel theoretical foundations with empirical research and practical case studies. It serves as a foundational reference and a springboard for (critical) future research in an evolving - sociotechnical - translation ecosystem where the blurring boundaries between human and machinic agents foster new modes of translator-machine interaction. This handbook is an essential resource for academics, researchers, and professionals in translation studies, digital humanities, science and technology studies, or (digital) discourse studies.

Contents:

Introduction: Translation Technology and Machinic Agency in Contemporary Multilingual Societies / Stefan Baumgarten and Michael Tieber

Part I: Language, Ideology, and Theory

1. Translation and Digital Capitalism / Stefan Baumgarten

2. The Value of Translation in Advanced Capitalism / Félix do Carmo

3. Representations of Language and Translation in Artificial Intelligence / Claire Larsonneur

4. Translation Technology and Minority Languages in a Multilingual Digital World / Debbie Folaron

5. Artificial Intelligence, Translation and Cyberfeminism / Odile Šobačić

6. Translation and Critical Theories of Translation Technology / Manuel De-la-Cruz Recio

Part II: Translation Politics in the Platform Society

7. The Politics of Translation and Technology: Overcoming Rigid Dichotomies / Fruela Fernandez

8. Knowledge Commons and Translation Cooperatives / Gökhan Fırat

9. Online Collaborative Translation in the Platform Society / Chuan Yu

10. Translation Policies and Digital Translation / Raquel Pacheco Aguilar

11. Machine Translation in Local Government / Rei Miyata

12. Translation Technologies and Automation in Crisis Situations / Khetam Al Sharou, Mieke Vandenbroucke and Gert Vercauteren

Part III: Translation Machines in the Knowledge Economy

13. Translation Studies and Digital Humanities / Raluca Tanasescu

14. Human/Machine. A (Different) Genealogy of Translation Studies / Tomasz Rozmysłowicz

15. (Re)Conceptualizing Translation in the Age of the Machine / Michael Tieber

16. Power and Technology in Translator Training Institutions / Adrià Martín Mor

17. Translation Technologies in Higher Education: Fostering Multilingualism / Gary Massey and Maureen Ehrensberger-Dow

Part IV: Translation Automation and Labour

18. Translation Technology and Human-Machine Interaction / José Gustavo Góngora-Goloubintseff and Silvia Terribile

19. Digital Transformation and Technostress in the Translation Workplace / Kristine Bundgaard and Tina Paulsen Christensen

20. Post-Editing, Quality and Automation in the Translation Market / David Orrego-Carmona and Samuel Läubli

21. Data Sources and Issues of Optimisation in Translation and Interpreting Technologies / Christopher D. Mellinger and Thomas A. Hanson

22. Automated Translation of Specialised Genres / Ralph Krüger

Part V: Translation Technology and Human Agency

23. Environmental Considerations for Digital Translation Technology / Dimitar Shterionov, Eva Vanmassenhove, Kristiina Taivalkoski-Shilov and Elena Murgolo

24. Translation and the Internet of Things (IoT) / Renée Desjardins

25. Artificial Intelligence and Neural Machine Translation / Alessandra Molino, Rachele Raus and Tania Cerquitelli

26. Creativity and Technology in Translation / Ana Guerberof Arenas

27. Literary Machine Translation: From Taboo to Controversy / Dorothy Kenny

28. Non-Binary Genders in (Machine) Translation / Manuel Lardelli and Dagmar Gromann

Part VI: Machine Translation in Everyday Life

29. Everyday Machine Translation: Across Digital and Physical Environments / Lucas Nunes Vieira and Khetam Al Sharou

30. Machine Translation in Non-Translation Workplaces / Mary Nurminen

31. The Need for Machine Translation Literacy / Lynne Bowker

32. What does the Future hold for Translation Technologies? / Andy Way

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-04-036236-2

1-003-27131-6

1-04-036233-8

9781003271314

OCLC:

1526862480

Publisher Number:

CIPO000238577