Minako O'Hagan, PhD, is the Discipline Convenor for Translation Studies at the School of Cultures, Languages and Linguistics at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. She specializes in applied translation studies with a technology-focus, including game localization and non-professional translation. Her publications include the co-authored Game Localization (2013). Her current research interest lies in exploring the nexus of human and machine in translation.

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Chapters

1. Introduction: Translation and technology: disruptive entanglement of human and machine




Part I: Translation and Technology: Defining Underlying technology - Present and Future




2. Standards for the language, translation, and localization industry Sue Ellen Wright





3. XML for translation technology Johann Rotourier





4. Terminology extraction and management Kyo Kageura and Elizabeth Marsham





5. Building and using parallel text for translation Michel Simard





6. Speech recognition and synthesis technologies in the translation workflow Dragö Ciobanu and Alina Secar¿




Part II: Translation and Technology: Users' Perspectives




7. Multinational language service provider as a technology user Bert Esselink





8. Applications of technology in the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Translation Division of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Colm Caffrey and Cristina Valentini





9. Small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) translation service provider as a technology user: Translation in New Zealand Patrick King





10. Freelance Translators' Perspectives Jost Zetzsche





11. Language learners and non-professional translators as users Masaru Yamada




Part III: Translation and Technology: Application in a Specific Context - Shaping Practice




12. Technology, technical translation and localization Debbie Folaron





13. Technology and game localization: translation behind the screens Nathan Altice





14. Technology and non-professional translation Miguel A. Jiménez-Crespo





15. Technological advances in audiovisual translation Jorge Díaz Cintas and Serenella Massidda





16. Technology and interpreting Sabine Braun





17. Technology and sign language interpreting Peter Llewellyn- Jones





18. Translation technology and disaster management Sharon O'Brien





19. Post-editing of Machine Translation Lucas Nunes Vieira




Part IV: Translation and Technology: Research Foci and Methodologies




20. Translation technology evaluation research Stephen Doherty





21. Translation workplace-based research Maureen Ehrensberger- Dow and Gary Massey





22. Translation technology research and human-computer interaction Samuel Läubli and Spence Green





23. Sociological approaches to technology Maeve Olohan





24. Translation technology research with eye tracking Arnt Lykke Jakobsen




Part V: Translation and Technology: Overarching Issues




25. Future of Machine Translation: musings on Weaver's memo Alan K. Melby