An Evaluative Study of Machine Translation in the EFL Scenario of Saudi Arabia

Autor/in	Al-Tuwayrish, Raneem Khalid
Titel	An Evaluative Study of Machine Translation in the EFL Scenario of Saudi Arabia
Quelle	In: Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 7 (2016) 1, S.5-10 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2203-4714
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Computational Linguistics; Translation; Second Language Learning; English (Second Language); Technology Uses in Education; Web Sites; Undergraduate Students; Communication (Thought Transfer); Control Groups; Experimental Groups; Barriers; Educational Benefits; Saudi Arabia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Linguistics; Computerlinguistik; Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Web-Design; Communication; thought; Kommunikation; Gedanke; Bildungsertrag; Saudi-Arabien
Abstract	Artificial Intelligence or AI as it is popularly known and its corollary, Machine Translation (MT) have long engaged scientists, thinkers and linguists alike in the twenty first century. However, the wider question that lies in the relation between technology and translation is, What does technology do to language? This is an important question in the current paradigm because new translation technologies, such as, translation memories, data-based machine translation, and collaborative translation, far from being just additional tools, are changing the very nature of the translators' cognitive activity, social relations, and professional standing. In fact, in some translation situations such as when translating technical materials or subject matter that are not a specialization with human translators, one potentially needs technology. The purview of this paper, however, is limited to the role of MT in day to day situations where the generic MT tools like Google Translate or Bing Translator are encouraged. Further, it endeavours to weigh and empirically demonstrate the pros and cons of MT with a view to recommending measures for better communication training in the EFL set up of Saudi Arabia. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01