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Handbook of the Language Industry

Contexts, Resources and Profiles
  • Edited by: Gary Massey , Maureen Ehrensberger-Dow and Erik Angelone
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2024
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Digital transformation and demographic change are profoundly affecting the contexts in which the language industry operates, the resources it deploys and the roles and skillsets of those it employs. Driven by evolving digital resources and socio-ethical demands, the roles and responsibilities deriving from the proliferation of new and emerging profiles in the language industry are transcending the traditional bounds of core activities and competences associated with prototypical concepts of translation and interpreting.

This volume focuses on the realities in the language industry from the fresh perspective of current and emerging professional profiles and of the contexts and resources that condition and support them. It traces the industry's evolution, maps its current state and considers key aspects of its workplaces, actors and practices. In an age when artificial intelligence is challenging traditionally held views of human performance, it addresses the issue of where and how human agents add value to the industry's processes and products, with a detailed, research-based consideration of the activities, competences, roles, responsibilities and tools that characterize the language industry of today and the near future.

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Gary Massey, Maureen Ehrensberger-Dow, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland; Erik Angelone, Kent State University, USA.

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    Frontmatter

    I
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    Preface to the Handbooks of Applied Linguistics Series

    V
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    Contents

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    Introduction: Contextualizing language industry studies

    1
    Erik Angelone, Gary Massey and Maureen Ehrensberger-Dow
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  • Part 1: Contexts and technological resources
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    Chapter 1 Charting the language industry: Interview with an industry observer

    17
    Florian Faes and Gary Massey
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    Chapter 2 Evolution of the language industry

    33
    Anne-Maj van der Meer
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    Chapter 3 The institutional language industry: Intercultural mediation at the European Parliament

    49
    Valter Mavrič and Mads Nyegaard Outzen
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    Chapter 4 Artificial intelligence, automation and the language industry

    71
    Joss Moorkens and Ana Guerberof Arenas
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  • Part 2: The human factor: Professional profiles
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    Chapter 5 MT developers

    101
    Martin Volk and Samuel Läubli
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    Chapter 6 Language technology developers

    121
    Martin Kappus
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    Chapter 7 Translation and localization project and process managers

    143
    Alaina Brandt
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    Chapter 8 Terminology managers

    179
    Kara Warburton
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    Chapter 9 Revisers and post-editors: The guardians of quality

    203
    Félix do Carmo and Maarit Koponen
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    Chapter 10 Video game localizers

    225
    Diana Díaz Montón
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    Chapter 11 Transcreation: Beyond translation and advertising

    251
    Oliver Carreira
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    Chapter 12 Audiovisual translators

    271
    Lindsay Bywood and Kristijan Nikolić
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    Chapter 13 Media accessibility specialists

    295
    Elena Di Giovanni and Francesca Raffi
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    Chapter 14 Legal translator profiles

    321
    Łucja Biel, Juliette Scott and John O’Shea
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    Chapter 15 Technical translators

    349
    Carlos Teixeira and Julián Zapata
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    Chapter 16 Translators in medical and health settings

    375
    Vicent Montalt and Ana Muñoz-Miquel
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    Chapter 17 Heritage tourism translators

    403
    David Katan and Maria Elisa Fina
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    Chapter 18 Language awareness in humanitarian responses

    431
    Carmen Valero-Garcés and Ellie Kemp
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    Chapter 19 Distance interpreting as a professional profile

    449
    Sabine Braun
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    Chapter 20 Conference interpreting in AI settings: New skills and ethical challenges

    473
    Bart Defrancq
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    Afterword

    489
    Chantal Wright
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    Contributors to this volume

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    Index

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Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
July 1, 2024
eBook ISBN:
9783110716047
Hardcover published on:
July 1, 2024
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110715927
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
9
Main content:
504
Illustrations:
25
Coloured Illustrations:
11
Tables:
20
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110716047
eBook ISBN: 9783110716047
Hardcover ISBN: 9783110715927
Keywords for this book
Translation Studies; Language Industry; Language Mediation; Language Technology
Audience(s) for this book
Scholars and students of Translation Studies and Language Mediation. Language industry mediators, managers and administrators
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