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Designing a Platform-Facilitated and Corpus-Assisted Translation Class

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Emerging Technologies for Education (SETE 2018)

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An effective translation class relies on both clear and accurate instruction from the teacher as well as motivated and guided self-discovery by the learner. Various emerging technologies have made education as such possible and feasible. Taking the translation of reporting clauses as a case in point, this paper introduces the design and teaching procedure of a translation class which combines the adoption of an online platform for teaching and self-learning of English-Chinese translation and an online English-Chinese Parallel Corpus to facilitate effective teaching and learning. A platform-facilitated and corpus-assisted translation class as such demonstrates a new approach to translator training relying on emerging technologies. It not only enhances overall comprehension and digestion of knowledge but also encourages and inspires exploration spirit in learners.

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  1. School of Interpreting and Translation Studies, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China

    Lu Tian

  2. Center for Translation Studies, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China

    Lu Tian

  3. School of Foreign Studies, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China

    Yuanyuan Mu & Wenting Yang

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  1. South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China

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  2. Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China

    Wei Chen

  3. Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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  4. Maejo University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

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  5. City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Rynson Lau

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Tian, L., Mu, Y., Yang, W. (2018). Designing a Platform-Facilitated and Corpus-Assisted Translation Class. In: Hao, T., Chen, W., Xie, H., Nadee, W., Lau, R. (eds) Emerging Technologies for Education. SETE 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 11284. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03580-8_22

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