ÇAĞ UNIVERSITY
HIGHER VOCATIONAL SCHOOL
APPLIED ENGLISH AND TRANSLATION DEPARMENT
Code
Course Title
Credit
ECTS
AET 206
4
Computer-aided Translation
(3-0)3
Prerequisites
None
Language of Instruction
Mode of Delivery
Face to face
English
st
Type and Level of Course
Main / Undergraduate / 1 Year Fall Semester
Lecturers
Name(s)
Contacts
Lecture Hours
Office Hours
Course
fatmatokoz@yahoo.
Fatma Toköz Göktepe
Coordinator
com
Others
Course Objective
Learning
Outcomes of the
Course
Course
Description: This
course focuses
on providing the
students with
new vocabulary
in a variety of
areas such as
literature,
language
learning,
language
teaching, art,
economy,
science and
technology. It
also aims to
teach different
affixes in English,
prefixes, suffixes
along with
aphorisms and
idioms.
The relation between software and translation studies is explained. In the lesson students learn
how to use TRADOS tool.
Relationship
Students who have completed the course successfully should
be able to
Net Effect
Prog. Output
5&4
1
They determine basic rules of CAT programs.
5&6
5&4
2
They clarify basic elements about of programs.
5&6
5&4
3
They carry out the basic elements of CAT programs in
5&6
laboratory conditions.
4
They generalize translation by gathering the basic elements of
the CAT programs.
Course Description: The history and development of machine translation is explained. Different CAT tools and online
dictionaries are introduced. TRADOS tool is introduced and students will be able to use TRADOS for their translations
in other lessons.
Course Contents: (Weekly Lecture Plan)
Weeks
Topics
Preparation
Teaching Methods
1
Presentation,
Q&A
Course
Notes
What is machine translation?
2
Presentation, Q & A
Course Notes
The development of machine
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
translation
CAT tools
Online dictionaries
TRADOS
Development of TRADOS
Translation memory
Information / Database
Database
Multi-Term
Multi-Term Convert
Win Align
Workbench
Shortcuts
Textbook
REFERENCES
Koehn, P. Statistical Machine Translation, Cambridge University Press. 2009
Course Notes
Course Notes
Course Notes
Course Notes
Course Notes
Course Notes
Course Notes
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Course Notes
Course Notes
Presentation, Q & A
Presentation, Q & A
Presentation, Q & A
Presentation, Q & A
Presentation-Discussion
Presentation
Presentation-Discussion
Presentation-Discussion
Lab / Workshop, Self-Study
Lab / Workshop, Self-Study
Lab / Workshop, Self-Study
Lab / Workshop, Self-Study
Hutchins, W. J., Somers H.L.. An Introduction to Machine Translation, Academic Press, San Diego. 1992
Related links
Trujillo, A.,. Translation Engines : Techniques for Machine Translation, Springer-Verlag
Series on Applied Computing. 1999
Course Notes
Photocopied Materials
Recommended Reading
Material Sharing
Activities
Midterm Exam
Presentation
Homework
Effect of The Activities
Effect of The Final
Exam
Contents
Hours in Classroom
Hours out Classroom
Presentation
Midterm-Exam
Fieldwork
Final Exam
Number
1
1
-
ASSESSMENT METHODS
Effect
30 %
20 %
50 %
50 %
ECTS TABLE
Number
14
14
1
10
1
Notes
(Text Analysis)
Hours
3
3
Total
42
42
23
2
23
23
20
23
150
150/30
5
Toplam
Toplam / 30
AKTS Kredisi