Making Friends with Machine Translation: A Hands-On Approach more

Sun, May 1, 13:00-14:30 Asia/Seoul

As Susan Jones, a translation teacher at Kobe College, put it: machine translation (MT) is "here to stay." As technology improves, it is becoming harder for teachers to detect it or to prevent it in student-generated texts. The tendency for teachers to resist MT may come from a fear that learning is minimal when students unquestioningly trust MT output. This presentation proposes helping our students work with MT in order to benefit their learning as well as their writing. In this workshop, participants will first experience different types of MT apps and discuss the differences. We will then consider the limitations of MT with respect to cultural differences and new or specialized terminology. Finally, we will discuss ways to help students help themselves in class. As time allows, the audience will have the chance to bring their own texts to be translated and discussed.