Sharon O’brien
Biographic Data
| ID | 4506508 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sharon O’brien |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sharon |
| FAMILY NAME | O’brien |
| SIGNATURE | O’BRIEN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dublin City University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Human-Centered augmented translation: Against antagonistic dualisms
Industry commentators have recently proposed the concept of ‘augmented translation’. Drawing on the notions of ‘antagonistic dualisms’ and ‘human-centered artificial intelligence’ (HCAI), this paper considers various definitions of ‘augmentation’ from an augmented cognition standpoint including definitions focussing on problem-solving, interdisciplinary field theories, and cognition supported by sensing technologies and AI. It is suggested that t…
Crisis translation: Considering language needs in multilingual disaster settings
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the role that language translation can play in disaster prevention and management and to make the case for increased attention to language translation in crisis communication. Design/methodology/approach The paper draws on literature relating to disaster management to suggest that translation is a perennial issue in crisis communication. Findings Although communication with multicultural and multi…
A reception study of machine translated subtitles for Moocs
As access has grown to online courses in the form of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), the language barrier has become an important issue for users worldwide. Machine translation (MT) appears to offer an alternative or complementary solution to existing forms of MOOC translation. Very little attention has been paid, however, to the use and utility of MT for MOOC content. The main goal of this research is to test the impact machine-translated s…
Resistance and accommodation: Factors for the (non-) adoption of machine translation among professional translators
Despite considerable advances in machine translation (MT), adoption by professional translators still meets with resistance. Research on the human factors associated with MT (non-)adoption is required to understand this state of affairs. We investigate whether two specific groups of professional translators use MT, what reasons they advance for its use/non-use and what factors might explain the reasons given. Participants advanced an equally dive…
Research Methodologies in Translation Studies
As an interdisciplinary area of research, translation studies attracts students and scholars with a wide range of backgrounds, who then need to face the challenge of accounting for a complex object of enquiry that does not adapt itself well to traditional methods in other fields of investigation. This book addresses the needs of such scholars – whether they are students doing research at postgraduate level or more experienced researchers who want…
The Country of the Ill
Illness and Culture in the Postmodern Age. By David B. Morris. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1998. 345 pages. $42.50. IN HER GROUNDBREAKING BOOK, Illness as Metaphor, SUSAN SONTAG DEFINED illness as both the landscape of biological disease and a socially constructed system of meaning. Together, biology and culture created another country, "the kingdom of the ill," a country one could enter at any time, perhaps never again rece…
A Short Reflection on Teaching Memoir and Oral History
Additional informationNotes on contributorsSharon O'BrienSharon O'Brien is John Hope Caldwell Professor of American Cultures at Dickinson College. Currently she is completing a memoir, “ ‘A Certain Slant of Light’: Reflections on Depression in America.”
Becoming Noncanonical: The Case Against Willa Cather
IN THE 1920S WILLA CATHER ACHIEVED BOTH CRITICAL ACCLAIM AND POPULAR success. So confident was she of her ability to attract contemporary and future readers that in 1927 she asked her publisher Alfred Knopf for a one percent increase in her royalties for Death Comes for the Archbishop. Believing that this novel's reputation-and sales-would outlast her lifetime, she prophesied that someday Knopf's son would be paying royalties to her niece.' Cathe…
De-Simplifying Cather
The Government-Government and Trust Relationships: Conflicts and Inconsistencies
INTRODUCTION\nIn 1834 the House Committee on Indian Affairs issued a comprehensive report, "Regulating the Indian Department," which analyzed the United States relationship with the Indian nations. Following a review of applicable laws, the committee concluded that Congress had overstepped its authority in legislating for tribes. Only legislation, the committee admonished, which fulfilled treaty obligations and to which tribes had consented in th…
Resistance and accommodation: Factors for the (non-) adoption of machine translation among professional translators
Despite considerable advances in machine translation (MT), adoption by professional translators still meets with resistance. Research on the human factors associated with MT (non-)adoption is required to understand this state of affairs. We investigate whether two specific groups of professional translators use MT, what reasons they advance for its use/non-use and what factors might explain the reasons given. Participants advanced an equally dive…
Becoming Noncanonical: The Case Against Willa Cather
IN THE 1920S WILLA CATHER ACHIEVED BOTH CRITICAL ACCLAIM AND POPULAR success. So confident was she of her ability to attract contemporary and future readers that in 1927 she asked her publisher Alfred Knopf for a one percent increase in her royalties for Death Comes for the Archbishop. Believing that this novel's reputation-and sales-would outlast her lifetime, she prophesied that someday Knopf's son would be paying royalties to her niece.' Cathe…
A reception study of machine translated subtitles for Moocs
As access has grown to online courses in the form of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), the language barrier has become an important issue for users worldwide. Machine translation (MT) appears to offer an alternative or complementary solution to existing forms of MOOC translation. Very little attention has been paid, however, to the use and utility of MT for MOOC content. The main goal of this research is to test the impact machine-translated s…
Human-Centered augmented translation: Against antagonistic dualisms
Industry commentators have recently proposed the concept of ‘augmented translation’. Drawing on the notions of ‘antagonistic dualisms’ and ‘human-centered artificial intelligence’ (HCAI), this paper considers various definitions of ‘augmentation’ from an augmented cognition standpoint including definitions focussing on problem-solving, interdisciplinary field theories, and cognition supported by sensing technologies and AI. It is suggested that t…
The Government-Government and Trust Relationships: Conflicts and Inconsistencies
INTRODUCTION\nIn 1834 the House Committee on Indian Affairs issued a comprehensive report, "Regulating the Indian Department," which analyzed the United States relationship with the Indian nations. Following a review of applicable laws, the committee concluded that Congress had overstepped its authority in legislating for tribes. Only legislation, the committee admonished, which fulfilled treaty obligations and to which tribes had consented in th…
The Government-Government and Trust Relationships: Conflicts and Inconsistencies
INTRODUCTION\nIn 1834 the House Committee on Indian Affairs issued a comprehensive report, "Regulating the Indian Department," which analyzed the United States relationship with the Indian nations. Following a review of applicable laws, the committee concluded that Congress had overstepped its authority in legislating for tribes. Only legislation, the committee admonished, which fulfilled treaty obligations and to which tribes had consented in th…
De-Simplifying Cather
Becoming Noncanonical: The Case Against Willa Cather
IN THE 1920S WILLA CATHER ACHIEVED BOTH CRITICAL ACCLAIM AND POPULAR success. So confident was she of her ability to attract contemporary and future readers that in 1927 she asked her publisher Alfred Knopf for a one percent increase in her royalties for Death Comes for the Archbishop. Believing that this novel's reputation-and sales-would outlast her lifetime, she prophesied that someday Knopf's son would be paying royalties to her niece.' Cathe…
A Short Reflection on Teaching Memoir and Oral History
Additional informationNotes on contributorsSharon O'BrienSharon O'Brien is John Hope Caldwell Professor of American Cultures at Dickinson College. Currently she is completing a memoir, “ ‘A Certain Slant of Light’: Reflections on Depression in America.”
The Country of the Ill
Illness and Culture in the Postmodern Age. By David B. Morris. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1998. 345 pages. $42.50. IN HER GROUNDBREAKING BOOK, Illness as Metaphor, SUSAN SONTAG DEFINED illness as both the landscape of biological disease and a socially constructed system of meaning. Together, biology and culture created another country, "the kingdom of the ill," a country one could enter at any time, perhaps never again rece…
Research Methodologies in Translation Studies
As an interdisciplinary area of research, translation studies attracts students and scholars with a wide range of backgrounds, who then need to face the challenge of accounting for a complex object of enquiry that does not adapt itself well to traditional methods in other fields of investigation. This book addresses the needs of such scholars – whether they are students doing research at postgraduate level or more experienced researchers who want…
Resistance and accommodation: Factors for the (non-) adoption of machine translation among professional translators
Despite considerable advances in machine translation (MT), adoption by professional translators still meets with resistance. Research on the human factors associated with MT (non-)adoption is required to understand this state of affairs. We investigate whether two specific groups of professional translators use MT, what reasons they advance for its use/non-use and what factors might explain the reasons given. Participants advanced an equally dive…
Crisis translation: Considering language needs in multilingual disaster settings
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the role that language translation can play in disaster prevention and management and to make the case for increased attention to language translation in crisis communication. Design/methodology/approach The paper draws on literature relating to disaster management to suggest that translation is a perennial issue in crisis communication. Findings Although communication with multicultural and multi…
A reception study of machine translated subtitles for Moocs
As access has grown to online courses in the form of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), the language barrier has become an important issue for users worldwide. Machine translation (MT) appears to offer an alternative or complementary solution to existing forms of MOOC translation. Very little attention has been paid, however, to the use and utility of MT for MOOC content. The main goal of this research is to test the impact machine-translated s…
Human-Centered augmented translation: Against antagonistic dualisms
Industry commentators have recently proposed the concept of ‘augmented translation’. Drawing on the notions of ‘antagonistic dualisms’ and ‘human-centered artificial intelligence’ (HCAI), this paper considers various definitions of ‘augmentation’ from an augmented cognition standpoint including definitions focussing on problem-solving, interdisciplinary field theories, and cognition supported by sensing technologies and AI. It is suggested that t…
Computer Science (7 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Art (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · American and British Literature Analysis (2 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Natural language processing (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works)