A case study

A technological insight on teaching translation

Bibliographic Data

ID8936732
AuthorsCristina Pardo-Ballester (0000-0001-9494-2717, World Languages and Cultures Iowa State University Ames Iowa USA, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume55
Issue3
Pages894-913
Publication date2022-07-14
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueForeign Language Annals (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0015-718X • E-ISSN: 1944-9720
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/flan.12640
OpenAlexW4285390015
LanguageEN
References cited17

This case study examines an online introductory Spanish‐English translation course focused on learning Spanish through machine translation. Fifty‐three Spanish learners were guided by their teacher to rethink, reflect, and interpret what Google Translate offered. Quantitative and qualitative analyses of learners' reports and teacher feedback revealed that the evaluative task design led to (a) high percentages of learners' interlinguistic and intercultural awareness and (b) translation methods awareness for more than half of the learners. Participants' responses to a literary translation assignment were explored through teacher scaffolding for learners to understand how to differentiate lexical to phrasal levels in a text, with the aim to translate also the style of the source text for the American audience. Pedagogical implications will be shared on how a teacher‐learner approach on translation tasks prepared students for the language awareness learning process

Linguistics · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Qualitative research · Sociology · Style (visual arts · Task (project management · Teaching method · Computer Science · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Psychology · Subtitles and Audiovisual Media · Translation Studies and Practices

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