Abstract
The article provides an impression of the impact of digitalization on society, politics and economics, and especially on communication and translation. A short recollection of some memories of the life in Western Germany and Denmark at the end of the last century is meant to emphasize the changes. Digitalization has quickly developed into a digital revolution. Regarding communication, focus is on the dominant position of the English language and the significant improvements of Machine Translation (MT) via Google Neural Machine Translation (GNMT). MT may change the translation profession from Human Translation (HT) into Post-editing. In the end of the article, advantages and disadvantages of digitalization are shortly discussed.
Translated title of the contribution | The Digital Turn |
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Original language | German |
Title of host publication | PCTS Proceedings (Professional Communication & Translation Studies) |
Editors | Claudia Mihali |
Number of pages | 11 |
Volume | 11 |
Place of Publication | Timișoara |
Publisher | Politechnica University Press |
Publication date | 2018 |
Pages | 75-85 |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Event | 10th International Conference on Professional Communication and Translation Studies - Politehnica University of Tmisoara, Timisoara, Romania Duration: 30 Mar 2017 → 31 Mar 2017 Conference number: 10 http://www.sc.upt.ro/ro/pcts10 |
Conference
Conference | 10th International Conference on Professional Communication and Translation Studies |
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Number | 10 |
Location | Politehnica University of Tmisoara |
Country/Territory | Romania |
City | Timisoara |
Period | 30/03/2017 → 31/03/2017 |
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Series | Professional Communication and Translation Studies |
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Volume | 11 |
ISSN | 2065-099X |
Keywords
- Blessing or curse
- Communication
- Digital power
- Digitalization
- Machine translation