ICT for Translation and Interpreting

A global crisis: a shortage of qualified linguists.

Paris declaration, 2010.

European institutions anticipate a similar shortage in the next ten years.

Industries are concerned about this.

Average loss of 325,000 per business

How to tackle these crisis?

Through education.

School of thought leans to an experimental and situated learning.

Difficulties for the method learning

Experience is viral in the learning process, but for the experience to be valid, it is essential that they learn “in context” (McLellan, 1994) and the context and activities need to be authentic.

John Dewey (1859 – 1952): He es one of the primary figures associated with the philosophy of pragmatism and is considered one of the fathers of functional psychology.

Empowering students and fostering teamwork and professional skills

The Wiki Tool.

It can support a collaborative construction of knowledge; groups can be created on the VLE, and then be assigned a page on the wiki, where they exchange and annotate their join transition.

Finally, wikis can help provide access to expert performance.

ICT are still a fertile field for research and development. Software for translation is something that still has a long way to go.