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Poll: True or false: the Industrial revolution has come to translation Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "True or false: the Industrial revolution has come to translation".
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Henry Hinds 
United States
Local time: 20:46
English to Spanish
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In memoriam | Industrial Revolution | Sep 21, 2010 |
Just exactly what is meant by "The Industrial Revolution has come to translation?" It is not at all clear.
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Susanna Martoni
Italy
Local time: 04:46
Member (2009)
Spanish to Italian
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| Well, it is not so immediate | Sep 21, 2010 |
Before translation, and following the Industrial Revolution, there are so many things to mention.
I'd leave translation at the end of the list.
That's why I chose No.
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| The industrial revolution was, and still is, based on human creativity | Sep 21, 2010 |
Machine assisted translation, and many of the other computer devices which help the translator and help the individual or firm in need of translation hopefully increase the productivity of the translator and the quality of the finished product. So, I voted yes. But anyone who thinks that the Industrial revolution has replaced the role of the skilled machinist, or machine designer, or machine operator is in a fantasy not in the real world.
As long as we have a growing world with ma... See more Machine assisted translation, and many of the other computer devices which help the translator and help the individual or firm in need of translation hopefully increase the productivity of the translator and the quality of the finished product. So, I voted yes. But anyone who thinks that the Industrial revolution has replaced the role of the skilled machinist, or machine designer, or machine operator is in a fantasy not in the real world.
As long as we have a growing world with many languages, all of which depend on metaphor and irony to communicate ideas, we will need human translators who can understand and communicate in a way which machines will never be able to. If we don't innovate, we wither and die. But if someone thinks that machines will replace human beings, I suggest that they put down their fancy cell phone and walk around a bit. ▲ Collapse
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Nesrin
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:46
English to Arabic
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The Industrial Revolution? Wasn't that "a period from the 18th to the 19th century where major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transport and technology had a profound effect on the socioeconomic and cultural conditions starting in the United Kingdom, then subsequently spreading throughout Europe, North America, and eventually the worl... See more The Industrial Revolution? Wasn't that "a period from the 18th to the 19th century where major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transport and technology had a profound effect on the socioeconomic and cultural conditions starting in the United Kingdom, then subsequently spreading throughout Europe, North America, and eventually the world" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Revolution ?
Shouldn't that be "technological revolution", if anything?
Besides, definitions aside, I agree with Henry that the question isn't at all clear, which is why I skipped this poll. Surely it can't be disputed that technology "has come to" translation, so why would anyone vote "false"? But it's the impact and profoundness of that "coming" that can be disputed and discussed.
[Edited at 2010-09-21 21:11 GMT] ▲ Collapse
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Kiwiland Bear
New Zealand
Local time: 14:46
Russian to English
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| Digging for info | Sep 21, 2010 |
Voted yes. Mainly because of the tools available on the net to dig for info needed for good translation. No way I would be able to find the needed references and definitions if I was limited to paper-based sources only. Also, fast and easy way to ask for peer comments and pointers including from experts in some exotic fields which would otherwise be hard to come by.
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| between the lines ... | Sep 21, 2010 |
To whom it may concern,
Will our answers to this question be used to evaluate the effect of a potential claim for marketing some new crowdsourcing tool? ... if so, that says it all ...
Regards
Anett
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Parrot
Spain
Local time: 04:46
Spanish to English
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| In this day and age | Sep 21, 2010 |
when we're talking about post-modernism?
Isn't that about a hundred fifty years too late?
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Yaotl Altan
Mexico
Local time: 20:46
Member (2006)
English to Spanish
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| The new Industrial revolution. | Sep 21, 2010 |
If you refer to Trados, yes. (Translation) manpower will have to adapt again to the market.
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Lynda Bogdan (X)
Canada
Local time: 20:46
English
| My vote - yes | Sep 21, 2010 |
More reliance on technology, less on the human factor.
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The phrase "the Industrial revolution has come to translation" is present perfect, as if it were "hot news".
I think the industrial revolution, at least in its classical terms of specialization, division of tasks, etc. came to translation long before I was born.
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matt robinson
Spain
Local time: 04:47
Member (2010)
Spanish to English
There is a curious tendency to regard one's own field/sector as somehow isolated from the world; encapsulated in a bubble of self-examination and self-importance.
The Industrial Revolution had an impact on translation from the outset, and its effects continue to this day, as in other areas of society.
The use of present perfect with the verb come implies another understanding of the situation, and thus I had to vote no.
[Edited at 2010-09-22 07:02 GMT]
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Interlangue (X)
Angola
Local time: 04:47
English to French
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I miss the "other/N.A./I do not understand/meaning what?/no opinion" option, and skipped the poll.
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Rita Utt
France
Local time: 04:47
English to German
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For me industrial revolution means in this context that craftmen become less skilled workers working on more boring jobs in factories.
That is what some people try to do to translation.
But luckily for us, only a (small) part of translations can be done that way.
There are "factory jobs" in translation.
It is up to us to avoid them.
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