Evaluation of Computer Aided Translation (CAT) Tools in the Translation Process: A Plea for Complementing CAT-Tools with Corpus Linguistical Tools and Methods

dc.contributor.authorHinderer, Dora
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-01T18:36:35Z
dc.date.available2024-02-01T18:36:35Z
dc.date.issued2024-02-01
dc.date.submitted2024-01-22
dc.description.abstractThe demand for translations of high quality is on a peak while the budget and time resources are low. Consequently, translators need technological support and use Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) tools. Using the open-source tool OmegaT, this thesis investigates how CAT tools support the translation process. The objective of the study are political texts published by the European Parliament. The analysis further demonstrates that CAT tools have certain constraints. Using parts of the monolingual corpus DeReKo, the thesis exemplifies how these limitations can be overcome by using corpora as an additional resource during the translation process. This thesis contributes to the improvement of CAT tools as the main technological resource used by translation experts and outlines weaknesses which negatively impact their work. The findings can be used for optimizing all types of technology dealing with language data because they show how natural language must be understood to process it automatically. Furthermore, the approach taken in this work with regard to the critical examination of available resources can be applied in the future to evaluate and optimize new translation tools.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/20327
dc.language.isodeen
dc.pendingfalse
dc.publisherUniversity of Waterlooen
dc.subjectcomputational linguisticsen
dc.subjectcorpusen
dc.subjectlinguisticsen
dc.subjecttranslationen
dc.subjectmachine translationen
dc.subjectcomputer aided translationen
dc.titleEvaluation of Computer Aided Translation (CAT) Tools in the Translation Process: A Plea for Complementing CAT-Tools with Corpus Linguistical Tools and Methodsen
dc.typeMaster Thesisen
uws-etd.degreeMaster of Artsen
uws-etd.degree.departmentGermanic and Slavic Studiesen
uws-etd.degree.disciplineGerman (German Studies, Intercultural)en
uws-etd.degree.grantorUniversity of Waterlooen
uws-etd.embargo.terms0en
uws.contributor.advisorWitt, Andreas Prof. Dr.
uws.contributor.advisorLobin, Henning Prof. Dr.
uws.contributor.advisorPerkuhn, Rainer Dipl.-Inf.
uws.contributor.affiliation1Faculty of Artsen
uws.peerReviewStatusUnrevieweden
uws.published.cityWaterlooen
uws.published.countryCanadaen
uws.published.provinceOntarioen
uws.scholarLevelGraduateen
uws.typeOfResourceTexten

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