The Translation Sector of the Future: Indications from the FIT 2017 Conference "Disruption and Diversification"

• Griffin-Mason, Sarah ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Portsmouth

     University of Portsmouth

     Southsea, Reino Unido

     
• Localización: Revista tradumàtica: traducció i tecnologies de la informació i la comunicació, ISSN-e 1578-7559, Nº. 16, 2018, págs. 71-84
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.5565/rev/tradumatica.213
• Títulos paralelos:
  • El sector de la traducción del futuro: indicaciones de la FIT 2017
  • El sector de la traducció del futur: indicacions de la FIT 2017
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• Resumen
  • español

    La globalización y la mecanización afectarán al sector de la traducción. Este artículo resume las ideas principales expresadas en la conferencia de la Federación Internacional de Traductores (FIT) 2017, en Brisbane. Los grandes desafíos son: la inteligencia artificial; la visibilidad y el valor de los proveedores de servicios lingüísticos; las deficiencias de la economía por encargos y la falta de obligatoriedad de tener un título para ejercer.

  • català

    La globalització i la mecanització afectaran el sector de la traducció. Aquest article resumeix les idees principals que es van presentar a la conferència de la Federació Internacional de Traductors (FIT), l'agost del 2017, a Brisbane. Els grans desafiaments són: la intel·ligència artificial; la visibilitat i el valor dels proveïdors de serveis lingüístics; les deficiències de l'economia per encàrrecs i la falta d'obligatorietat de tenir un títol per exercir.

  • English

    Globalisation and mechanisation will impact upon the translation sector. This paper summarises key messages presented at the August 2017 International Federation of Translation (FIT-IFT) conference in Brisbane including: artificial intelligence; the visibility and value of language service providers; the shortcomings of the gig economy and the absence of right to title as key challenges.

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