Kääntäjäopiskelijoiden käsityksiä jälkieditoinnista - ”Se sotii niitä periaatteita vastaan, joita käännöskursseilla opetetaan”

Abstract

<p>This paper presents a study on translator students’ perceptions on post-editing. Students from</p><p> </p><p>two different Master’s level courses were asked to post-edit machine translated texts and reflect</p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>on the differences between light and full post-editing, on the differences between translating and</p><p> </p><p>post-editing, on the role of error analysis and the use of the instructions given, as well as consider</p><p> </p><p>their own aptitudes in post-editor. The results show that their attitudes were mainly</p><p> </p><p></p><p>positive, but they felt that the task was challenging: leaving grammatical errors and “raw</p><p> </p><p>translations” in the text were considered difficult. The majority of students also thought that</p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>making a full post-editing was easier than making a light post-editing. This was also reflected in</p><p> </p><p>their productions, as many students returned a light edit that corresponded to a full one.</p><p> </p><p></p><b></b><p><b>Keywords</b>: machine translation, post-editing, students’ reflections, translator, training</p><p><br /></p>