Tradumàtica Summer School: Translation Technologies 2020 is Now 100% Online!
Amid coronavirus disease pandemic, we have decided to quickly adapt our programme and move the 5th edition of our summer school %100 online. All our courses will be held online in live sessions in web conferencing tools, learning management systems and later video recording of the classes will be provided to the participants of the summer school. With experience of the successful previous editions, we promise to create a sense of community with all the participants even in the virtual world and help you learn the state-of-the-art tools and methods for the translation and localisation industry. Since this year you cannot come to Barcelona, Barcelona comes to you! Stay safe, learn with us!
The Tradumàtica Summer School: Translation Technologies is an intensive course for people interested in automatised translation processes. Various types of workflows are included in the course, i.e. Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT), Machine Translation (MT) and localisation (computer games, mobile apps, images, software and web). Furthermore, the course touches upon contents such as active job search and business management. The process of translation in the knowledge society is carried out with the assistance of technology and translation tools. In fact, technology itself has generated the need to translate a huge variety of digital formats that can only be translated with the help of specific computer resources, such as texts in digital support (websites, mobile apps, TVs, etc.). The mastery of such tools is also essential in any field of specialised translation (i.e., scientific, technical or sworn translation).
In this context, the current labour market demands translators who are familiarised with the use of translation technologies and digital formats. At present, translation technologies allow a wide range of processes to be carried out: project management, web, multimedia, software, mobile apps and videogame localisation, desktop publishing, quality assurance, machine translation and postediting, etc. In this regard, technology is an instrument that will allow us to work as translators and localisers in a more effective and productive way.
What you will learn
The course has been designed so that its content covers all the phases of the translation process, from the reception of the project to its delivery, all through the analysis, the preparation, the translation and the postproduction of the translation assignment. Various types of workflows are included in the course, i.e. Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT), Machine Translation (MT) and localisation (computer games, mobile apps, images, software and web). Furthermore, the course touches upon contents such as active job search and business management. All courses will be taught in English. Course hours are provided according to Central European Summer Time (CEST), in other word, the time zone which Barcelona belongs to.
3-Week Calendar for Group 1 Students
July 13 – 17, 2020 – First Week
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Monday 13 |
Tuesday 14 |
Wed. 15 |
Thursday 16 |
Friday 17 | |
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9.00 – 11.00 Barcelona Time (CEST) |
Introduction to Translation Technology |
Introduction to Localisation
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HTML |
FOSS for translators
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Project management |
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11.00 – 14.00 |
Break | ||||
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14.00 – 16.00 Barcelona Time (CEST) |
SDL Trados
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Web
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Budgeting |
SDL Trados
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Project management |
July 20 – 24, 2020 – Second Week
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Monday 20 |
Tuesday 21 |
Wed. 22 |
Thursday 23 |
Friday 24 | |
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9.00 – 11.00 Barcelona Time (CEST) |
Multimedia Localisation |
Image localisation |
Subtitling
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Corpus for Translators
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Quality standards
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11.00 – 14.00 |
Break | ||||
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14.00 – 16.00 Barcelona Time (CEST) |
memoQ
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Curriculum Building for Translators
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memoQ
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Digital Presence for Translators
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July 27 – 31, 2020 – Third Week
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Monday 27 |
Tuesday 28 |
Wed. 29 |
Thursday 30 |
Friday 31 | |
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9.00 – 11.00 Barcelona Time (CEST) |
Machine Translation
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Translation standards
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Quality Assurance
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Videogame localisation
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Machine Translation
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11.00 – 14.00 |
Break | ||||
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14.00 – 16.00 Barcelona Time (CEST) |
Regular
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Software localisation
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Postediting |
Videogame localisation
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Q&A with Translation Companies – Closing Remarks Forum |
3-Week Calendar for Group 2 Students
July 13 – 17, 2020 – First Week
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Monday 13 |
Tuesday 14 |
Wed. 15 |
Thursday 16 |
Friday 17 | |
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9.00 – 11.00 Barcelona Time (CEST) |
Introduction to Localisation
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HTML
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Project management
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Web
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FOSS for translators |
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11.00 – 14.00 |
Break | ||||
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14.00 – 16.00 Barcelona Time (CEST) |
Introduction to Translation Technology
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SDL Trados
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Project management
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Budgeting [11.30-13.30 h] |
SDL Trados |
July 20 – 24, 2020 – Second Week
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Monday 20 |
Tuesday 21 |
Wed. 22 |
Thursday 23 |
Friday 24 | |
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9.00 – 11.00 Barcelona Time (CEST) |
memoQ |
Python for translators |
Curriculum Building for Translators
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memoQ
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Digital Presence for Translators
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11.00 – 14.00 |
Break | ||||
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14.00 – 16.00 Barcelona Time (CEST) |
Multimedia Localisation
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Image localisation |
Subtitling
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Corpus for Translators
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Quality standards
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July 27 – 31, 2020 – Third Week
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Monday 27 |
Tuesday 28 |
Wed. 29 |
Thursday 30 |
Friday 31 | |
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9.00 – 11.00 Barcelona Time (CEST) |
Regular
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Videogame localisation
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Translation standards
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Quality Assurance
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Postediting
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11.00 – 14.00 |
Break | ||||
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14.00 – 16.00 Barcelona Time (CEST) |
Machine Translation
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Videogame localisation
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Translation standards |
Machine Translation
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Seminar with Transperfect – Closing Remarks Forum |
**There may be slight changes in the order of the courses in the calendar. You will be notified in due time for any change.
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