Comments on: Super-Professional Translators? http://nadinetouzet.com/blog/2008/03/06/super-professional-translators/ keeping it up in the translation/interpretation sphere Wed, 13 May 2009 04:04:55 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: admin http://nadinetouzet.com/blog/2008/03/06/super-professional-translators/comment-page-1/#comment-173 admin Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:31:56 +0000 http://nadinetouzet.com/blog/super-professional-translators/#comment-173 I agree. This is totally profit-driven. Taylor's theory applied to translation. I agree. This is totally profit-driven. Taylor’s theory applied to translation.

]]> By: Otir http://nadinetouzet.com/blog/2008/03/06/super-professional-translators/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Otir Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:00:31 +0000 http://nadinetouzet.com/blog/super-professional-translators/#comment-170 Isn't the issue in the attempt to eliminate all human activity and replace it with tools because it is more cost effective? because it has been done in lots of repetitive tasks, there seem to be a fantasy that it can be done for all of them. But in my humble opinion, translation is not a task therefore it cannot be treated as such, because it is a cognitive function rather. When they start talking of "professional understanders", "professional feelers", "professional intuiters" etc. and start finding tools to replace them for profit, then, well, I hope I won't be there. Isn’t the issue in the attempt to eliminate all human activity and replace it with tools because it is more cost effective? because it has been done in lots of repetitive tasks, there seem to be a fantasy that it can be done for all of them. But in my humble opinion, translation is not a task therefore it cannot be treated as such, because it is a cognitive function rather.

When they start talking of “professional understanders”, “professional feelers”, “professional intuiters” etc. and start finding tools to replace them for profit, then, well, I hope I won’t be there.

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