TRAM496 Translation as Human-Computer Interaction

On successful completion of this module, you will be able to: 

• Demonstrate the ability to critically assess and select appropriate advanced clinical assessment methods and tools, considering their relevance to diverse patient populations and clinical scenarios. 
• Analyse and synthesize a range of clinical information for differentiated and undifferentiated presentations and complex situations, including physical and mental health assessments, diagnostic investigations, holistic patient histories, and interdisciplinary collaboration to make informed and best practice clinical decisions. 
• Cultivate advanced clinical reasoning abilities, integrating evidence-based practice, critical thinking, and ethical considerations to formulate comprehensive care plans and recommendations for patients with complex health needs. 
• Actively and effectively collaborate with multi-disciplinary healthcare professionals and networks, including patients, their families and carers, to optimise patient care, outcomes, and be responsive to changing requirements of local populations, agencies and networks. 
• Demonstrate accountability and self-awareness of individual capabilities and professional scope of practice, including when working with and managing complexity and risk, while working towards achieving autonomous and safe advanced clinical assessments and patient education, and seek help when required. 

• Computer technologies in general, e.g. Microsoft Office tools 
• Resources that help solve problems in translation, e.g terminological databases 
• Support provided by specialised computer-aided translation tools, e.g. SDL Trados Studio 
• Human-computer interaction in translation: the translator as an agent and technology as an aid to problem-solving 
• Capacity and limitations of machine translation; using machine translation output as an element of translation decision 
• Different modes of translation, including post-editing of machine translation and different translation strategies 
• The influence of technology on professional practices. 

• transmit the basic knowledge on the themes, discuss the implications of the different topics, and guide the self-study of the students. This objective is fulfilled by the lectures and discussions during the tutorials. 
• provide hands-on exercises for the students to test the use of the technologies, and to discover and develop their technical skills. This work is done during the weekly workshops. 
• incentivise the students to test and try new features available in the tools to improve their efficiency, and to learn more about the role of technology in professional life. This work should be done by the students in independent learning time. 

Learning and teaching includes: 
 

• Lectures 
• Captured content addressing module content 
• Guided learning – such as signposted hands-on exercises and guidelines relevant to advanced practice in the field 
• Problem-based practical exercises  
• Discussion and group work (in-class) 
• Practice-based learning – application of knowledge acquired throughout the module in realistic or academically simulated contexts 

Portfolio of weekly work (50%) 

This is composed throughout the semester as follows: 
- Students write weekly short reports (ca. 200 words) reflecting on the work done. 
- At the end of the semester, students revise and select the most important pieces describing the weekly work and write a longer commentary (ca. 500) words on the whole module. 
- They submit an end-of-semester module portfolio with ca. 2000 words 

Practical assignment and commentary (50%) 

Task to be performed with a computer tool, with specific resources and time restrictions at the end of the semester. 

https://readinglists.surrey.ac.uk