Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of the article is to explain the increase in translation services market in the current era of technological breakthrough, where the progress of “smart technologies” in all areas of the global economy can be described as a survival factor.
Design/methodology/approach: Analysis of research in the field of theory and history of automated translation, as well as the statistical data provided, allow to describe the history of formation and the current state of machine translation and TM systems. The authors substantiate the importance of computer assisted translation tools for the economic policies of translation agencies and independent translators.
Findings: The paper defines automated translation performed by a translator using machine translation and TM systems as tools for performing routine work, saving time for translation, ensuring terminological consistency and improving the quality of the translation text. A detailed description of one of the most popular and successfully developing SMART programs in Russia - the cloud TM system SmartCAT is offered.
Originality/value: The authors convincingly demonstrate the advantages of SmartCAT by the example of translating an excerpt from a commercial contract from Russian into German and English and state that the development of smart technologies stimulates the development of the translation services market as a whole, increases the need for a translator at the stage of pre- and post-editing and diversifies the profile of the profession. The future, as studies show, lies in modern powerful TM systems with integrated MT. The use of “smart technologies” gives the translator a chance to better focus on the creative aspects of the profession.
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Novozhilova, A.A., Korolkova, S.A., Mityagina, V.A., Naumova, A.P. (2021). SMART Technologies in Translation: Globalization as a Factor of Progress. In: Popkova, E.G., Sergi, B.S. (eds) "Smart Technologies" for Society, State and Economy. ISC 2020. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 155. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59126-7_26
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