Translation and technologie

Translation services has increased in the last few years and new technological devices can be applied in this field.

Translation tools they are relatively good at finding concordances but they need to begin to accommodate specific needs of a particular language.

Adoption of information and communication technologies

1. Documents production activities (presentations software and publishing software)
2. Information search and retrieval activities (dictionaries and glossaries, terminology data banks)
3. Translation creation activities (computer-aid translation)
4. Communicative activities (electronic mail, most of translation use it)
5. Marketing and work procurement activities used on-line translation marketplaces of marketing and or for work procurement
business management activities spreadsheet packages database packages

Attitude towards ICT

• Largely positive
• Brought time saving benefits helped them provide higher quality services to their clients improve their effectiveness
• Invest technology that would help improve their efficiency and productivity as translators embark on a freelance career.