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Suppression as a Form of Creativity in Technical Translation

First published as Byrne, Jody (2006) Suppression as a Form of Creativity in Technical Translation. Ian Kemble (ed.) Translation and Creativity:How Creative is the Translator? Portsmouth: University of Portsmouth, pp.6-14

Abstract: Any discussion of creativity in translation depends on our definition of “creativity”. One approach to creativity might be to regard it simply as something which is not the norm or which is not expected. In the case of technical translation, particularly of instructional texts, translators may be met with artefacts of the original author’s creativity Continue reading

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Translation, Quality and Cognetics: New Insights into Translation Quality

Published as: Byrne, J. (2003) Translation, Quality and Cognetics: New Insights into Translation Quality. In: Quality Issues in Translation: Conference Proceedings. Sonia Cunico & Begoña Rodrígues de Céspedes (eds.): Portsmouth: University of Portsmouth, pp. 19-36

This paper contains an introductory examination of human cognition, interface design and cognetics. For reasons of space it would be unfeasible to cover every aspect of these subjects and for this reason, only the most salient aspects will be discussed. The discussion here presupposes a target-orientated approach to translation whereby the needs of the target audience take priority and where the usability of translations is the ultimate goal. Continue reading

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