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1、TheJournalofSpecialisedTranslationIssue4-July2005TranslationandTechnology:aStudyofUKFreelanceTranslatorsHeatherFulfordandJoaquínGranell-ZafraBusinessSchool,LoughboroughUniversity,UKABSTRACTThereisawiderangeofinformationandcommunicationstechnologies(ICT)availabletotranslatorstoday,inclu
2、dingbothgeneral-purposesoftwareapplicationsandspecial-purposesoftware,suchasterminologymanagementandtranslationmemorysystems.Inthispaper,thefindingsarereportedofthefirstphaseofaresearchprojectsetuptoinvestigatetheadoptionofinformationandcommunicationtechnologiesbyUKfreelancetranslators
3、tosupporttheirvariousactivities,includingdocumentproduction,terminologymanagement,communicationandclientliaison,smallbusinessmanagement,andmarketingandworkprocurement.Thefindingsrevealwidespreadadoptionofgeneral-purposesoftwareapplications,butonlylimiteduptakeofmorespecial-purposesoftw
4、are,suchasfinancialandaccountingpackages,terminologymanagementtoolsandtranslationmemory.Levelsofawarenessoftranslation-specificsoftwarewerelow,andmanytranslatorsseemedscepticalaboutthevalueofsuchtechnologies.Theimplicationsofthesefindingsarediscussedforanumberofstakeholdersinthetransla
5、tionsector,includingexistingfreelancers,newly-qualifiedtranslators,translatortrainers,professionalbodiesfortranslators,andthedevelopersanddistributorsoftranslationtechnologies.KEYWORDSfreelancetranslator,translator'sworkstation,terminologymanagement,translationmemory,machinetranslation
6、,informationandcommunicationtechnologies,ICT,translationtechnologies.1.IntroductionDemandfortranslationserviceshasincreasedconsiderablyoverthepastdecadeorso,exacerbatedbyanumberoffactors,includingthegrowingemphasisinbusinessonglobalisation,theadventoftheWorldWideWebasaninternationalmar
7、ketingtool,theriseofthesoftwarelocalisationindustry(Sprung,2000:ix),andtheincreasingopportunitiesforinternationaltrade(AndrésLangeandBennett,2000:203).InEurope,theforgingofclosertradingrelationshipsbetweencountries,andmorerecently,theenlargementoftheEuropeanUnion,havehighlightedaware
