THE ROLE OF COMPUTER SKILLS IN THE FORMATION OF MODERN TRANSLATOR’S PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE

The use of ICT and dedicated translation software in teaching students of translation specializations at institutions of higher education.

Translation tools
Machine Translation (MT):  MT performs simple substitution of words in one language for words in another, but that alone usually cannot produce a good translation of a text because recognition of whole phrases and their closest counterparts in the target language is needed. Solving this problem with corpus statistical, and neural techniques is a rapidly growing field that is leading to better translations, handling differences in linguistic typology, translation of idioms, and the isolation of anomalies

Computer Assisted Translation (CAT): is a form of language translation in which a human translator uses computer software to support and facilitate the translation process, Computer-assisted translation is sometimes called machine-assisted, or machine-aided, translation and must be not confused with Machine translation

Terminology management systems
The benefits of using TMS-systems include the following:

1) they enhance and encourage terminological consistency and thus improve quality of translated texts;

2) prevent translators from undertaking the same terminological searches every now and again;

3) translation process is accelerated due to reuse of previously translated terminology