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«Post-Editing of Machine Translation» Study Program Design

Student: Nechaeva Natalia

Supervisor: Oleg Podolskiy

Faculty: Institute of Education

Educational Programme: Management in Higher Education (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2019

Post-editing of machine translation is a new type of linguistic services in demand in the modern translation market. The demand for post-editors of machine translation is constantly growing, but the training programs of the new format specialists are practically absent in Russia. It determines the relevance of the additional educational program design: Post-Editing of Machine Translation. The Institute of Foreign Languages, the Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia (Herzen University) is the place for implementation of the designed supplementary educational program. One of the strategic objectives of Herzen University development until 2023 is expanding the range of additional educational programs. In addition, Herzen University has the necessary human and material resources to implement the planned curriculum, and has an extensive partner network, which will allow to design and implement the program with the direct participation of potential employers (representatives of translation companies). In the process of the preliminary study we analysed the post-editing as a new kind of linguistic services, current demand for it among language professionals, the structure and content of the Russian and international Post-Editing of Machine Translation curricula, interests and contributions of the project stakeholders. Taking into account the results of preliminary research, we designed Post-Editing of Machine Translation curriculum: there were defined the goals and objectives of the program, its format and content, developed the system of evaluation of the program results, as well as a model for evaluating the effectiveness of the project as a whole. In addition, as a part of the design there were developed the project plan, the scheme of the educational process, and the curriculum promotion plan, the project risks and mitigation strategies were analyzed.

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