Mapping Crowdsourcing Translation in China - A Multidimensional Assessment of Yeeyan

Yang examines the use of crowdsourcing for translation in the Chinese context, focusing on Yeeyan, which is the largest translation community in China. 

List of contents

1 Introduction
2. Crowdsourcing and crowdsourcing translation
3. A multidimensional study of crowdsourcing translation
4. Motivations and participation
5. Organisational mechanisms: Workflow and the learning dimension
6. Peer communication and collaboration
7. Translation quality and quality control
8. Crowdsourcing in crisis translation
9. Concluding remarks
Appendix 1
Appendix 2

About the author

Jun Yang is a Lecturer in the Department of Literature, Media and Language at Swansea University, United Kingdom. She is the Postgraduate Research Lead for Modern Languages, Translation, and Interpreting. Her research interests span a variety of areas within translation studies, including crowdsourcing translation, online collaborative translation, translation communities, non-professional translation, translation technologies, and audiovisual translation. She has published articles on the topic of 'translaboration'. Following her extensive research into crowdsourcing translation, she is now expanding her research scope. Her recent research focuses on the interaction between translation and new media, particularly the organisation, consumption, and cultural impact of fan translation. Jun also teaches English-Chinese translation, translation technologies, and audiovisual translation.

Summary

Yang examines the use of crowdsourcing for translation in the Chinese context, focusing on Yeeyan, which is the largest translation community in China.

Product details

• Authors: Jun Yang, Jun (Swansea University Yang, Yang Jun
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032473352
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3247335-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Routledge Advances in Translation and Interpreting Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); China, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Society & culture: general, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Translating & Interpreting, Translation & interpretation, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Society and culture: general, Translation and interpretation