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The Impact of Translation Memory Segmentation on the Cohesion and Coherence of Technical Texts Translated from English into Arabic

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Even though Translation Memories (TMs) are known to increase translation productivity, term consistency and quality, many scholars pinpoint that TM segmentation disrupts the Source Text (ST) linearity. Being an indispensable tool for translators and a novel tool in the Arab world, there is a growing need for an in-depth investigation of this feature. This research investigates the impact of TM segmentation on the Target Text (TT) in terms of cohesion and coherence. It is a mixed research design where participants translate two English user manuals into Arabic. The participants translated the first English smart phone user manuals into Arabic without the software program WordFast Anywhere (WFA) and translated the second through WFA. Three professional translation instructors at the AUC Language Department (AUC LD) assessed the language of the two texts produced in terms of cohesion and coherence based on the analytical rubric Farahzad (1992) and analyzed the protocols produced. The evaluation of pre-test, post-test and the Think-Aloud Protocols(TAP) revealed that TM segmentation negatively affects the cohesion and coherence of the TT

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10.21608/jwadi.2022.268202

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Translation Memory, segmentation, Cohesion, Coherence, cognitive activity, CAT tools, Wordfast Anywhere

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Amira

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Abdel-maksoud

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An instructor at the AUC, Cairo University (CHP) and (CLT) A PhD Candidate, English Department, Faculty of Arts Cairo University

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36

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36

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37481

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2022-10-01

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2022-11-02

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2022-10-01

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177

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192

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2536-9555

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2682-4582

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مجلة وادي النيل للدراسات والبحوث الإنسانية والاجتماعية والتربويه

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22 Jan 2023