Charting Thai university students' group translation on google docs through docuviz

Nakhon Kitjaroonchai and Daron Benjamin Loo and Tantip Kitjaroonchai (2023) Charting Thai university students' group translation on google docs through docuviz. Language Learning & Technology, 27 (1). pp. 1-18. ISSN 1094-3501

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Abstract

This study sets out to investigate Thai university students' group translation of Thai texts into English in a synchronous setting. Four groups, consisting of three or four members, were involved in this study. This study examined two Thai texts translated into English, one containing tourism information and the other a crime news report. Students were given 40 minutes to translate on Google Docs, and their group translation styles were charted out through DocuViz, a visualization tool that uses color coding and number of contributions to illustrate group work. Average contributions, along with the color-coded texts, were analyzed to determine the group work styles. The study found that most groups were cooperative in their real-time translation work, in that group members worked on particular segments, with one dominant writer either editing others' contributions or translating the most. This study suggests that translation instructors consider expanding and redefining the implementation of translation tasks done in groups.

Item Type: Article
Keyword: Collaborative Translation, Collaborative Writing, Google Docs, DocuViz
Subjects: P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics > P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics > P1-85 General
P Language and Literature > PR English literature > PR1-9680 English literature > PR161-488 By period > PR401-488 Modern > PR451-(469) 19th century
T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering > TK1-9971 Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering > TK5101-6720 Telecommunication Including telegraphy, telephone, radio, radar, television
Department: CENTRE > Centre for the Promotion of Knowledge and Language Learning
Depositing User: ABDULLAH BIN SABUDIN -
Date Deposited: 20 Feb 2024 11:40
Last Modified: 22 Apr 2024 09:37
URI: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38317

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