The Use of Translation Technologies and Translators’ Technological Competence in Saudi Arabia: Taking Stock of the Past Seven Years

作者：Abdelalah Alsolami, María Fernández Parra, Jun Yang · 年份：2023 · DOI：10.26615/issn.2683-0078.2023_002 · 研究领域：Translation Studies and Practices

The Saudi Vision 2030 has dramatically revolutionized the translation market in Saudi Arabia and focused on two main principles, i.e., professionalization and employability.In globalized translation markets, using translation technologies is no longer a luxury but a necessity for professional translators to respond to the increasing demand for translation services.Therefore, one research area worth looking at and investigating is the professional aspect of the Saudi translation market in terms of the technological competence of translators.This paper is a first step towards working out the technological competence of professional translators in Saudi Arabia in future by taking stock of the last seven years.In this paper, professional translators were surveyed to learn about their views of translation technology training provided by Saudi academic programmes and to self-assess their competency levels in different areas related to translation technologies.The results indicate that although the majority of respondents confirmed their high level of technological competence, some professional translators still need additional tools training to ensure that they are prepared for the demands of the modern translation market.The study has implications for university training programmes to make adjustments in their curricula to include sufficient training on translation technologies.The study also suggests that there might be a need to reconsider the concept of technological competence...