Is Machine Translation Translation?: Exploring conceptualizations of translation in a digitally saturated world
Edited by Mary Nurminen, Félix do Carmo and Dorothy Kenny
Special issue of Translation Spaces 15:2 (2026) ca. 160 pp.
Mary Nurminen
List of John Benjamins publications in which Mary Nurminen is involved.
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2026 Is machine translation translation? Exploring conceptualisations of translation in a digitally saturated world Is Machine Translation Translation?: Exploring conceptualizations of translation in a digitally saturated world, Nurminen, Mary, Félix do Carmo and Dorothy Kenny (eds.), pp. 204–214 | Introduction
2025 Is machine translation gisting translation? Is Machine Translation Translation?: Exploring conceptualizations of translation in a digitally saturated world, Nurminen, Mary, Félix do Carmo and Dorothy Kenny (eds.), pp. 239–258 | Article
This article explores the question of whether machine translation (MT) is translation by analyzing the processes involved in a translator-led ‘traditional’ process against those involved in receiver-led MT gisting. Backed by evidence from recent research on the use of MT, the analysis… read more
2020 Raw machine translation use by patent professionals: A case of distributed cognition Translation, Cognition & Behavior 3:1, pp. 100–121 | Article
This article examines the use of raw, unedited machine-translated texts by patent professionals using the framework of distributed cognition. The goals of the study were to evaluate whether the concept of distributed cognition is a useful theoretical lens for examining and explaining raw MT… read more
2020 Machine translation and fair access to information Fair MT: Towards ethical, sustainable Machine Translation, Moorkens, Joss, Dorothy Kenny and Félix do Carmo (eds.), pp. 150–169 | Article
This article contributes to the discussion on fairness and ethics in MT by highlighting efforts that have been made to use MT for the humanitarian purpose of increasing access to information for groups that are underserved. The article provides an overview of example projects in which MT has… read more