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AWEJ for Translation & Literary Studies, Volume 7, Number 3. August 2023 Pp.2-18
Akademi Pengajian Bahasa, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
Technological advancements have made it possible for translation projects to be completed collaboratively. As a result, collaborative translation is becoming one of the trends in translation classrooms, particularly in tertiary education. Thus, this study aims to explore the practical use of online collaborative translation practices in translation classrooms and investigate the student’s perceptions and attitudes toward such activities. It also provides a clear description of the processes to conduct the online collaborative translation tasks and attempts to discuss the concept of collaborative translation from the perspective of the learners as active participants. More specifically, this study seeks to answer the question: ‘How do the student translators perceive and approach online collaborative translation projects?’ The research participants were 57 students enrolled in a 14-week translation course offered to students of an undergraduate program in a Malaysian public university. The student translators performed collaborative translation tasks on Google Docs. After the completion of the collaborative translation tasks, the students were asked to answer an online questionnaire on Google Forms to probe into their perceptions and attitude toward the activities performed. The findings revealed that the students had an overall positive perception and attitude toward online collaborative translation tasks. Online collaborative translation can be seen as the way forward in translation classrooms, and it works best with the younger generation who are generally ready to work with online platforms and resources to do translation works.
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Syamimi Turiman is a Senior Lecturer at Akademi Pengajian Bahasa, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam. She obtained her PhD in Applied Language Studies from Universiti Teknologi MARA in 2018. Her research interests include discourse analysis, contrastive analysis, corpus linguistics and intercultural communication. She can be contacted at syamimituriman@uitm.edu.my. ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8034-1152
Puspalata C. Suppiah is a Senior Lecturer at the Academy of Language Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM). She holds a Ph.D. from University of Malaya (UM). She has experience teaching a number of English courses at both private and public universities. Her research interests include discourse analysis, media linguistics and intercultural communication. She can be contacted at puspalata@uitm.edu.my. ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0510-6109
Farina Nozakiah Tazijan is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English language and Linguistics, Akademi Pengajian Bahasa at Universiti Teknologi MARA for the past 15 years. Her teaching experience includes teaching English at proficiency and ESP levels. Her research interests are in the field of SLA, discourse analysis, transmedia reading, and internet-assisted ESL learning. She can be reached at farina762@uitm.edu.my. ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5687-9147
Pavithran Ravinthra Nath is a lecturer at Akademi Pengajian Bahasa, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam. He obtained his Master of Education in Teaching of English as a Second Language (TESL) from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 2017. His research interests include TESL, Applied Linguistics, and English Literature. He can be contacted at email: pavithran@uitm.edu.my. ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7094-1664
Fatin Fatinah Shamshul Bahrn is a lecturer at Akademi Pengajian Bahasa, Universiti Teknologi MARA. She can be contacted at fatinfatinah@uitm.edu.my. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1854-6282
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