AI Translation and Post-Editing AI 翻译与译后编辑 (Fall 2026)

A 16-week core course for first-year Master of Translation and Interpreting (MTI) students. AI Translation and Post-Editing (09M7008) treats translation as a human–AI workflow: the machine produces a first draft; the translator judges quality, controls style and takes responsibility for delivery.

The course combines lectures with hands-on practice (32 class hours, including 6 practical hours). Across eight modules, students move from the changing language-services industry and generative-AI prompting to machine-translation post-editing, terminology and language-asset management, corpus and computational-stylistics methods, localisation, and project quality assurance. No programming background is required.

The aim is AI literacy for translators: understanding how systems work, using tools effectively, evaluating their output critically, and using them responsibly. Students work in groups of three or four and complete a translation workflow from terminology preparation and machine translation to post-editing, QA and delivery.

Textbooks

• 王华树.《人工智能翻译与译后编辑》. 外语教学与研究出版社, 2025. — required core text; weekly reading and coursework follow this book
• 王华树、李莹.《翻译技术简明教程》. 世界图书出版公司, 2019. — reference handbook for CAT tools, terminology, corpora, localisation and QA
• 王华树.《人工智能时代翻译技术研究》. 知识产权出版社, 2020. — selected readings for group presentations and final-report topics
• Kenny, Dorothy, ed. Machine Translation for Everyone: Empowering Users in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Language Science Press, 2022. — open-access international reference, including machine-translation literacy

Assessment

• 10% attendance
• 10% class participation — discussion, responses and in-class exercises
• 20% individual/group presentation — content knowledge, workflow/method, originality and time management
• 60% final reflective report — structure, technical reflection, original thinking and academic conventions (GB/T or APA)

Weekly schedule

Slides, data and tools are posted after class. Dates below are nominal Mondays; holiday adjustments and detailed weekly arrangements are announced in the class WeChat group.