The universal revolution in translation, which happened many years ago, has transformed the profession into something resembling piloting an airplane because of the numerous tools to aid the process and help find information (Gouadec 2007: 263). While translation has always required the ability to find information, currently this process has moved almost entirely into the digital realm. By focusing on undergraduate pedagogical settings in China, this study confirmed the findings of previous studies on the more positive attitude on postediting of machine translation, suggesting that postediting be considered as an important subcompetence in translation education. The results and findings indicated that a tailored postediting workflow for undergraduate translation program is feasible. The themes of negative responses include confusing postediting standard, inconsistent quality, ways to choose machine translation providers, and technical issues. The results and findings showed that as a promising workflow, postediting of machine translation gained positive responses in general from students who have learnt the basics of translation technology.

Data were collected via online questionnaire responded by students of undergraduate translation program at a university in northwest China and then analyzed from the perspective of technology acceptance model. The study adopted a mixed methods approach. Based on a literature review on postediting of machine translation, this study is aimed at identifying the vital role of it and then proposing a practical postediting workflow for undergraduate translation education in China. However, postediting of machine translation and its application to undergraduate translation program in China are less studied, and few researches have touched on the students’ own perceptions.

As a result, it has been introduced to translation training to avoid split between academic discipline and profession. With the improvement in machine translation output quality, postediting of machine translation has made far-reaching impact upon the language service industry.

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