Using Google Translate in translating English naval architecture texts by 1st year naval architecture students - a case study [articol]

Abstract

The present article aims at presenting the most common errors encountered in naval architecture students’ translation using google as well as the most common difficulties encountered in translating a naval architecture text. Our study was conducted on 131 volunteers out of which 35 used google translate. We have gathered the results and analyzed them according to the language level (lexis, grammar, e.s.o.) and translation strategies.