Development of a common translation memory to translate open source softwares for higher education and dissemination to global community

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25280127
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Learning support system
• Research Institution: Hosei University
• Principal Investigator: TOKIWA Yuji 法政大学, 情報メディア教育研究センター, 教授 (70434181)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): DEGUCHI Daisuke 名古屋大学, 情報連携統括本部, 准教授 (20437081) ; KITA Toshihiro 熊本大学, eラーニング推進機構, 教授 (20284739) ; MIYAZAKI Makoto 畿央大学, 教育学部, 特任助教 (60613065) ; KAJITA Shoji 京都大学, 学術情報メディアセンター, 教授 (30273296) ; HIRAOKA Naoshi 熊本大学, 社会文化科学研究科, 准教授 (80456772)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 翻訳メモリー / 学習支援システム / オープンソースソフトウェア / 国際化 / 大学教育 / 授業支援システム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

As most of the open-source softwares used in tertiary education was developed in English-speaking countries, translating the language to Japanese is a necessity. Though it is anticipated that an IT environment to support education through multiple systems will be built in universities in the future, differences in terminology between systems might create a sense of uneasiness in users. To resolve this issue, we can implement consistent translations by creating a large-scale common translation memory that includes terms and examples commonly used in university education. Additionally, by also using gettext-format PO files that are able to create context-sensitive translations, which cannot be achieved with translations from a translation memory, we demonstrated the possibility to translate various educational support systems using the same process with a translation support system.

Free Research Field

教育工学