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Areas of research focus

The IUED’s research and development projects focus on the following key areas:

What are the best translation strategies for various types of text?
What are the sequential steps in translation processes?
What attributes are critical to the quality of interpreting?
How do translators deploy electronic resources?
How can e-learning best be used to promote the acquisition of translation competence?
How is translation work evaluated?
How do professional translators differ from untrained linguistic intermediaries?

How can the highest possible level of proficiency in second languages be attained?
How do people who speak several languages keep their individual languages separate?
How do people who speak several languages maintain their proficiency in those languages?
How do the life circumstances of people speaking several languages affect their linguistic proficiency?
What computer linguistics methods are most effective for the collation, processing and evaluation of multilingual digital texts?
How should language technology applications be designed in order to manage large amounts of data?
How can computer linguistics support unimpeded access to information?

How can the needs of individual target readers of a text be identified and addressed?
How can electronic texts efficiently be identified, classified and evaluated on the basis of specific linguistic attributes?
How does the use of specific words affect our perceptions of what they are used to describe?

How can a product be appropriately described for specific user groups?
How can the man/machine interface best be adapted to the context in which equipment is intended to be used and to the normative requirements placed on such use?