The Translator
and the Current Services of the
Internet
Proseminar paper by Anukaisa Alanen (tranuk@uta.fi)
presented at University of Tampere, Finland, Department of Translation/Carl Wieck
on April 29, 1996

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Contents

1. Introduction

2. Sources in the Internet
 2.1. Electronic Mail
 2.1.1. Mailing Lists
 2.2. Usenet News
 2.3. World Wide Web and Gopher
 2.4. Ftp and Archie
 2.5. IRC, Talk and MUSE

3. How a Translator Can Exploit the Internet
 3.1. The Translators Who Answered
 3.1.1 The Working Languages
 3.1.2 The Special Fields
 3.1.3 The Number of Working Years
 3.1.4 How Often the Internet Account Is Used
 3.2. The Helpful Services and People
 3.3. What Kind of Help Is Needed on Which Occasions
 3.3.1. The Various Kinds of Help
 3.3.2. The Occasions When a Translator Can Turn to the Internet
 3.4. The Best and the Worst Things About the Internet
 3.4.1. The Pros
 3.4.2. The Cons

4. Discussion

Bibliography
 Works Cited
 Further Reading
 Appendix 1: The Questionnaire
Appendix 2: Some Useful Tips and WWW Sites

Copyright © Anukaisa Alanen 1996.
WWW conversion by Pekka Taskinen.