Abstract

As the world is globalized and the Internet is developed, translating work and online dictionary also catch the trend to develop. The combination of translation and online dictionary brings many advantages and disadvantages, especially for English major students who have opportunities to practice translating exercises on the Internet or who are ready to study MTI to engage in translating work. In order to clearly know specific advantages and disadvantages of online dictionary for English major undergraduates in translation, I have conducted an research and analyzed the data of a questionnaire. Finally, I listed detailed advantages and disadvantages in the sequence of looking-up stages(from the stage of getting an online dictionary to the stage of retrieving a word and of analyzing and choosing suitable information), and from the perspective of cognitive process I explained the reason for the nature of advantages and disadvantages.

Keywords: online dictionary; advantages and disadvantages; undergraduates; students in the Internet; cog native process

Contents

Abstract

摘  要

1. Introduction-4

1.1 Research Background-4

1.2 The Purpose and Significance of the Study-4

1.3 Structure of the Thesis-4

2. Literature Review-6

2.1 The New Kind of Users of Online Dictionary-6

2.2 Advantages and Disadvantages of Online Dictionary-6

2.3 Translation Practice and Online Dictionary-6

2.4 Cognitive Process-7

3. Methodology and Research Design-8

3.1 Research Objective-8

3.2 Research Subject-8

3.3 Instrument and Procedure-8

3.3.1 Research Tools-8

3.3.2 Data Collection-8

4. Data Analysis and Discussion-10

4.1 the current situation of online dictionary used by students-10

4.2 Advantages and disadvantages of online dictionary for students in translation from the perspective of the cognitive process-10

4.2.1 Advantages and disadvantages of online dictionary for students in the process of getting an online dictionary-10

4.2.1.1 Advantages-10

4.2.1.2 Disadvantages-11

4.2.2 Advantages and disadvantages of online dictionary for students in the process of finding information of a word-11

4.2.2.1 Advantages-11

4.2.2.2 Disadvantages-12

4.2.3 Advantages and disadvantages of online dictionary for students in the process of analyzing and choosing suitable information of a word-14

4.2.3.1 Advantages-14

4.2.3.2 Disadvantages-15

4.3 Other advantages and disadvantages of online dictionary for students in the process of translation-15

4.3.1 Other advantages-15

4.3.2 Other disadvantages-16

4.4 Analysis on the special phenomenon of data-17

4.5 Summary-18

5. Conclusion-19

5.1 Major Findings-19

5.2 Suggestion for effectively using online dictionary-19

References-21

Appendix-22