Publications

The following is a reasonably complete list of my various publications. I am continually adding to it so it is liable to change. If you are interested in reading any of these publications, the Publications Archive on the right provides access to the full text of many of them.

Books

2012

Scientific and Technical Translation Explained. A Nuts and Bolts Guide for Beginners. Manchester: St. Jerome

2006

Technical Translation: Usability Strategies for Translating Technical Documentation. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer

2001

The Book of Zope: How to Build and Deliver Web Applications. Translated from German original ZOPE (Beehive, 2001) and published by No Starch Inc., San Francisco.

Cover of 'The Book of Zope'

Edited Volumes

2009	Guest editor of Journal of Specialised Translation – Special Issue on Technical Translation (11), pp.260

Refereed Publications / Chapters in Books

2010	Are technical translators writing themselves out of existence? Ian Kemble (ed.) (2010) The Translator as Writer. Portsmouth: University of Portsmouth, pp.14-27
2009	Localisation – When Language, Culture and Technology Join Forces. Language at Work. No. 5. ISSN: 1904-030X
2009	The Coming of Age of Technical Translation. Journal of Specialised Translation, Issue 11, pp.1-5.
2008	Learning Technology in the Translation Classroom. Proceedings of the XVIII FIT World Congress 2008, Shanghai: FIT
2007	Translation and the Internet: Changing the Face of an Industry. Ian Kemble (ed.) (2007) Translation Technologies & Culture. Portsmouth: University of Portsmouth, pp.23-34
2007	Caveat Translator: Understanding the Legal Consequences of Errors in Professional Translation. Journal of Specialised Translation, 2007 (7) pp.2-24
2006	Suppression as a Form of Creativity in Technical Translation. Ian Kemble (ed.) Translation and Creativity: How Creative is the Translator? Portsmouth: University of Portsmouth, pp.6-14
2005	Evaluating The Effect of Iconic Linkage on the Usability of Software User Guides. The Journal of Technical Writing & Communication. 35:2, pp.155-178
2004	Does Usability Have to be so Complicated? The Communicator. The Institute of Scientific & Technical Communicators. Winter 2004, pp.20-21
2003	Translation, Quality and Cognetics: New Insights into Translation Quality. Sonia Cunico & Begoña Rodrígues de Céspedes (eds) Quality Issues in Translation: Conference Proceedings. Portsmouth: University of Portsmouth, pp. 19-36
2003	Freelance Translation: Teaching Students to Create Their Own Jobs. Daniel Gouadec & Daniel Toudic (eds) Traduction, Terminologie, Rédaction. Paris: La Maison du Dictionnaire, pp. 161-174
1999	International English: Making A Case for Efficient and Clear Communication. ATA Chronicle, Vol. XXVIII, No. 10, October 1999: American Translators’ Association, pp.37-42
1999	Translator, Localiser or Jack-of-all-Trades? New Challenges Facing Today’s Translator. Translation Ireland, Vol. 13, No. 1, March 1999

Selected Published Translations

2007	Plate. J & J. Holzmann (2007) Sicherheit in Netzen. Netzmafia/Fachhochschule München, pp.180. E-book translated from original German into English entitled Network Security.
2000	Maschke, C. (2000): Psychobiological reactions due to noise – their meaning for public health. In: A. Schick, M. Meis, C. Reckhardt (eds) Proceedings of the 8^th Oldenburg Symposium on Psychological Acoustics. Oldenburg: BIS Oldenburg, pp. 481-507. Translated from original German into English.

Interviews

2007	Video interview discussing technical translation, training and quality given to the Journal of Specialised Translation. Available from: http://www.jostrans.org/issue08/int_byrne.php

Reviews, Articles & Other Publications

2009	Review of Dunne, Keiran (ed.) (2006) Perspectives on Localization. The Interpreter and Translator Trainer (ITT), pp.314-317
2009	Review of “Evidence-based LSP” by Ahmad Khurshid & Margaret Rogers (eds) (2007). The Journal of Specialised Translation, Vol. 11, pp.250-251
2007	Review of “Computer-Aided Translation Technology: An Introduction” by Lynne Bowker (2002). The Interpreter and Translator Trainer (ITT), Vol. 1(2) pp.324-329
2005	Best Practice in Career Service Provision to Languages Students: A Pilot Project. Research report commissioned and published by Dublin City University.
2003	Review of “Langenscheidt’s Fachwörterbuch Technik und angewandte Wissenschaften”. ITIA Bulletin, October 2003
2003	Evaluating the Usability of Software User Guides: A Pilot Study. Elisabeth Gräfe (ed) tekom Jahrestagung 2003. Stuttgart: tekom, pp.35-39
2003	Flat-Rate Internet Access comes to Ireland. ITIA Bulletin, July 2003
2003	Tackling Spam Head-on. ITIA Bulletin, August 2003
2003	Has Your Computer Caught a Cold? ITIA Bulletin, March 2003
2003	Translators to Face the Balka? ITIA Bulletin, February 2003
2003	Where is Translation’s Va-va-voom? ITIA Bulletin, January 2003
2001	Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks? The Application of Localization TQA Methods in an Academic Setting. [online]