The book addresses different areas of corpusbased translation studies, including corpusbased study of translation features, translators style, norms of. In comparison to other domains within translation studies, in. In corpus based translation studies, it is claimed that there are certain features common to all. Serbina, niemietz and neumanns keystroke logged corpus contains original texts and translations, together with the intermediate versions of the unfolding transla tion process. Corpusbased studies of translational chinese in englishchinese translation 2015. On most occasions, the texts were in pdf format and had to be. Antconc open antconc and upload subcorpus 1 to antconc fileopen dir. Newdirectionsin corpusbased translation studies editedby claudiofantinuoliandfederico zanettin translationandmultilingualnatural languageprocessing1. The state of the art of corpusbased translation studies has been covered. Introducing corpusbased translation studies kaibao hu. Its areas of research are varied, ranging from descriptive to applied studies, and concern many different languages. Pdf the idea of investigating translation and interpreting through corpora was first put forward by baker 1993. Corpora, particularly parallel corpora, prove to be valuable sources of information in translation research and education.
Pdf using parallel corpora to study the translation of. It begins by tracing the development of corpusbased translation studies. Parallel corpus in translation studies lancaster university. Featuring the use of figures, tables, illustrations and case studies, as well as discussion of methodological issues, the book offers a practical guide to corpusbased translation. Corpus triangulation combining data and methods in corpus.
Using corpora in contrastive and translation studies. The book addresses different areas of corpusbased translation studies, including corpusbased study of translation features, translator s style, norms of translation, translation practice, translator training and interpreting. This article reexamines, in the light of recent developments, what type of relationship holds between cts and descriptive translation studies dts, on the one hand, and cts and corpus linguistics, on the other. Introducing corpusbased translation studies springerlink. In this book a corpusbased stylistic study is used to explore two contemporary mandarin chinese translations of don quijote. Phraseology in corpusbased translation studies meng ji. The state of the art of corpusbased translation studies has been covered elsewhere laviosa 2002a. New directions in corpusbased translation studies oapen. The corpusbased approach to studying translation has become popular over the last decade, with a wealth of data now emerging from studies using parallel corpora, multilingual corpora and comparable corpora.
Cts is now recognized as a major paradigm that has transformed analysis within the discipline of translation studies. Utilising a microstructural perspective this study suggests explanations for the surprising popularity of don quijote in china. Richard xiao and xianyao hu digital scholarship in the humanities 31. The use of corpora in different research areas is then discussed in detail, and the implications and limitations of corpusbased translation studies are addressed.
The corpus is based on keystroke logging and eyetracking data recorded during translation, editing and postediting experiments. It can be defined as the use of corpus linguistic technologies to inform and elucidate the translation process, something that is increasingly accessible through advances in computer technology. In the course of the last 10 years corpusbased studies of translation have given rise to a sizeable and coherent body of research within pure and applied translation studies. Introduction triangulation in corpusbased translation studies introduction to corpus triangulation corpus data triangulation corpus method triangulation. In view of these developments, it is important to assess the state of the art of corpusbased translation studies and attempt to identify some of the main trends that are likely to characterise its expansion.