Corpus use and translating : corpus use for learning to translate and learning corpus use to translate / edited by Allison Beeby, Patricia Rodriguez Ines and Pilar Sanchez-Gijon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Beeby, Allison.

Rodríguez Inés, Patricia.

Sánchez-Gijón, Pilar.

Series:

Benjamins translation library ; v. 82.

Benjamins translation library, 0929-7316 ; v. 82

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Translating and interpreting--Data processing.

Translating and interpreting.

Corpora (Linguistics).

Translators--Training of.

Translators.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 151 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Professional translators are increasingly dependent on electronic resources, and trainee translators need to develop skills that allow them to make the best use of these resources. The aim of this book is to show how CULT (Corpus Use for Learning to Translate) methodologies can be used to prepare learning materials, and how novice translators can become autonomous users of corpora. Readers interested in translation studies, translator training and corpus linguistics will find the book particularly useful. Not only does it include practical, technical advice for using and learning to use corpora, but it also addresses important issues such as the balance between training and education and how CULT methodologies reinforce student autonomy and responsibility. Not only is this a good introduction to CULT, but it also incorporates the latest developments in this field, showing the advantages of using these methodologies in competence-based learning.

Contents:

Corpus Use and Translating

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Table of contents

List of editors and contributors

Introduction

References

Using corpora and retrieval software as a source of materials for the translation classroom

1. The role of corpus-related resources in translator training

2. Pedagogic assumptions: Objectives and methodology

3. Designing corpus-related translation tasks

4. Conclusion

Appendix 1. Tasks with als and wenn for the German-Catalan translation classroom

Appendix 2. A multiple choice task based on a corpus of student translations

Appendix 3. Tasks with now for the English-Catalan translation classroom

Appendix 4. References to text in COVALT corpus

Safeguarding the lexicogrammatical environment: Translating semantic prosody

1. Studies on semantic prosody

2. The teaching module: Methodology and results

3. Discussion of the methodology adopted

4. Summing up: Corpus use and learning to translate

Are translations longer than source texts? A corpus-based study of explicitation

1. Introduction

2. Explicitation

3. Text length in COMPARA 5.2

4. Results

5. Conclusions

6. Implications for translator education

Acknowledgements

Arriving at equivalence: Making a case for comparable general reference corpora in translation studi

2. Comparability and general reference corpora

3. Background to this research

4. Identifying translation equivalents

5. Native norms and creativity in translation

6. Discussion

Virtual corpora as documentation resources: Translating travel insurance documents (English-Spani

2. Corpora in translation training

3. Guidelines for corpus creation

4. Determining corpus representativeness.

5. Using the corpus to translate

6. Conclusion

Developing documentation skills to build do-it-yourself corpora in the specialised translation cour

1. Specialised translation and the translator's needs

2. Documentation in translator training

3. The use of a DIY corpus as a documentation resource

4. Conclusions

Evaluating the process and not just the product when using corpora in translator education

2. Theoretical background

3. Pedagogical framework and proposal

Subject index

The series Benjamins Translation Library.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612104909

9781282104907

128210490X

9789027291066

9027291063

OCLC:

646801393