Corpus-Based Translation Studies
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https://doi.org/10.12775/RP.2015.001Keywords
Corpus-Based Translation Studies, Translation Studies research, corpus analysisAbstract
The aim of the paper is to discuss Corpus-Based Translation Studies as a new methodology in Translation Studies (TS): its place on the TS map, its genesis, tracks of research, methods of analysis, limitations and perspectives. Considering recent developments in TS, Corpus-Based Translation Studies has emerged owing to the technological and linguistic turns in TS and the combination of corpus linguistics and Descriptive Translation Studies. It uses two types of corpora: comparable corpora (to research textual fit, that is, features of translations against the target language) and parallel corpora (to research equivalence and other aspects of translations against source texts). Corpora also have practical applications in translation practice, translator training and the development of resources for translators. As a method, Corpus-Based Translation Studies is an empirical, inductive, descriptive and datadriven approach. It is especially well-suited for the identification of typical, regular and frequent patterns and for comparison of two or more large data sets (corpora). It also has its limitations, mainly due to technological and corpus design constraints, and it requires triangulation of data and methodologies. Overall, it is a promising methodology which contributes new knowledge about translations.
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