Philip, Gill
(2008)
Arriving at equivalence. Making a case for comparable general reference corpora in Translation Studies.
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When multilingual corpora are used in translation studies, it is usually assumed that they are either translated (parallel) or comparable, or both; and that their size and text composition are analogous. As general reference corpora become more widely available, it is inevitable that these too should be used to compare and contrast SL norms, thus extending the definition of comparability to include text collections whose size and content may vary considerably, and which are nevertheless considered representative of their languages. This paper addresses the contribution of comparable reference corpora to the identification of translation equivalence. Focusing in particular on native-speaker norms, it demonstrates how the effect of creative and idiosyncratic language can be identified and reproduced by the translator.
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When multilingual corpora are used in translation studies, it is usually assumed that they are either translated (parallel) or comparable, or both; and that their size and text composition are analogous. As general reference corpora become more widely available, it is inevitable that these too should be used to compare and contrast SL norms, thus extending the definition of comparability to include text collections whose size and content may vary considerably, and which are nevertheless considered representative of their languages. This paper addresses the contribution of comparable reference corpora to the identification of translation equivalence. Focusing in particular on native-speaker norms, it demonstrates how the effect of creative and idiosyncratic language can be identified and reproduced by the translator.
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Da apparire in A. Beeby, P. Rodríguez Inés e P. Sánchez-Gijón (a cura di) Learning corpus use to translate - Corpus use for learning to translate. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
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General reference corpora, translation equivalence, synonymy, creativity
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Da apparire in A. Beeby, P. Rodríguez Inés e P. Sánchez-Gijón (a cura di) Learning corpus use to translate - Corpus use for learning to translate. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
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General reference corpora, translation equivalence, synonymy, creativity
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