Corpora in Translation

Tengku Sepoa Tengku Mahadi

ISBN 10: 303430434X / ISBN 13: 9783034304344

Verlag: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Nov 2010, 2010

Beschreibung

Neuware -Corpora are among the hottest issues in translation studies affecting both pure and applied realms of the discipline. As for pure translation studies, corpora have done their part through contributions to the studies on translational language and translation universals. Yet, their recent contribution is within the borders of applied translation studies, i.e. translator training and translation aids. The former is the major focus of the present book.The present book in fact aims at providing readers with comprehensive information about corpora in translation studies in general, and corpora in translator education in particular. It further offers researchers and practitioners a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of studies done on corpora in translator education and provides a rich source of information on pros and cons of using different types of corpora as translation aids in the context of translation classrooms.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 156 pp. Englisch.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9783034304344

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Corpora in Translation
• Verlag: Peter Lang, Peter Lang Nov 2010
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 303430434X
• ISBN-13: 9783034304344
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu
• Abmessungen: 225B x 150 H x 9 T Millimeter Breite: 225 mm, Höhe: 150 mm, Tiefe: 9 mm
• Gewicht: 230 Gramm

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Inhaltsangabe

Corpora are among the hottest issues in translation studies affecting both pure and applied realms of the discipline. As for pure translation studies, corpora have done their part through contributions to the studies on translational language and translation universals. Yet, their recent contribution is within the borders of applied translation studies, i.e. translator training and translation aids. The former is the major focus of the present book. The present book in fact aims at providing readers with comprehensive information about corpora in translation studies in general, and corpora in translator education in particular. It further offers researchers and practitioners a comprehensive and up-to-date survey of studies done on corpora in translator education and provides a rich source of information on pros and cons of using different types of corpora as translation aids in the context of translation classrooms.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Tengku Sepora Tengku Mahadi is associate professor in the school of Languages, Literacies and Translation at the Universiti Sains Malaysia. She lectures in translation theories and practice and supervises research in Translation Studies at MA and PhD levels. She is also the author of Text-wise in Translation (2006).
Helia Vaezian and Mahmoud Akbari are currently PhD students of Translation Studies at the School of Languages, Literacies and Translation of the Universiti Sains Malaysia.