Parallel Corpora for Contrastive and Translation Studies

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Translation Studies ◽  
Parallel Corpora

Using the Europarl corpus for cross-linguistic research

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 23-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno Cartoni ◽  
Sandrine Zufferey ◽  
Thomas Meyer
Keyword(s):  
State Of The Art ◽  
Translation Studies ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
Parallel Corpora ◽  
Comparable Corpora ◽  
Linguistic Research ◽  
Multilingual Corpus

Europarl is a large multilingual corpus containing the minutes of the debates at the European Parliament. This article presents a method to extract different corpora from Europarl: monolingual and multilingual comparable corpora, as well as parallel corpora. Using state-of-the-art measures of homogeneity, we show that these corpora are very similar. In addition, we argue that they present many advantages for research in various fields of linguistics and translation studies, and we also discuss some of their limitations. We conclude by reviewing a number of previous studies that made use of these corpora, emphasizing in each case the possibilities offered by Europarl.

Methodological issues in the use of directional parallel corpora

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 270-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maïté Dupont ◽  
Sandrine Zufferey
Keyword(s):  
Translation Studies ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
French Language ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Parallel Corpora ◽  
Recent Emergence ◽  
Contrastive Linguistics ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Future Work ◽  
Language Pair

Abstract The recent emergence of large parallel corpora has represented a leap ahead for cross-linguistic and translation studies. However, the specificities of these corpora and their influence on the nature of observed linguistic phenomena remain underexplored, especially in the field of contrastive linguistics. In this study, we compare the translation equivalences of four concessive adverbial connectives in English and in French across three corpora varying along three dimensions: register, directionality of the translation and translator expertise. Our results indicate that these dimensions affect the cross-linguistic equivalences observed between connectives. We conclude that, in future work, translation-based claims about cross-linguistic equivalences should be balanced according to the type of data analysed. We also identify a pressing need for more rigorously-documented parallel corpora for the English-French language pair.

scholarly journals ClinkNotes: Towards a Corpus-Based, Machine-Aided Programme of Translation Teaching

2010 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 387-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chunshen Zhu ◽  
Po-Ching Yip
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Translation Studies ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Tertiary Level ◽  
Parallel Corpora ◽  
Actual Design ◽  
Further Development

This article presents a report on a pilot project designed to construct a platform for large-scale teaching of translation or bilingual training at tertiary level. The programme, ClinkNotes, has the potential of accommodating parallel corpora of any language pairs, although the primary data used in this project are in English and Chinese. The report begins with a brief overview of the development of corpus-based approach to translation studies in relation to that of translation teaching as a profession. It then proceeds to describe the actual design (i.e., the theoretical framework, the methodology of annotation, and the simple execution of the software programme), and how it helps to cater to the pressing needs of the profession. The prospects of further development of the programme are also discussed.

IHWAL PENERJEMAHAN

ALQALAM ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 232
Author(s):  
Ilzamudin Ma'mur
Keyword(s):  
Translation Studies

Penerjemahan, kendati secara akdemis mempakan fenomena bam-bam ini saja, Sejatinya merupakan tindak komunikasi yang telah dilakukan orang dan berlangsung selama berbadad. Peminatnya meliputi tidak saja para linguis dan sastrawan tetapi juga para pakar dalam bidang yang semakin menjauh seperti antroplogi, psikologi hingga matematika. Kenyataanya penerjemah telah memainkan peran krusialnya di sepanjang peradaban umat manusia mulai dari masa klasik, abad pertengahaan, hingga zaman modern sekarang. Selain itu, dari sudut kajian teoretis, peredebatan apakah penerjemahan itu ilmu, teori, seni, keterampilan atau selera masih terus bergulir sebagaimana direfleksikan oleh beragamnya judul buka tentang penerjemahan. Namun demikian, perkembangan terahir nampaknya, istilah translation studies lebih banyak digunakan para teoretisi dan praktisi penerjemahan, suatu istilah payung, karena mencakup penerjemahan dan penjurumbahasaan, yang diperkenalkan pertama kali oleh James Straton Holmes.Kata Kunci: Penerjemahan, penerjemah, Sejarah penerjemahan

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