Terminology, LSP and Translation

Studies in language engineering in honour of Juan C. Sager

Editor

Harold Somers

| UMIST, Manchester

Hardbound – Available

ISBN 9789027216199 (Eur) | EUR 105.00

ISBN 9781556197000 (USA) | USD 158.00

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A state-of-the-art volume highlighting the links between lexicography, terminology, language for special purposes (LSP) and translation and Machine Translation, that constitute the domain of Language Engineering.
Part I: Terminology and Lexicography. Takes us through terminological problems and solutions in Europe, the former Soviet Union and Egypt.
Part II focuses on LSP for second language learners and lexical analysis.
Part III treats translator training in a historical context, as well as new methods from cognitive and corpus linguistics.
Part IV is about the application of language engineering in Machine Translation, corpus linguistics and multilingual text generation.

[Benjamins Translation Library, 18] 1996. xii, 250 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/btl.18

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Juan C. Sager — Biographical notes Blaise Nkwenti-Azeh	1
Part I. Terminology	13
Terminology today M. Teresa Cabré Castellví	15
Which terms should firms or organisations include in their terminology banks? The case of the canton of Berne Bruno de Bessé and Donatella Pulitano	35
The reorientationof management language in Russia and Poland in the transition to the market economy: A neglected perspective Nigel J. Holden	47
Quality assurance of terminology available on the international computer networks María Pozzi	67
Les onomastiques égyptiens au temps des pharaons Jean-Claude Boulanger	83
Beyond terminology Alain Rey	99
Part II. LSP	107
Language description and LSP teaching Reiner Arntz	109
“Lexico Cartography” in LSP texts Francis E. Knowles	125
Part III. Translation	141
Enseignement de la traduction: plaidoyer an faveur d’un code de correction Jean-Paul Vinay	143
Translation as intelligent behaviour Wolfram Wilss	161
The vitale role of the generalist in technical translation from and into “minor” languages Catriona Picken	169
Corpus-based translation studies: The challenges that lie ahead Mona Baker	175
Part IV: Language Engineering	187
On the notion of validity and the evaluation of machine translation systems Margaret King	189
Senses and texts Yorick Wilks	205
Automatic text generation for software development and use Anthony F. Hartley and Cécile Paris	221
Index	243

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Subjects & Metadata

Terminology & Lexicography

Terminology

Translation & Interpreting Studies

Translation Studies

BIC Subject: CFP – Translation & interpretation

BISAC Subject: LAN023000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Translating & Interpreting

ONIX Metadata

ONIX 2.1

ONIX 3.0

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