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TargetVol. 9:2 (1997) ► pp.287–317
How Comparable Can 'Comparable Corpora' Be?
The development of a coherent methodology for corpus-based work in translation studies is essential for the evolution of this newfield of research into a fully-fledged paradigm within the discipline. The design of a monolingual, multi-source-language comparable corpus of English as a resource for the systematic study of the nature of translated text can be regarded as an important step towards the development of such a methodology. This paper deals with a crucial and problematic aspect of the design of a monolingual comparable corpus, namely the achievement of an adequate level of comparability between its translational and non-translational components.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.The Design of the English Comparable Corpus (ECC)
- 2.1.Initial Definition of Comparable Corpus
- 2.2Corpus Typology and Classification of the ECC
- 2.3.The Theoretical and Practical Motivation for the TEC Design
- 2.4.The Identification of the Text Categories of TEC
- 2.5.Selecting Suitable Texts for TEC
- 2.5.1.Selection Criteria
- 2.5.2.Selection Procedures
- 2.5.3.Copyright Permissions
- 2.5.4.The Acquisition of Texts for TEC
- 2.5.5.From a Printed or Electronic Text to a TEC Text
- 2.5.6.The File Structure of TEC
- 2.5.7.The Extra-Textual Attributes of TEC Texts
- TRANSLATOR(S)
- TRANSLATION
- TRANSLATION PROCESS
- SOURCE TEXT
- 2.6.Design of NON-TEC
- 2.6.1.The Dimensions of Comparability
- 2.6.2.Selection, Acquisition and Markup of NON-TEC Texts
- 2.6.3.The File Structure of NON-TEC
- 2.6.4.The Extra-Textual Attributes of NON-TEC Texts
- 3.Evaluation of Comparability in the Design of ECC
- 4.Use of the English Comparable Corpus
- Notes
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