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Publication details [#64717]

Li, Xiangdong. 2018. Language enhancement for translation undergraduates: an evaluation of students’ reactions to and effectiveness of a comparable and parallel text analysis course. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 39 (6) : 475–490.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

language | language proficiency | language use | text analysis | translation

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

Based on theoretical vindication and an in-depth debate of potential gains of parallel and comparable text analysis, this study reports on the design of a parallel and comparable text analysis course to raise beginning trainee translators’ linguistic proficiency and on their reactions to the pedagogical design and its effectiveness.