Abstract
Introducing Corpus-Based Translation Studies by Kaibao Hu, published by Springerin 2016, is an English translation of a 2011 book originally published in Chinese by Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press. The book introduces corpus-based translation studies as a new paradigm that parallels the shift from introspective to corpus-based methods in linguistics. In a metaphor that recurs throughout the text, corpus-based translation studies are described as a “marriage” between descriptive translation studies and corpus linguistics. The book is divided into nine chapters. The first two address the definition of corpus-based translation studies and the corpora and tools commonly used in this field. Six chapters outline the use of corpus-based methods for different research questions in translation studies. The last chapter contains an outlook and discusses some of the problems and limitations of the approach.
Original language | English |
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Pages | 117-120 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Volume | 30 |
No. | 1 |
Specialist publication | Machine Translation |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 23 Nov 2016 |