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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484172203321

Autore

Xiao Richard

Titolo

Corpus-Based Studies of Translational Chinese in English-Chinese Translation / / by Richard Xiao, Xianyao Hu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-642-41363-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

New Frontiers in Translation Studies, , 2197-8689

Disciplina

410

Soggetti

Translation and interpretation

Linguistics

Translation

Linguistics, general

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Notes for transcription -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Corpus-based Translation Studies: An evolving paradigm -- Exploring the features of translational language -- Corpora and corpus tools in use -- The macro-statistic features of translational Chinese -- The lexical features of translational Chinese -- The grammatical features of translational Chinese -- The features of translational Chinese and Translation Universals -- Conclusive remarks.

Sommario/riassunto

This book takes a corpus-based approach, which integrates translation studies and contrastive analysis, to the study of translational language. It presents the world’s first balanced corpus of translational Chinese, which, in combination with a comparable native Chinese corpus, provides a reliable empirical basis for a comprehensive account of the macro-statistic, lexical, and grammatical features of translational Chinese in English-to-Chinese translation – a significant contribution to Descriptive Translation Studies. The research findings based on these two distinctly different languages have important implications for universal translation research on the European tradition.