Introducing Corpora in Translation Studies

Maeve Olohan is Senior Lecturer in the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures at the University of Manchester, UK. Her research interests revolve around empirical investigations of translation process and product. She is editor of Intercultural Faultlines: Research Models in Translation Studies I (2000) and of four volumes of Translation Studies Abstracts (1999-2002).

• List of Figures  List of Abbreviations and Acronyms  Acknowledgements  Introduction  Aim of this Book  Outline  1. Introducing Translation Studies Research  2. Corpus Linguistics and Translation  3. Parallel Corpora  4. Comparable Corpora  5. Corpus Design  6. Corpus Tools and Analysis  7. Features of Translation 8. Translators, Style and Ideology  9. Corpora in Translator Training  10. Corpora in Translation Practice  Conclusion  Glossary  Bibliography

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