CORPUS-BASED TRANSLATION STUDIES: WHERE DOES IT COMES FROM? WHERE IS IT GOING?
Keywords:
corpara, corpus linguistics, mechanism, new collaboration, corpus-based translationAbstract
Baker was the first to propose using corpora to study translation and interpretation (1993). At the time, it was thought that translation theory would designate the fields of inquiry and develop operational hypotheses, while corpus linguistics would provide the mechanism for conducting empirical investigations in this new collaboration. The two partners would collaborate primarily for the purpose of advancing the discipline's descriptive branch. Since then, the collaboration has developed into a robust entity with an own denomination—corpusbased translation studies, or CTS. Its research encompasses a wide range of languages and study fields, from descriptive to applied studies. There have been previous discussions on the state of the art in corpus-based translation research (Laviosa 2002a). This essay (re)examines the relationship between corpus linguistics and CTS, as well as between CTS and descriptive translation studies (DTS), in light of current advancements. The goal is to determine which of the earlier assertions and forecasts are still valid and which areas of long-term CTS research show the greatest promise.
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