Developing documentation skills to build do-it-yourself corpora in the specialised translation course
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Pilar Sánchez-Gijón
Abstract
This chapter presents the case for systematic use of do-it-yourself corpora in specialised translation courses, focusing in particular on the use of corpora as a documentation resource. An overview is given of the importance of documentation in professional translation, its place in different translation competence models and the advantages and disadvantages of how it is taught in different translator training centres. Having reached the conclusion that documentation skills for translation are best acquired in a translation course as a tool to solve specific translation problems, the author suggests a protocol to help students create their own DIY corpus in specialised translation courses. The proposal is illustrated by examples of problems related to the translation of an instruction manual for an air conditioning system.
Abstract
This chapter presents the case for systematic use of do-it-yourself corpora in specialised translation courses, focusing in particular on the use of corpora as a documentation resource. An overview is given of the importance of documentation in professional translation, its place in different translation competence models and the advantages and disadvantages of how it is taught in different translator training centres. Having reached the conclusion that documentation skills for translation are best acquired in a translation course as a tool to solve specific translation problems, the author suggests a protocol to help students create their own DIY corpus in specialised translation courses. The proposal is illustrated by examples of problems related to the translation of an instruction manual for an air conditioning system.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of editors and contributors vii
- Foreword ix
- Introduction 1
- Using corpora and retrieval software as a source of materials for the translation classroom 9
- Safeguarding the lexicogrammatical environment: Translating semantic prosody 29
- Are translations longer than source texts?: A corpus-based study of explicitation 47
- Arriving at equivalence: Making a case for comparable general reference corpora in translation studies 59
- Virtual corpora as documentation resources: Translating travel insurance documents (English-Spanish) 75
- Developing documentation skills to build do-it-yourself corpora in the specialised translation course 109
- Evaluating the process and not just the product when using corpora in translator education 129
- Subject index 151
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of editors and contributors vii
- Foreword ix
- Introduction 1
- Using corpora and retrieval software as a source of materials for the translation classroom 9
- Safeguarding the lexicogrammatical environment: Translating semantic prosody 29
- Are translations longer than source texts?: A corpus-based study of explicitation 47
- Arriving at equivalence: Making a case for comparable general reference corpora in translation studies 59
- Virtual corpora as documentation resources: Translating travel insurance documents (English-Spanish) 75
- Developing documentation skills to build do-it-yourself corpora in the specialised translation course 109
- Evaluating the process and not just the product when using corpora in translator education 129
- Subject index 151
