Towards a Methodology for a Corpus-Based Approach to Translation Evaluation

Bowker, Lynne

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“…Some pieces of research are clearly aimed towards translator training (Bernardini and Zanettin 2000), whereas others analyze the features of translated language as opposed to spontaneously produced language (Baker 2001, Laviosa 1998 or, as already mentioned, issues related to translation quality assessment (Bowker 2001). Depending on the aim, some of these studies make use of comparable corpora -"original texts in each language, matched as far as possible in terms of text type, subject matter and communicative function" (Altenberg and Granger 2002: 7-8) and others make use of parallel or translation corpora, which consist of "original texts in one language and their translations into one or several other languages" (Altenberg and Granger 2002: 8).…”

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“…Most of the applied proposals address evaluation needs in translator education and in the broader curriculum of the prospective language service providers (Zanettin et al 2003: 1). Bowker (2001) has put forward one of the most articulated and realistic proposals to date. Her evaluation corpus is conceived specifically for specialized translation and is organized in a flexible way, making it a really collaborative tool.…”

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Corpus-based contrastive analysis and translation universals

Rabadán

Labrador²,

García³

2009

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Project) developed at the University of León (Spain) for identifying instances of low-quality rendering of grammatical features when translating from English into Spanish using translation universals. The analysis provides information about: i) the resources available (or absence thereof) in each of the languages to express a given meaning and their relative centrality; ii) the solutions favored by translators to bridge the cross-linguistic disparities and/or gaps; iii) the erroneous or non-existent uses and structures transferred from the source language into the target language. These results can be systematized in terms of simplification, interference, or unique grammatical features. Additional areas that can benefit from this type of research are translation practice, translator training and foreign language teaching (FLT).Assessing translation quality is generally seen as a difficult task because of the inadequacy of the tools available. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the usefulness of a corpus-based contrastive methodology (ACTRES

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Corpus-based contrastive analysis and translation universals

Rabadán

Labrador²,

García³

2009

Babel

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“…Como mantiene Bowker (2001), no parece posible encontrar una definición de calidad de traducción que se pueda aplicar a los textos literarios debido a las particularidades que estos pueden presentar. El concepto de calidad de traducción es difí-cil de definir, ya que presenta "fuzzy and shifting boundaries" (Bowker 2001: 347) y se debe medir en términos comparativos (Reiss 2000: 90).…”

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La traducción literaria: Nuevos retos didácticos

Rodríguez

2011

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Recibido: 18 de mayo de 2010 Aceptado: 1 de diciembre de 2010 RESUMENEste trabajo propone aplicar el enfoque por tareas a la didáctica de la traducción literaria para afrontar los nuevos retos didácticos que priorizan el papel que el propio alumno debe desempeñar en su propio aprendizaje. Para ello esbozaremos los aspectos más relevantes que conforman el enfoque por tareas, junto con conceptos más tradicionales que se deben integrar en este enfoque como la competencia traductora, la calidad de la traducción y la revisión y análisis crítico evaluativo de traducciones, lo que nos permitirá sugerir ejemplos de tareas que se puedan realizar en el aula. Una cuidosa planificación de los objetivos, contenidos, actividades y evaluación de cada una de las tareas permitirán que el alumno adquiera y consolide las competencias necesarias para lograr traducciones literarias de calidad.Palabras clave: Enfoque por tareas, didáctica, traducción literaria, calidad.Literary Translation: Current Teaching Challenges ABSTRACT This paper proposes to apply task-based approach to literary translation teaching in order to face current teaching challenges, as the student's role is given special prominence. Taskbased approach will be introduced and complemented with more traditional notions such as translator's competence, translation quality, revision and contrastive assessment analysis. Then, tasks examples will be provided. A careful planning of tasks objectives, contents, activities and assessment will enable students to acquire the necessary competence to reach quality in translation.Key words: Task-based approach, didactics, literary translation, quality.Sumario: 1. Introducción. 2. Metodología: enfoque por tareas. 3. Competencias del traductor literario. 4. Calidad de la traducción. 5. Crítica evaluativa y revisión. Modelo de análisis de la traducción literaria. 6. Práctica de la enseñanza de la traducción literaria. 7. Conclusiones.

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“…The urgency of remedying these fundamental shortcomings has galvanized scholars like Bowker (2000;2001) into adopting a corpus-based approach to evaluating translations so that the subjective element could be reduced to a minimum as much as possible and evaluators could have access to a cornucopia of authentic texts as a benchmark against which the goodness or otherwise of translations could be measured. With the development of computing technology able to store and handle massive amounts of linguistic evidence and authentic texts, it has become possible to base linguistic judgment on something far broader and far more varied than any one individual's personal experience or intuitions.…”

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A Corpus-Based Evaluation Approach to Translation Improvement

Hassani

2011

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In professional settings translation evaluation has always been weighed down by the albatross of subjectivity to the detriment of both evaluators as clients and translators as service providers. But perhaps this burden can be lightened, through ongoing evaluator feedback and exchange that foster objectivity among the evaluators while sharpening the professional skills and recognition of the translators. The purpose of this paper is to explore the promising avenues that a corpus-based evaluation approach can possibly offer them. Using the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) for evaluation purposes in a professional setting, the approach adopted for this study regards translation evaluation as a means to a worthwhile end, in a nutshell, better translations. This approach also illustrates how the unique features of the corpus can minimize subjectivity in translation evaluation; this in turn leads to translations of superior quality.En contexte professionnel, l’évaluation des traductions s’est toujours heurtée au problème de la subjectivité, au détriment des évaluateurs, qu’ils soient clients, traducteurs ou fournisseurs de service. Il semble qu’il devienne possible d’alléger ce fardeau, de telle manière que les évaluateurs gagnent en objectivité et les traducteurs retirent un bénéfice à améliorer leurs compétences – et leur statut professionnel – à la lumière des commentaires que leur font constamment ceux qui évaluent leurs traductions. L’objectif du présent travail est d’explorer les voies prometteuses qu’ouvre l’évaluation fondée sur des corpus. Faisant appel à un corpus d’anglais américain contemporain (COCA) à des fins d’évaluation en contexte professionnel, la stratégie mise en oeuvre dans la présente étude envisage l’évaluation des traductions comme un moyen permettant d’atteindre un objectif pertinent, c’est-à-dire l’amélioration de la qualité de la traduction. Elle illustre également comment les caractéristiques spécifiques d’un corpus peuvent atténuer les composantes subjectives de l’évaluation, ce qui permet d’obtenir, in fine, des traductions de qualité supérieure

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Towards a Methodology for a Corpus-Based Approach to Translation Evaluation

Cited by 84 publications

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Corpus-based contrastive analysis and translation universals

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La traducción literaria: Nuevos retos didácticos

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