Overview
- Covers a range of topics related to the use of corpora in translation education
- Draws the reader into the latest debate on potential benefits and challenges of
- Serves as practical guidance on how to incorporate corpora into their teaching practice
Part of the book series: New Frontiers in Translation Studies (NFTS)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Overview
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Corpora, Machine Learning and Post-editing
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Corpora and Translation Teaching
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About this book
This edited book covers a range of topics related to the use of corpora in translation education, including their standing in corpus-based translation studies, their relationship with machine learning and post-editing, recent advances in learner corpora development and the integration of corpora into translation pedagogy.
The book draws the reader into the latest debate on the potential benefits and challenges of using corpora in translation education, as well as serving as practical guidance on how to incorporate corpora into their teaching practice.
The book is of particular interest to translation educators, researchers, and postgraduate students who are interested in exploring theoretical underpinnings as well as new ways of teaching and learning translation.Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Jun Pan currently serves as President of the Hong Kong Translation Society. Apart from overseeing many relevant research projects, Dr. Pan has published two co-authored/edited volumes (one forthcoming), over 20 referred journal articles, nearly 10 book chapters and over 50 conference papers and invited talks relevant to corpora and translation education. Dr.Jun Pan has been working in the filed corpus-based translation and interpreting studies for years. A main aspect of Dr. Pan’s work focuses on the construction and study of large-size corpora/databases of interpreting, tapping into methods of text mining, natural language processing, critical discourse analysis, etc. Dr. Pan complied the Chinese/English Political Interpreting Corpus (CEPIC, https://digital.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/cepic/), an open-access online corpus of interpreting in political settings consisting of nearly 6.5 million word tokens.
Prof. Sara Laviosa is Distinguished Scholar in the field of Corpus-basedTranslation Studies and TESOL. Her research interests and teaching experience focus on English language and translation, with courses offered at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Laviosa's expertise has been recognized by her nomination as a member of the European Society for Translation Committee. Her contributions to the field of translation and language studies are reflected in her numerous publications, including the highly regarded book Corpus-based Translation Studies: Research and Applications, which offers valuable insights for researchers and practitioners alike. Laviosa's book is an indispensable resource for those seeking to deepen their understanding of translation studies and the role of corpus-based research in this field.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Corpora and Translation Education
Book Subtitle: Advances and Challenges
Editors: Jun Pan, Sara Laviosa
Series Title: New Frontiers in Translation Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-6589-2
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-99-6588-5Published: 23 December 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-99-6591-5Due: 23 January 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-981-99-6589-2Published: 22 December 2023
Series ISSN: 2197-8689
Series E-ISSN: 2197-8697
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 200
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 95 illustrations in colour
Topics: Applied Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing (NLP)