Machine Readable Corpora

Abstract

This article reviews three areas at the interface between corpus linguistics and translation, namely, corpus-based approaches to (1) translation studies, (2) translator education, and (3) translation practice. With reference to (1), it surveys approaches, corpus typologies, and findings concerning translation strategies, norms/laws, and universals. Moving on to (2), it provides examples of possible uses of corpora (parallel, comparable, learner) in the translation classroom and points out that building a corpus may in itself be a valid exercise in text analysis and documentation. Finally, (3), it considers the role (still rather marginal, but growing) currently played by corpus tools in the translation professions. © 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.