Section outline

◄6. Corpora in lexical studies and lexicography
►8. Corpora in stylistics and literary studies
    • Lecture presentation Datei
    • Reading assignment: lesson 7 Datei

      Chesterman, A. (2004). Hypotheses about Translation Universals. In Claims, Changes and Challenges in Translation Studies: Selected contributions from the EST Congress, Copenhagen 2001, pp. 1-13.

    • Reading assignment: discussion

      •What is the difference between descriptive and prescriptive claims or hypotheses?
      •What two main types of translation can we historically observe?
      •What is the difference between s-universals and t-universals?
      •How can they be tested?
      •Should „bad“ translations be included in a parallel corpus?
      •Can you think of any examples of features of translation in your native language?
◄6. Corpora in lexical studies and lexicography
►8. Corpora in stylistics and literary studies