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Teaching Translation through Corpus-based Vocabulary Activities and Tasks
Teaching Translation through Corpus-based Vocabulary Activities and Tasks

Author(s): Teodora Popescu
Subject(s): Foreign languages learning
Published by: Universitatea »1 Decembrie 1918« Alba Iulia
Keywords: translation competence; linguistic competence; corpora

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to present a possible teaching paradigm used in translation theory and practice classes. The use of corpora (either in-house or web-based) and concordancers, online dictionaries or thesauri can be very beneficial to a translator trainee, alongside traditional paper-based dictionary research.

  • Issue Year: 8/2007
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 305-314
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English