| Description |
1 online resource (281 p.) |
| Series |
Routledge Advances in Translation and Interpreting Studies |
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Routledge advances in translation studies
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- SECTION 1 Theory -- 1 The conceptualisation and modelling of translation competence -- Translation competence: why 'such a thing'? -- What is translation competence? -- Translation competence and expertise -- Defining translation competence: "what's in a name? -- Modelling translation competence -- Empirical research on translation competence: processand product-oriented studies -- Empirically-based models of translation competence -- Specialised and literary translation competence |
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Chapter 1 in a nutshell -- 2 Translators in the making: Developing translation competence -- Developing translation competence: from theoretical modelling to empirical research -- Kiraly's model of the emergence of TC -- PACTE's empirical investigation of the acquisition of TC -- TransComp: empirical results on the acquisition of TC -- The CTP project: an empirical investigation of the translation process -- Kumpulainen's empirical study of the acquisition of interlingual text production skills -- International frameworks for TCA |
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The European framework for the acquisition of translation competence -- Competence levels in the acquisition of literary translation competence -- Concluding remarks -- Chapter 2 in a nutshell -- SECTION 2 Research -- 3 Designing an empirical longitudinal study on TC -- Rationale and general aim -- Research questions -- Research design -- Sample -- Data gathering: the translation tasks -- Data analysis: variables and tools -- Potential of the study -- Chapter 3 in a nutshell -- 4 Mapping textual patterns onto translation competence -- Quantitative product description -- Lexicometric measures |
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Lexical density and lexical variation -- Length variation, expansion and reduction ratios -- Text readability -- Lexical analysis -- The translators' vocabulary: distribution per category -- Syntactic analysis -- Syntactic variation -- Nominalisation -- Activisation and passivisation -- Product-related data: drawing conclusions -- Chapter 4 in a nutshell -- 5 Assessing translation quality -- Preliminary theoretical remarks -- Defining and assessing translation quality -- Adequacy -- Acceptability -- Accuracy -- Readability |
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Assessing the process: the international standards for translation quality -- Assessing translation acceptability: methods and results -- Defining and assessing translation errors -- The notion and definition of error -- Error typologies -- Error assessment -- Assessing translation errors: methods and results -- Triangulating acceptability and errors -- Chapter 5 in a nutshell -- 6 Complementary evidence to product data -- Process-related data -- Delivery time -- Questionnaire data -- Process-related responses -- Competence-related responses -- Triangulating process-related trends |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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| Subject |
Translating and interpreting-Study and teaching
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Translating and interpreting -- Study and teaching
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000831733 |
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1000831736 |
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