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T erm s in Corpus-Based T ranslation Studies

WAN G K e-fei H UAN G L i-bo
Ab stract: Issues of translation un iversa ls have recently been discussed in corpus-based translation studies. The paper ex-
pounds som e terms in this d iscip line inc lud ing translation un iversa ls, s im plification, explic itation, im plic itation, no rma liza-
tion and leve ling out, and m akes br ie f comm ents on the v iew po ints invo lved.
K ey word s: co rpus-based translation stud ies; translation un iversa ls; sim plification; explic itation; im p licitation; no rma lization;
leve lling out

, , ,
, ( D escript ive T ranslation Stud ies)

( Corpus L inguist ics )

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, 80 ( Lav iosa, 2002: 1, 21) , , Baker
, , , ( 1993: 233- 250) / Co rpus L ingu istics and T rans la-
, tion S tudies: Imp lications and A pplicat ions0
, ( Corpus-based T ranslat ion Stud ies
P aradigm ) 1998,
META Sara


L av iosa META 43
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( m ono lingua l com parab le corpus) / Baker( 1993),
( b ilingual/mu ltilingua l para lle l corpus ) ( L av iosa, 2002; O lohan,
( trans lat ional corpus) ) 2004),
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, ( translat ion sh ift and trans-
process)
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3), words) ( list heads)
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( translat ion un iversals)
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; Baker Baker Lav iosa
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( V inay& D arbe lne,t 1958 /1995: 344), ( san itisation)
ation) ( im itation)
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