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International Conference on Computational and Corpus-Based Phraseology

EUROPHRAS 2019: Computational and Corpus-Based Phraseology pp 173–186Cite as

Translating Manipulated Idioms (EN>ES) in the Word Sketch Scenario

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Abstract

This paper presents a teaching proposal for translation/interpreting undergraduate students. Following a corpus-based methodology, the main objective of this proposal is to train students on how to exploit the possibilities offered by Sketch Engine for the creation of ad hoc phraseological equivalences. More precisely, we will examine the potential of its functionality Word Sketch as a convenient tool in those cases where the manipulation of idioms and the absence of one-to-one phraseological correspondences may pose problems to translation. The experimental setting comprised an introductory seminar on the convergence of corpora, phraseology and translation, followed by a hands-on session, where trainee translators were presented with some case-studies for which they had to create ad hoc phraseological equivalents for the manipulated idioms in the source text (ST) and had to justify both the translation process and product. Overall, the insights gained from analysing the results obtained will allow us to determine to what extent trainee translators are able to translate manipulated idioms in the Word Sketch scenario.

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    The form creation tool Googleform is available through the following link: https://www.google.es/intl/es/forms/about/.

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    McMillan Dictionary (MD, [12]) is available at the following link: https://www.macmillandictionary.com/.

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    “Übersetzen heißt in Ketten Tanzen”.

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Acknowledgements

This research has been funded by a FPU (Formación de Profesorado Universitario) contract, ref. FPU16/02032, awarded to Carlos Manuel Hidalgo Ternero by the Ministerio de Educación, Ciencia y Deporte (Spanish Ministry of Education, Science and Sport). Furthermore, this publication has been carried out within the framework of the thematic network TRAJUTEC and the teaching network “TACTRAD: aplicación de nuevas herramientas TAC para la enseñanza-aprendizaje de la traducción especializada” (ref. 719/2018) coordinated by the University of Malaga, as well as the research projects Interpreta 2.0 (PIE 17-015, type B), VIP (FFI2016-75831-P) and TERMITUR (HUM2754).

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Hidalgo-Ternero, C.M. (2019). Translating Manipulated Idioms (EN>ES) in the Word Sketch Scenario. In: Corpas Pastor, G., Mitkov, R. (eds) Computational and Corpus-Based Phraseology. EUROPHRAS 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 11755. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30135-4_13

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