《Sara Laviosa-A Transcultura Conceptual Framework for corpus-based Translation Pedalogyl 》.pdf

A transcultural conceptual framework for corpus-based translation pedagogy Sara Laviosa The University of Bari Abstract: Corpus-based translation pedagogy is a thriving subfield of Applied Translation Studies, as testified by the rising number of publications in recent years ranging from practical guides on how to use corpora in the LSP classroom (e.g. Bowker and Pearson 2002) to scholarly volumes that examine and illustrate the use of corpora for a variety of teaching and learning purposes (e.g. Granger et al. eds. 2003; Zanettin et al. eds. 2003; Gavioli 2005). These works draw on the theoretical and descriptive branches of Translation Studies as well as neighbouring areas of scholarship such as Corpus Linguistics, Information and Communication Technologies, Computational Linguistics, Machine (Assisted) Translation, Contrastive Linguistics, Terminology, Lexicography, and LSP studies. This paper takes stock of this important development and examines the main methods currently employed in corpus-based translation pedagogy using an adapted version of the three-level model elaborated by Richards and Rodgers (2003) for the analysis of language teaching methods. This investigation brings to light significant differences between translator training, where corpora are well established, and translator education, where they have just started to make inroads. Arguably, one of the reasons for this gap lies in the lack of interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks conceived specifically for translator education. On the basis of these c