Translational English Corpus——A Powerful Tool for New Paradigm of Translation Studies
Wei Chen · Huazhong Nongye Daxue xuebao · 2009
TEC(Translational English Corpus) is the first and largest translational English corpus in the world,which consists of written English translations from a range of source languages.Designed specially for the purpose of studying translated texts,it has header files stored with metadata about the translators,publishers and translation process along with the light annotation of the translated texts.The translations can represent the general characteristics of contemporary English translations as they are done by native speakers of English,and most texts dated from 1983 onwards.Based on a thorough exploration,this paper introduces the major features of TEC,analyzes the advantages and limitations of TEC as a powerful tool for new paradigm of translation studies,and outlines the potential uses of TEC.