Overview

A state-of-the-art volume highlighting the links between lexicography, terminology, language for special purposes (LSP) and translation and Machine Translation, that constitute the domain of Language Engineering. Part I: Terminology and Lexicography. Takes us through terminological problems and solutions in Europe, the former Soviet Union and Egypt. Part II focuses on LSP for second language learners and lexical analysis. Part III treats translator training in a historical context, as well as new methods from cognitive and corpus linguistics. Part IV is about the application of language engineering in Machine Translation, corpus linguistics and multilingual text generation.

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Author:   Harold Somers (UMIST, Manchester)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   18
Weight:   0.460kg
ISBN:  

9789027216199

ISBN 10:   9027216193
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   19 December 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Preface; 2. Juan C. Sager - Biographical notes (by Nkwenti-Azeh, Blaise); 3. Part I. Terminology; 4. Terminology today (by Cabre Castellvi, M. Teresa); 5. Which terms should firms or organisations include in their terminology banks? The case of the canton of Berne (by Besse, Bruno de); 6. The reorientationof management language in Russia and Poland in the transition to the market economy: A neglected perspective (by Holden, Nigel J.); 7. Quality assurance of terminology available on the international computer networks (by Pozzi, Maria); 8. Les onomastiques egyptiens au temps des pharaons (by Boulanger, Jean-Claude); 9. Beyond terminology (by Rey, Alain); 10. Part II. LSP; 11. Language description and LSP teaching (by Arntz, Reiner); 12. Lexico Cartography in LSP texts (by Knowles, Francis E.); 13. Part III. Translation; 14. Enseignement de la traduction: plaidoyer an faveur d'un code de correction (by Vinay, Jean-Paul); 15. Translation as intelligent behaviour (by Wilss, Wolfram); 16. The vitale role of the generalist in technical translation from and into minor languages (by Picken, Catriona); 17. Corpus-based translation studies: The challenges that lie ahead (by Baker, Mona); 18. Part IV: Language Engineering; 19. On the notion of validity and the evaluation of machine translation systems (by King, Margaret); 20. Senses and texts (by Wilks, Yorick); 21. Automatic text generation for software development and use (by Hartley, Anthony F.); 22. Index

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