Using Corpus Tools for Stylistic Analysis in Translator Training

Year 2023, Issue: 18, 19 - 40, 31.07.2023

Özgür Şen Bartan

https://doi.org/10.26650/iujts.2023.1229391

Abstract

This study presents the findings from two case studies, in which literary texts and their translation corpora were used in the training of BA and MA level students in a translation and interpreting department. It suggests methods of using corpus-based resources in the BA and MA literary translation context. During each case study, the students were guided to use corpus tools such as Lextutor and Voyant to analyse the style of the author and/or the translator concentrating on different aspects of translations of style which encompass dimensions such as lexical category, grammatical category, figurative language and cohesion, and to compare the parallel corpora. Moreover, the study provides an evaluation of the materials with a user perspective survey. In total, 39 students participated in the study, and 18 students shared their views on using corpus tools. As a conclusion, the findings suggest that, in general, the corpus tools can be used to analyse literary texts and their translations focusing on their styles in translator training. The views of the participants are mostly positive, and they find the process helpful in both analysing literary texts and their personal translation works.

Keywords

Corpus-based studies, corpus stylistics, corpus tools, literature for translators, translator training

Çevirmen Eğitiminde Derlem Araçlarının Biçembilimsel Çözümleme Amacıyla Kullanılması

Abstract

Bu çalışma, mütercim ve tercümanlık bölümü lisans ve yüksek lisans öğrencilerinin eğitiminde yazınsal metinlerin ve çeviri derlemlerinin kullanıldığı iki vaka çalışmasından elde edilen bulguları sunmaktadır. Lisans ve yüksek lisans düzeylerinde yazınsal çeviri bağlamında derlem tabanlı kaynaklardan yararlanma yöntemleri önerilmektedir. Her bir çalışma sırasında, öğrenciler Lextutor ve Voyant adlı derlem araçlarını kullanarak yazarın ve/veya çevirmenin biçeminin alt başlıkları olan sözcüksel kategori, dilbilgisel kategori, değişmeceli dil ve bağdaşıklık gibi farklı yönlerine odaklanarak derlemleri karşılaştırıp çözümlemişlerdir. Çalışmada ayrıca kullanıcı perspektifli kısa bir sormaca ile kullanılan araçların değerlendirmesi sunulmaktadır. Toplam olarak 39 üniversite öğrencisi çalışmaya katılmıştır ve 18 öğrencinin derlem araçlarıyla ilgili görüşleri elde edilmiştir. Sonuç olarak, bulgular, genel olarak, derlem araçlarının çevirmen eğitiminde yazınsal metinleri ve çevirilerini biçemlerine odaklanarak çözümlemek için kullanılabileceğini göstermektedir. Katılımcı görüşleri çoğunlukla olumludur ve araçların kullanımını hem yazınsal metinlerin çözümlemesinde hem de kişisel çeviri çalışmalarında yararlı bulmaktadırlar.

Keywords

Derlem temelli çalışmalar, derlem biçembilimi, derlem araçları, çevirmenler için edebiyat, çevirmen eğitimi

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