Term and translation variation of multiword terms

IF 0.5 Q3 LINGUISTICS

MonTI Pub Date : 2021-01-13 DOI:10.6035/MONTI.2020.NE6.7

Pilar León Araúz, Melania Cabezas García

引用次数: 8

Abstract

Phraseology is central to specialized language. In scientific and technical communication, multiword terms (MWTs) (e.g. volatile organic compound) are the most frequent type of phraseological units. Rendering them into another language is not an easy task due to their cognitive complexity, the proliferation of different forms, and their unsystematic representation in terminographic resources. This often results in a broad spectrum of translations for MWTs, leading to higher term variation as a result of their composition by two or more constituents. In this study we carried out a quantitative and qualitative analysis of English term variants of MWTs from the environmental domain and their translations into Spanish. The focus was on translation variation and its occurrence in different linguistic resources.

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多词术语的术语及其翻译变体

短语学是专业语言的核心。在科技传播中，多词术语(MWTs)(如挥发性有机化合物)是最常见的短语单位类型。将它们翻译成另一种语言并不是一件容易的事情，因为它们的认知复杂性，不同形式的扩散，以及它们在术语资源中的不系统的表示。这通常会导致mwt的翻译范围很广，由于它们由两个或多个成分组成，导致更高的术语变化。在这项研究中，我们对来自环境领域的mwt的英语术语变体及其翻译成西班牙语进行了定量和定性分析。重点是翻译变异及其在不同语言资源中的发生。

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