Roadmap: Introduction to Translation Research Methods

Author: Williams
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: This book is an introductory series for guiding translation studies research, aiming to introduce some basic principles and methods of translation studies to learners who are new to the field (including undergraduates, master's students, and PhD students). The book is divided into ten chapters. Chapter 1 summarizes twelve research areas in translation studies, aiming to help researchers establish research topics and the problems they need to address. Chapter 2 guides researchers on how to plan their research projects, including refining initial ideas, determining the scope of research, finding materials, conducting critical reading, recording references in detail, and maintaining close communication with supervisors. Chapters 3 to 7 discuss some basic concepts and methods for conducting translation studies, providing detailed introductions to various theoretical models, research types, how to formulate research questions, how to present arguments, how to develop hypotheses, how to establish relationships between variables, and how to select and analyze data. Chapters 8 and 9 guide researchers on how to describe their personal research in both oral and written forms. The final chapter introduces the author the commonly used standards for evaluating translation studies, particularly for thesis evaluation.