Translation Research of Chinese Dictionary

Author: Wan Jiangbo
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Publish Date: 2006-11-01
Features: "A Study on the Translation of Bilingual Dictionaries" is an interdisciplinary research between bilingual lexicography and translation studies, focusing on the translation operations, general principles, and theoretical frameworks in bilingual dictionaries. This book is based on dictionary compilation practices and explores translation research. It first discusses the meta-language issue in bilingual dictionaries, reviews the emergence of meta-language theory, analyzes the characteristics of meta-language in dictionary definitions, and emphasizes the equivalence of meta-language in bilingual dictionary definitions. Subsequently, it explores the applicability and guiding significance of modern translation theory in bilingual dictionary translation research, combining the translation features of bilingual dictionaries.
Next, the book examines the translation issues of linguistic and non-linguistic bilingual dictionaries. The translation of linguistic bilingual dictionaries is analyzed from two aspects: entry translation and example translation, focusing on identifying the translation patterns of linguistic terms in bilingual dictionaries and proposing constructive solutions to various translation problems. The translation of non-linguistic bilingual dictionaries is summarized andd from a practical operational perspective, aiming to comprehensively present the translation methods and general principles for non-linguistic entries.
Finally, the book briefly studies the relationship between corpora and bilingual dictionary translation. It reviews the emergence and development of corpora and analyzes their functions in bilingual dictionary translation. In terms of content arrangement, the book follows a progressive principle from macro-level interpretation to micro-level analysis.