Corpus-Driven Translation Studies and Exploration from the Perspective of Ecolinguistics

Pengfei Bao

doi:10.30560/ilr.v8n2p1

Pengfei Bao The University of Hong Kong

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30560/ilr.v8n2p1

Keywords: corpus, translation, ecolinguistics, ecological environment vocabulary, ecological awareness

Abstract

Utilizing a corpus, this paper delves deeply into the intrinsic connection between translation and ecolinguistics. Through meticulously constructing a corpus comprising diverse source texts and their corresponding translated texts, and employing scientific methods such as context analysis, the study comprehensively explores ecolinguistic issues in translation. The research reveals that translators consider the language habits, cultural backgrounds, and ecological contexts of the target language when dealing with vocabulary related to the ecological environment. The translated texts not only carry the ecological environmental information of the source texts but also reflect the translator’s ecological awareness to a certain extent. This study provides a fresh perspective and empirical evidence for the crossover integration of translation studies and ecolinguistics, facilitating the further development of interdisciplinary research.

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