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Directionality and expertise in empirical translation studies: A case study on French-to-English translation

Aguiar de Souza Penha Marion, Laura
(2018)

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Supervisors
Lefer, Marie-Aude
Faculty
Faculté de philosophie, arts et lettres
Degree label
Master [120] en traduction
Abstract
This thesis reports on a case study on French-to-English translation. The study represents an attempt to investigate directionality in tandem with expertise through linguistic operationalizations of one of the purported features of translated language, namely simplification. Its aim is to find out how the two phenomena affect the translation product. Overall, the findings of the study suggest that L1 and non-expert translations are lexically and syntactically simpler than L2 and expert translations respectively. They also point to lexical density being the best indicator of both directionality and expertise.