Translation metalanguage of translation difference, consisting of decomposition and classification, has been developed in the TNTC project supported by the JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) 19H05660: Developing a Translation Process Model and Constructing an Integrated Translation Environment Through Detailed Descriptions of Translation Norms and Competences. This page also shows the results of validation experiments for refining and evaluating the metalanguage.
- TML-Translation-Difference-v2-JA
- Decomposition
- Unit definition and decomposition procedure (v2/JA/Unit_definition_and_decomposition_procedure.xlsx)
- (1) Definitions of units for analysis
- (2) Definitions and examples of units for analysis
- (3) Procedure of decomposition (summary)
- (4) Procedure of decomposition (details)
- (5) Connotation relationships between units for analysis (table)
- (6) Connotation relationships between units for analysis (examples)
- (7) Procedure for identifying patterns
- Decomposition workflow with examples (v2/JA/Decomposition_workflow_with_examples.xlsx)
- i. Body texts used in this file
- ii. Workflow of decomposition
- iii. Results of decomposition
- Explanation of decomposition procedure (v2/JA/Decomposition_demonstration.mp4)
- A video material showing the procedure of decomposition in a step by step manner
- Unit definition and decomposition procedure (v2/JA/Unit_definition_and_decomposition_procedure.xlsx)
- Classification
- Decision lists for classification (v2/JA/Decision_lists_for_classification.xlsx)
- (a) Decision list of syntactic categories (defined for each pair of unit types)
- (b) List of syntactic categories
- (c) Decision list of semantic categories
- (d) Decision list of pragmatic categories
- Decision lists for classification (v2/JA/Decision_lists_for_classification.xlsx)
- Decomposition
- TML-Translation-Difference-v2-JA-validation
- The annotation results of validation for TML-Translation-Difference-v2-JA (v2/JA/validation)
- Collation of annotation results of annotator A, B, and C
- Original data (SD, MT+PE, and HT for doc8 and doc9) are available at MultiEnJa
- The annotation results of validation for TML-Translation-Difference-v2-JA (v2/JA/validation)
TML-Translation-Difference-v2-JA was developed by Tomono Honda and Atsushi Fujita.
This typology is the outcome of refining the scheme for describing differences between translations proposed by Honda et al. (2022) and adopting translation strategies proposed by Chesterman (2016) and Yamamoto and Yamada (2022). The details of the development of our scheme, including the process of adaptation from Chesterman (2016), Yamamoto and Yamada (2022), and Honda et al. (2022), are described in Honda et al. (2023).
The files for download were created by Tomono Honda.
The metalanguage(s) and related materials are distributed under the conditions of Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License 4.0.
- Honda, T., Fujita, A., Yamamoto, M., & Kageura, K. (2023). A Scheme for describing differences between translations: Refinement of typology and evaluation as a metalanguage. Interpreting and Translation Studies, 23:xx-xx. (In Japanese).
- Chesterman, A. (2016). Memes of translation: The spread of ideas in translation theory (2nd ed.). John Benjamins.
- Honda, T., Yamamoto, M., & Kageura, K. (2022). Construction of a scheme for describing differences between translations. Invitation to Interpreting and Translation Studies, 24:1-21. (In Japanese).
- Yamamoto, M., & Yamada, M. (2022). Translation strategies for English-to-Japanese translation. In R. Miyata, M. Yamada, & K. Kageura (Eds.), Metalanguages for dissecting translation processes: Theoretical development and practical applications (pp. 80–91). Routledge.
See our project website.