Meng Ji

List of John Benjamins publications in which Meng Ji is involved.

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Quantitative Methods in Corpus-Based Translation Studies: A practical guide to descriptive translation research

Edited by Michael P. Oakes and Meng Ji

This is a comprehensive guidebook to the quantitative methods needed for Corpus-Based Translation Studies (CBTS). It provides a systematic description of the various statistical tests used in Corpus Linguistics which can be used in translation research. In Part 1, Theoretical Explorations, the… read more

[Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 51] 2012. x, 361 pp.

Articles (4) | Order by:

Ji, Meng 2013 Xiao, Richard, ed. 2010. Using Corpora in Contrastive and Translation Studies Target 25:2, pp. 301–305 | Review

Ji, Meng 2012 Hypothesis testing in corpus-based literary translation studies Quantitative Methods in Corpus-Based Translation Studies: A practical guide to descriptive translation research, Oakes, Michael P. and Meng Ji (eds.), pp. 53–72 | Article

The main purpose of this chapter is to develop useful analytical frameworks for translation studies. The new analytical frameworks proposed will integrate quantitative and qualitative analysis of textual and contextual events and phenomena of translation. Three sets of relationship are highlighted… read more

Ji, Meng 2012 Translation and scientific terminology Quantitative Methods in Corpus-Based Translation Studies: A practical guide to descriptive translation research, Oakes, Michael P. and Meng Ji (eds.), pp. 251–274 | Article

The establishment of a working scientific language was instrumental in the construction of China’s early modern scientific identity, as a result of its increasing engagement with Western scientific concepts and idea sets. The current study aims to offer a corpus-based investigation of… read more

Ji, Meng and Michael P. Oakes 2012 A Corpus study of early English translations of Cao Xueqin’s Hongloumeng Quantitative Methods in Corpus-Based Translation Studies: A practical guide to descriptive translation research, Oakes, Michael P. and Meng Ji (eds.), pp. 177–208 | Article

This paper investigates the stylistic profiles of the early English translations of Cao Xueqin’s masterwork Hongloumeng (The Story of the Stone or Dream of the Red Chamber 1791), by Bowra (1868–70), Joly (1892–3), and Giles (1885). Through a detailed comparison of early English translations of the… read more