Tradução técnica, terminologia e lingüística de corpus: a ferramenta Wordsmith Tools.

• Main Author: Gabriela Castelo Branco Ribeiro
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2004-01-01
• Series: Cadernos de Tradução
• Subjects: Tradução técnica, terminologia, glossários, lingüística de corpus, WordSmith Tools.
• Online Access: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/traducao/article/view/6479

The aim of the present paper is to explore one of the various points of intersection between translation, terminology and linguistics, focusing on some of the support technologies for technical translators. First, we present a brief overview of corpus linguistics and its relationship with translation. Then, we discuss some of the keys issues in terminology research and glossary creation for technical translation. Finally, we take an indepth look at WordSmith Tools, highlighting the more promising aspects for terminology in this context.