Abstracts
Abstract
Dictionaries ideally should address the needs of particular types of users. Their micro and macrostructural design should be oriented towards what user groups need to know about words and the uses that will be made of such knowledge. One specific use for dictionaries is the activity of translation. From the perspective of professional translators, dictionaries should allow for creativity and dynamicity in text production, providing solutions for changing communication needs. Dictionary-making for such a purpose can and should benefit from insights into words and meanings from other fields. Interdisciplinarity in Lexicography is just one example of how other fields interact in Translation Studies. In this paper we analyse how working in an interdisciplinary way is crucial to developing useful lexicographic and terminographic tools for translators and how methodologies, such as corpus-based work and experimental methods should be combined to offer converging evidence of different aspects of use and processing. We illustrate such work methods with examples from real lexicographic projects.
Keywords:
- lexicographic tools for translators,
- process-oriented translation studies,
- product-oriented translation studies,
- experimental methods,
- collocational meaning
Résumé
Un dictionnaire idéal devrait prendre en compte les usages particuliers de ceux qui s’en servent. La conception de leur micro- et macrostructure devrait être conçue en fonction du groupe auquel il est destiné, et notamment en fonction de ce que les usagers doivent savoir sur les mots et de ce qu’ils prévoient en faire. Nous utilisons les dictionnaires spécifiquement dans la cadre de notre activité de traduction. Du point de vue du traducteur professionnel, les dictionnaires devraient stimuler la créativité et le dynamisme en proposant des solutions appropriées aux nouvelles exigences de communication. À cette fin, l’élaboration des dictionnaires peut et devrait se nourrir du regard que posent sur les mots les autres disciplines. L’interdisciplinarité dans la lexicographie est un exemple de l’interaction des différents champs dans les études de traduction. Dans cet article, nous analysons, tout d’abord, la raison pour laquelle il est crucial de travailler dans une perspective interdisciplinaire pour développer des outils lexicographiques et terminologiques destinés aux traducteurs. Ensuite, nous étudions la façon dont les méthodologies telles les analyses de corpus et les méthodes expérimentales devraient être combinées pour créer une synergie bénéfique. Nous illustrons ces méthodes de travail par des exemples extraits de projets lexicographiques réels.
Mots-clés :
- outils lexicographiques pour traducteurs,
- études de traduction orientées vers le processus,
- études de traduction orientées vers le produit,
- études expérimentales,
- sémantique des collocations
Appendices
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