Simplification in translated Czech: a new approach to type-token ratio

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Simplification in translated Czech: a new approach to type-token ratio

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The main objective of the paper is to examine whether simplification can be demonstrated to exist in Czech translated texts. In general, simplification as one of the socalled translation universals, is defined as a translators' tendency to create simplertexts. According to research of English texts, simplification may be manifested e.g. by a lower level of lexical richness. To describe lexical richness, a simple type-token ratio (TTR) is widely used; however, it is very sensitive to text size. To overcome this disadvantage, a standardized type-token ratio (sTTR) has been introduced, which is calculated for every 1000 words in the text. Nevertheless, it also has certain drawbacks. Our method for standardizing type-token ratio (zTTR) is based on comparing the observed TTR with the referential TTR values representing texts of identical size. Inspired by the z-score, this metric is capable of comparing the lexical richness of texts regardless of their length. The analysis carried out on a

Název v anglickém jazyce

Simplification in translated Czech: a new approach to type-token ratio

Popis výsledku anglicky

The main objective of the paper is to examine whether simplification can be demonstrated to exist in Czech translated texts. In general, simplification as one of the socalled translation universals, is defined as a translators' tendency to create simplertexts. According to research of English texts, simplification may be manifested e.g. by a lower level of lexical richness. To describe lexical richness, a simple type-token ratio (TTR) is widely used; however, it is very sensitive to text size. To overcome this disadvantage, a standardized type-token ratio (sTTR) has been introduced, which is calculated for every 1000 words in the text. Nevertheless, it also has certain drawbacks. Our method for standardizing type-token ratio (zTTR) is based on comparing the observed TTR with the referential TTR values representing texts of identical size. Inspired by the z-score, this metric is capable of comparing the lexical richness of texts regardless of their length. The analysis carried out on a

Druh

J_x - Nezařazeno - Článek v odborném periodiku (Jimp, Jsc a Jost)

CEP obor

AI - Jazykověda

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2015

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Russian Linguistics

ISSN

0304-3487

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

39

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

3

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

17

Strana od-do

309-325

Kód UT WoS článku

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