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Distant Reading and Metadata: A Study of Translation Knowledge Transfer in the Big Data Era

Qiang GENG(),Yao WANG   

  1. Institute of Corpus Studies and Applications, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai 201620, China
  • Received:2022-11-24 Online:2024-03-20 Published:2024-03-25

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In the current era of big data, translation knowledge production has posed dramatic challenges to the translingual dissemination of translation knowledge with regard to quantity and time. On the one hand, the conclusions derived from translation book reviews are under suspicion due to the methods of close reading adopted. On the other hand, the exponential quantity of metadata produced in today’s knowledge production has pathetically remained unexplored if not ignored altogether. This article argues that metadata should be better viewed as paratext in digital era, and only by using certain technological tools can knowledge be created. Drawing on a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods and in particular Moretti’s distant reading method, this article collects the metadata of the research monographs and collections in English published in recent 6 years and then analyzes what knowledge can be gained for a renewed vision of the cross-cultural transferring of translation knowledge in today’s world.

Key words: distant reading, the era of big data, transmission of translation knowledge, metadata, translation book review

CLC Number: 

  • H059

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出版社所属国简介网址
Routledge英国George Routledge创办于1836年https://www.routledge.com/
Springer美国Bernhard Springer创办于1951年https://www.springer.com/gp
Bloomsbury英国Nigel Newton创办于1986年https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/
Benjamins荷兰John and Claire Benjamins创办于1960年代https://benjamins.com/content/home
Cambridge Scholars Publishing英国创办于2001年https://www.cambridgescholars.com/
Peter Lang瑞士Peter Lang创办于1970年https://www.peterlang.com/
Brill-Rodopi荷兰创办于1683年https://brill.com/
Multilingual Matters英国Grover家族创办于1980年代https://www.multilingual-matters.com/
Wiley-Blackwell美国创办于2007年https://www.wiley.com/en-us

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年度RoutledgeSpringerBloomsburyBenjaminsCambridgePeter LangBrill-RodopiMultilingualWiley-Blackwell合计
2022691622121511118
202190188420202126
202081245825000125
201969256763000116
201834162156011075
20177118106423152
合计350110514524131054612

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出版情况人数占比（%）
10次及以上20.24
5至8次以内50.60
4次70.84
3次232.74
2次779.19
1次72486.40
合计838100

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姓名专著主编出版社合计
Douglas Robinson111Routledge, Springer, Bloomsbury, Brill-Rodopi12
Meng Ji37Routledge, Springer10
Defeng Li08Springer8
Brian James Baer15Routledge6
Roberto A. Valdeon06Routledge6
Jeremy Munday23Routledge, Bloomsbury, Benjamins5
Yves Gambier05Benjamins5
Ali Almanna22Routledge, Peter Lang, Cambridge4
Federico Marco Federici04Routledge, Springer, Bloomsbury, Benjamins4
Jieun Kiaer40Routledge4
Kaisa Koskinen13Routledge, Bloomsbury, Benjamins4
Kobus Marais13Routledge, Bloomsbury4
Mona Baker22Routledge4
Reine Meylaerts04Routledge, Springer4

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1translation478
2studies55
3translating52
4interpreting38
5english31
6routledge31
7handbook28
8chinese28
9translations27
10perspectives27
11literature25
12china24
13cultural22
14literary22
15politics21
16practice21
17theory21
18research20
19translator20
20modern20

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IndexColl.IndexColl.
1approach18politics
2technology19discourse
3handbook20literary
4audiovisual21perspectives
5theory22literature
6routledge23poetry
7media24perspective
8knowledge25english
9practice26world
10studies27modern
11machine28contexts
12age29texts
13history30interpreting
14analysis31research
15cultural32chinese
16global33education
17text34culture
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