Direction of translation and textual cohesion: A study of two Spanish translations of The Analects using Coh-Metrix-Esp

Liu, Zhao ^[1] ; Sun, Ce ^[2]
1. [1] East China Normal University
  
  East China Normal University
  
  China
2. [2] Tianjin Foreign Studies University
  
  Tianjin Foreign Studies University
  
  China
Localización: Círculo de lingüística aplicada a la comunicación, ISSN-e 1576-4737, Nº. 100, 2024 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Monográfico: Relaciones discursivas), págs. 209-221
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- This study set out to investigate the effect of direction in textual cohesion. It compares two Spanish translations of 论语 (The Analects) from Chinese, one by a non-native translator and the other by a native translator. Using Coh-Metrix-Esp, both translations are analyzed at the lexical, syntactical, and textual levels to evaluate the overall textual cohesion. The results confirmed an effect of direction in translation: translation conducted by a native speaker is more coherent and easier to read than that by a non-native translator. However, some parameters revisited also suggest that non-native translator can be more successful in some respects. Our conclusion is that there is no apparent advantage of a native translator over a non-native translator.