Table 3 Frequencies of the translators’ renditions of the two thematic words.
From: Uncovering the functional aspect of translator style: corpus stylistic insights
Er Ma (ST) | TTs | James | H. & F. | Jimmerson | Dolby | BNC (fic.) | COCA (fic.) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ST | Raw | Norm | Raw | Norm | Raw | Norm | Raw | Norm | Raw | Norm | Raw | Norm | Raw | Norm | |
黄脸 | 13 | 171.19 | Yellow face | 4 | 40.86 | 5 | 44.37 | 3 | 27.99 | 3 | 27.25 | 13 | 0.817 | 22 | 0.197 |
Yellow faces | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.87 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.08 | 2 | 0.126 | 5 | 0.045 | |||
Yellow-faced | 6 | 61.28 | 4 | 35.5 | 7 | 65.31 | 9 | 81.75 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.018 | |||
Yellow-skinned | 1 | 10.21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.063 | 7 | 0.063 | |||
Yellow devils | 1 | 10.21 | 1 | 8.87 | 3 | 27.99 | 1 | 9.08 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.009 | |||
TOTAL | 12 | 122.57 | 11 | 97.61 | 13 | 121.29 | 14 | 127.16 | 16 | 1.01 | 37 | 0.33 | |||
中国人 | 235 | 3094.6 | Chinese | 327 | 3339.94 | 368 | 3265.57 | 341 | 3181.62 | 341 | 3097.3 | 285 | 17.914 | 4756 | 42.523 |
Chinamen | 53 | 541.34 | 6 | 53.24 | 19 | 177.28 | 21 | 190.74 | 3 | 0.189 | 33 | 0.295 | |||
Chink | 6 | 61.28 | 5 | 44.37 | 5 | 46.65 | 5 | 45.41 | 62 | 3.897 | 276 | 2.468 | |||
TOTAL | 386 | 3942.56 | 379 | 3363.18 | 365 | 3405.55 | 367 | 3333.45 | 350 | 22 | 5065 | 45.29 | |||
