On the Construction and Application of a Platform-Based Corpus in Tourism Translation Teaching

Abstract

Current studies indicate that corpus-aided translation teaching may greatly improve teaching efficiency and better fulfill the stated teaching aim. On the basis of those findings, this research looks into the design and construction of a platform-based corpus for tourism translation teaching in an attempt to clarify its aims and objectives, data alignment method, data annotation system, function keying-scheme, upgrading and maintenance mechanism, and so on. Taking into consideration the specific features of tourism translation, this article discusses the application of such an enriched corpus, an extension of or addition to the current corpus-based teaching platform Textwells in practical tourism translation classrooms, and tries to work out a preferable teaching mode inspired by task-based teaching and designed to work in close conjunction with the said corpus-based teaching platform, so as to encourage student initiative and foster their participation in learning.