1. LINGUATECA & Translation, terminology and research at the University of Porto Belinda Maia Universidade do Porto

2. Translation at FLUP Past and Present Licenciatura TRANSLATION SPECIALIZATION 3rd YEAR –Theory of Translation -2 hours per week –Contrastive Analysis - Portuguese + foreign language- 2 hours per week –Portuguese Language - 4 hours per week

3. Licenciatura 4th YEAR –Translation - Foreign language > Portuguese - 6 hours per week –Translation -Portuguese > Foreign Language - 3 hours per week –Word Processing - 2 hours per week –Portuguese Culture - 4 hours per week 5th YEAR – 6 months’ 'ESTÁGIO'

4. Master’s degrees at FLUP Past Master’s in Translation Studies 1995-7 –Theory of Translation –Translation and Rhetoric –Linguistics and Translation Master’s in Translation Studies 1998-2000 –Theory of Translation –Translation and Rhetoric –Information Technology and Translation

5. Master’s degrees at FLUP Past and Present Master’s in Terminology and Translation 2000-2 & 2002-4 – General seminars –Introduction to Human Language Technology –Terminology and Lexicography –Theory of Translation –Semantics and Syntax –Translation –Terminography –http://www.letras.up.pt/translat/i_mepr.htmlhttp://www.letras.up.pt/translat/i_mepr.html

6. Master’s degrees Past Specializations Master’s in Terminology and Translation 2000-2 –Geography – population geography –History – medieval castles, diachronic study of wool industry, ‘vinho verde’ –Mechanical Engineering – tribology, metal fatigue, composite materials, maintenance, statistics,

7. Master’s degrees Present Specializations Master’s in Terminology and Translation 2002-4 –Geography – natural disasters –History – professional occupations –Electrochemical engineering –Civil engineering –Localization –Translation –Genetics –Medicine (area still to be chosen)

8. Licenciatura - Original objectives To supply a post-graduate certificate in translation To provide an alternative to the teaching qualification at level of licenciatura Vision: preparation in ‘general’ translation and the rest learnt ‘on the job’ Course was designed about 12 years ago and the names have remained

9. Change of emphasis - Reasons Perception that the course was not satisfying the professional needs of our students –Not enough ´real-life’ translation –Not enough practice in the mother tongue –Not enough practice in information technology

10. Change of emphasis - Effects Attempts to match the course to real-world expectations - partly successful –wider variety of texts for translation –specialized glossary and corpora work –classroom + computers and connection to the Internet –more information technology

11. Present situation of Licenciatura – 3 rd year Theory of translation –practical introduction to professional translation – with theory implied rather than explicit - see Robinson (1997) Becoming a Translator. –Corpora building Contrastive analysis – contrastive lexicography and terminology + contrastive grammar and text analysis –glossary building. Portuguese language: text analysis

12. Real present situation of Licenciatura – 4th year Translation - Foreign language > Portuguese Translation -Portuguese > Foreign Language –Both courses concentrate on ‘real-life’ translations – including subtitling, webpages etc Word Processing > Introduction to IT for translation – complete Microsoft Office, translation software, etc Portuguese Culture - no change.... 5th YEAR – 6 months’ Estágio - wide variety

13. Do-it-yourself corpora We started this type of work as soon as we got the Internet - about 1997 Project work for students includes building mini-corpus on a specialized subject with the objctives of: –Finding out about the subject –Searching terminology –Learning about types and levels of texts

14. Glossary making Gradual progress ‚Hard words‘ lists Glossaries - general topic areas Glossaries - specialized areas WORD > EXCEL > MULTITERM >...

15. Terminology databases Using commercial databases –ACCESS –Multiterm –Termstar Making our own with cooperation of the Computer Engineering department

16. LINGUATECA General presentation http://www.linguateca.pt Computational processing of Portuguese –Resources –Tools –Publications

17. Polo – CLUP-Porto Started work end of October Official objectives: –to add parallel corpora in technical and scientific fields to COMPARA –to create comparable corpora –to provide on-line access to corpora and corpora analysis tools

18. Polo – CLUP-Porto Developing objectives: –automatic term extraction –multidimensional concept mapping –evaluation of on-line corpora use by general public –evaluation of machine translation –revised webpage for LINGUATECA

19. Polo – CLUP-Porto Online tools http://poloclup.linguateca.pt/ferramentas –EXTEX – Tool for extracting.txt from other formats –METRA - MEta TRAnslator. EVAL 1 - Ferramenta para Categorização de Erros de Tradução. –BOOMERANG – Translation + re-translation + re-translation

20. Master’s dissertations completed Pais, Jorge. 2001 Tradução e Localização: Pontos de Contacto e de Afastamento. Gonçalves, M. Emilia 2001 Contributo para a Tradução de Construções Passivas com base em ‘Great Expectations’ de Charles Dickens’. Milner, M. do Céu. 2001 Terminografia com Base em ‘Corpora’ – Um Ensaio na Área da Construção Metálica. Ribeiro, M. da Graça. 2001 Aspectos Teóricos e Práticos da Pesquisa Terminológica – Estudo Experimental no Domínio do Betão. Carmo, Felix do. 1999. Tese de Mestrado - A Variação do Número de Palavras em Tradução.

21. Master’s dissertations under construction Population geography –Ontology / multidimensional framework –Documentaries and subtitling –Text analysis History –diachronic study of wool industry, –‘vinho verde’ –castles - text analysis

22. Master’s dissertations under construction Mechanical Engineering –Conceptualization and tribology –Text analysis of standards documents –Socio-terminology - composite materials Marketing - Automatic term extraction Other –metaphors in football corpora –analysis of advertising texts

23. Ongoing/future work With supervision from Geography Department –domain – ‘Natural disasters’ + possible help from insurance company With supervision from History Department –domain - ‘Professional occupations’ With supervision from Faculty of Engineering –Civil engineering - with support from professional organization –Electro-chemical engineering

24. Ongoing/future work With Supervision from the Computer Engineering Department –Localization - translation of Bert Esselink´s A Practical Guide to Localization With the supervision of the Faculty of Sciences –Genetics With the supervision of medical expert and supprt of commercial firm –Medicine (area still to be chosen)

25. Ongoing/future work Translation –Portuguese terminology for Delisle, Jean, Hannelore Lee-Jahnke et Monique C. Cormier Terminologie de la traduction / Translation Terminology / Terminología de la traducción / Terminologie der Überserzung Amsterdam, John Benjamins

26. Ongoing/future work Doctorates planned in the areas of: –Contrastive linguistics - metaphors –Corpora and machine translation –Terminology

27. Past/Ongoing/Future work Undergraduate mini-corpora and glossary work in a wide variety of areas