Compiling a Corpus-Based English-Arabic Legal Grammatical Collocations Glossary Using SDL Trados Software Tools

Wedad Abdul Karim AL-Mekhlafi; Abdulsalam AL-Ghrafy

doi:10.56989/benkj.v6i5.1872

Authors

Wedad Abdul Karim Taher AL-Mekhlafi
Prof. Dr. Abdulsalam M Gh AL-Ghrafy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56989/benkj.v6i5.1872

Keywords:

grammatical collocations, , agreement contract, , corpus-based translation study, , SDL Trados Studio Software tools. , legal translation , legal grammar , international agreements , translation memory , SDL Trados , terminology management

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Abstract

This study applies SDL Trados Studio tools to develop a corpus-based English-Arabic glossary of legal agreement contract grammatical collocations. The study investigates the grammatical collocations found in an English agreement contract and their corresponding Arabic translations, utilizing a corpus-based methodology. The analysis concentrates on a single representative English agreement contract and its Arabic translation to provide a detailed demonstration of the analytical processes and methodological steps required to achieve the desired outcomes. SDL Trados Studio tools are used for aligning the source-English and target-Arabic texts, extracting grammatical collocations, and performing concordance-based analysis. The study concludes with an English-Arabic glossary of 116 legal grammatical collocations related to agreement contract.

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Author Biographies

Wedad Abdul Karim Taher AL-Mekhlafi

PhD Researcher, Department of English, Faculty of Languages, Sana'a University, Sana’a, Yemen.

Prof. Dr. Abdulsalam M Gh AL-Ghrafy

Professor of Linguistics and English Studies, Department of English, Faculty of Languages, Sana'a University, Yemen.

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