Kollokationelle og syntaktiske angivelser i en teknisk oversættelses- og produktionsordbog for fremmedsprogsbrugere

Abstract

It is assumed that not least common words, i.e. words belonging in the intersection between LSP and general language, present a number problems in terms of equiva-lence, collocation and complementation in connection with L1-L2 translation and L2 production of technical texts. To this end, such a word, represented by the Danish verb afbryde 'interrupt', is selected from a concrete technical text, in which it occurs with no less than 12 different objects as well as, in one context, without an object. Existing dictionaries of a variety of types as well as authentic English texts are examined to determine possible equivalents as well as their respective collocation potentials. On the basis of these findings, a suggestion is made for the lexicographical representation of afbryde and its equivalents in an L2 basic dictionary with accessory L1-L2 word list.