A Corpus-Based Study of the Linguistic Errors Committed by the Iranian EFL Learners in English Translation of MA Research Abstracts of Educational Management Based on Liao’s (2010) Model

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="1"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Language errors</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="1"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">(1) Grammatical mistake or ungrammatical syntax of target language that its importance is far beyond new technologies and financial and material resources</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">(2) Awkward expression, including ambiguous meaning, mismatch, redundant words, and unnecessary repetition</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">(3) Inappropriate register</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">(4) Excessive literal translation, which leads to ambiguous translation</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">(5) Excessive free translation, which differentiates the translation from the original text</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">(6) Incorrect character, improper punctuation marks, or inconsistency in term translation</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="1"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Classification of linguistic error types adopted from Liao [<a href="/journals/edri/2021/9303139/#B19" target="_blank">19</a>].</div>

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Table 1: A Corpus-Based Study of the Linguistic Errors Committed by the Iranian EFL Learners in English Translation of MA Research Abstracts of Educational Management Based on Liao’s (2010) Model 

Table 1 | A Corpus-Based Study of the Linguistic Errors Committed by the Iranian EFL Learners in English Translation of MA Research Abstracts of Educational Management Based on Liao’s (2010) Model 