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A Guide to Qualitative Research Methods in Translation Studies

By | October 5, 2026

While corpus linguistics and statistical machine translation have driven a massive surge in quantitative research, understanding the human element of translation necessitates a robust qualitative approach. Since the “Sociological Turn” of the late 1990s (Wolf & Fukari, 2007), translation scholars have increasingly borrowed methodologies from ethnography, sociology, and cognitive psychology. Applying qualitative research methods allows academics to explore… Read More »