Marie-Aude Lefer

Professeure

SSH/FIAL Faculty of Philosophy, Arts and Letters (FIAL)

SSH/FIAL/LSTI Louvain School of Translation and Interpreting (LSTI)

SSH/ILC Institut Langage et Communication (IL&C)

SSH/ILC/PLIN Pôle de recherche en linguistique (PLIN)

Informations
Publications

I am Professor of Translation Studies and English–French translation at UCLouvain, where I serve as Head of the Louvain School of Translation and Interpreting (LSTI, formerly Marie Haps). The LSTI offers master’s programmes in specialized translation and in conference interpreting, including sign language interpreting (LSFB).

My research focuses on translation quality evaluation, machine translation post-editing (MTPE), MTPE training, pricing methods in the language services industry, income satisfaction among freelance translators, and empirical translation studies, particularly learner translation corpus research.

Postal address

FIAL - Michotte/Socrate/Mercier
L3.06.03
Place Cardinal Mercier 14
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve

ILC

SH13-15 - Michotte/Socrate/Mercier
Floor 02 Office B 222
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve

Phone : 010474610

2026

Conference paper

Lefer, M.-A., Renner, V., & Rossi, C. (2026, June 11). Créativité linguistique et intelligence artificielle. JE Linguistique et IA, Université Bourgogne Europe.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/277101

Lefer, M.-A., & Girletti, S. (2026). Beyond post-editing as cheap labor: pricing practices and their implications for translator education. Living with AI: From disruption to direction in translation and interpreting - APTIS2026, Cardiff University.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/275542

Journal article

Heylens, A., Meurant, L., & Lefer, M.-A. (2026). Challenges in sign language translation for novice translators: using LSFB-to-French corpus data to inform translator education. The Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 20(2), 230-248. https://doi.org/10.1080/1750399X.2026.2658338 (Original work published 2026)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/277171

Girletti, S., & Lefer, M.-A. (2026). Enquête sur les méthodes de tarification de la traduction, de la révision et de la post-édition, les tarifs actuels et la satisfaction liée au revenu. De Taalkundige / Le Linguiste, 71(2025/4), 13-16. (Original work published 2026)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/271714

Grenez, H., & Lefer, M.-A. (2026). L’écriture inclusive en traduction : enquête sur les pratiques de traduction inclusive en Belgique francophone. Repères DoRiF, 2026(34), unpaged. (Original work published 2026)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/275583

2025

Conference paper

Girletti, S., & Lefer, M.-A. (2025). ‘MT will kill us all’: Findings from a survey on rates, pricing methods and income satisfaction among freelance translators based in Belgium and Switzerland. 11th EST Congress: The Changing Faces of Translation and Interpreting Studies, University of Leeds.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/247930

Neumann, S., Miljanović, Z., Lefer, M.-A., & Brost, C. (2025). Sentence-initial Adverbials in Learners’ Bilingual Text Production. Using Corpora in Contrastive and Translation Studies (8th edition), University of Hildesheim.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/248954

Zilio, L., & Lefer, M.-A. (2025). When do students converge on translation solutions? An exploratory study of invariance and variation in translation. Invited talk at the English and American Studies colloquium, RWTH Aachen.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/244894

Lefer, M.-A. (2025). Novice translation on the ground. Fifth International Conference on Translation, Interpreting and Cognition (ICTIC5), University of Agder.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/245690

Girletti, S., & Lefer, M.-A. (2025). Tarifs, méthodes de tarification et satisfaction liée au revenu : enquête auprès des traductrices et traducteurs indépendants en Suisse. équivalences 2025, Berne, Suisse.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/263028

Girletti, S., & Lefer, M.-A. (2025). Rates, pricing methods and income satisfaction among freelance translators: insights from Belgium and Switzerland. XXIII FIT World Congress, WIPO, Geneva.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/248952

Neumann, S., Lefer, M.-A., Miljanović, Z., & Brost, C. (2025). Comparing L2 writing and translation: Insights from a corpus-based study of learner texts. Workshop ‘United by language contact: Linguistics and Translation-Interpreting Studies in search of a shared framework’, SLE2025, Bordeaux.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/248822

Lefer, M.-A. (2025). Optimiser l’enseignement-apprentissage de la post-édition : Retour sur le projet Post-Edit Me! . aTELLier, UMons.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/243374

Lefer, M.-A. (2025). Parallel corpora in the age of AI: Designing, collecting, annotating and analyzing machine translation post-editing corpora. PaCor 2025, Universidad de Valladolid.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/245407

Dupont, M., & Lefer, M.-A. (2025). From novice to expert: A corpus-based study of participle clauses in English-French specialized translation. Using Corpora in Contrastive and Translation Studies (8th edition), University of Hildesheim.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/248962

Miljanović, Z., Brost, C., Lefer, M.-A., & Neumann, S. (2025). Task effects in learner texts: A corpus-based comparison of L2 writing and L2 translation. Register and task variation in Learner Corpus Research (VAR4LCR), UCLouvain.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/247934

Lefer, M.-A., & Girletti, S. (2025). Le marché belge de la traduction freelance : Enquête sur les méthodes de tarification, les tarifs et la satisfaction liée au revenu. Séminaire Tradital, ULB, Bruxelles.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/261512

Monography

Vanroy, B., Lefer, M.-A., Macken, L., Ruffo, P., Guerberof-Arenas, A., & Hansen, D. (2025). Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Creative-text Translation and Technology (CTT). European Association for Machine Translation.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/248722

Journal article

Lefer, M.-A., & Bodart, R. (2025). Student post-editing corpora: Collection, annotation and analysis. Alfinge : revista de filologia, 37(2025), 77-96. https://doi.org/10.21071/arf.v37i.18684 (Original work published 2025)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/272881

Book chapter

Bodart, R., Pasquier, C., & Lefer, M.-A. (2025). Empowering future language professionals: Findings from a classroom experiment on MT Quality Evaluation in collaboration with DGT. In Esteves-Ferreira, J., Haddad Haddad, A., Sosoni, V., & Stefanov, O.-M. (ed.), Translating and the Computer 46 Proceedings (Tradulex, p. p. 47-60). Tradulex.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/242207

2024

Conference paper

Grenez, H., & Lefer, M.-A. (2024). L’écriture inclusive en traduction : Enquête sur les pratiques de traduction inclusive en Belgique francophone. Inclusion, communication institutionnelle et traduction, University of Turin.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/235636

Lefer, M.-A. (2024). La plateforme Post-Edit Me! pour l’enseignement-apprentissage de la post-édition. Enseignement, recherche et pratiques de la traduction à l’ère de l’intelligence artificielle, ISIT, Paris.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/233212

Bodart, R., Pasquier, C., & Lefer, M.-A. (2024). Empowering future language professionals: Findings from a classroom experiment on MT Quality Evaluation in collaboration with the DGT. Translating and the computer 46, Luxemburg.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/241261

Lefer, M.-A. (2024). Panelist at the Belgian Presidency Day ‘AI + HI = Translation² - a formula for translation studies?’ organized by the French, Dutch and German units of the DGT. Belgian Presidency Day (DGT), DGT, European Commission.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/213575

De Cock, S., De Meyere, D., Degand, E., François, T., Gilquin, G., Granger, S., Huang, D., Lefer, M.-A., Naets, H., Paquot, M., Van Goethem, K., Watrin, P., & Souza Wilkens, R. (2024). CLARIN Knowledge Centre for Learner Corpora. Learner Corpus Research 2024, University of Tartu, Estonia.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/245903

Miljanović, Z., Brost, C., Freiwald, J., Lefer, M.-A., & Neumann, S. (2024). Linguistic variation in bilingual text production. Workshop on bilingualism, language learning and translation, RWTH Aachen.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/238662

Lefer, M.-A., Bodart, R., Piette, J., & Obrusnik, A. (2024). Introducing postedit.me: an app to support machine translation post-editing training. NITS2024, Antwerp University.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/214164

Lefer, M.-A. (2024). Le projet Post-Edit Me! Collecte, annotation et analyses d’un corpus de post-éditions d’apprenant·es. CLILLAC-ARP research seminar, Université Paris Cité.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/31793

Monography

Vanroy, B., Lefer, M.-A., Macken, L., & Ruffo, P. (2024). Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Creative-text Translation and Technology. European Association for Machine Translation (EAMT).

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/238664

Book chapter

Aguiar De Souza Penha Marion, L., Gilquin, G., & Lefer, M.-A. (2024). The effect of directionality on lexico-syntactic simplification in French-English student translation. In Bertus van Rooy, Haidee Kotze (ed.), Constraints on Language Variation and Change in Complex Multilingual Contact Settings (p. p. 153–190). John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/coll.60.06pen

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/229620

Journal article

Bodart, R., Piette, J., & Lefer, M.-A. (2024). The Machine Translation Post-Editing Annotation System (MTPEAS): A standardized and user-friendly taxonomy for student post-editing quality assessment. Translation Spaces, Online First(Online First), 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1075/ts.24002.bod (Original work published 2024)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/235063

Girletti, S., & Lefer, M.-A. (2024). Introducing MTPE pricing in translator training: a concrete proposal for MT instructors. The Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 18(1), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/1750399X.2023.2299914 (Original work published 2024)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/213238

2023

Conference paper

Lefer, M.-A., & De Sutter, G. (2023). Fatal attraction – how EU interpreters (more so than translators) are drawn to incorrect renderings when TL salience is strong. A multifactorial corpus study. Using Corpora in Contrastive and Translation Studies (UCCTS2023), Poznan, Poland.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/102031

Lefer, M.-A. (2023). Le projet MUST au service de la traductologie appliquée et de l’enseignement de la traduction. Midis de la recherche du centre Tradital, ULB, Bruxelles.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/101990

Lefer, M.-A., Bodart, R., Obrusnik, A., & Piette, J. (2023). Comment évaluer la qualité des post-éditions ? La taxonomie MTPEAS et le logiciel postedit.me à la rescousse. Languages, literature and translation studies: Lessons from the past and challenges of the future, UMons.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/106139

Granger, S., Lefer, M.-A., & Obrusnik, A. (2023). L’évaluation des traductions des étudiants : a-t-on raté le virage technologique ? Languages, literature and translation studies: Lessons from the past and challenges of the future, UMons.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/216522

Lefer, M.-A. (2023). Évolution des formations universitaires en traduction : défis actuels et innovations pédagogiques. Réunion du Réseau international des chefs de service de traduction française, Comité économique et social européen / Comité européen des régions, Bruxelles.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/28378

De Sutter, G., Lefer, M.-A., & Plevoets, K. (2023). Different translators, different translation solutions? Analyzing n-grams in a French-to-Dutch multiple-translation corpus – and what it reveals about expertise, priming and cognitive routinisation. Using Corpora in Contrastive and Translation Studies (UCCTS2023), Poznan, Poland.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/102035

Lefer, M.-A. (2023). Using student translation and post-editing corpora in translator education: Taking stock and looking ahead. Workshop on Corpora in Translation Education, ULiège.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/105323

Bodart, R., & Lefer, M.-A. (2023). Errors in student translation and post-editing: Same or different? Using Corpora in Contrastive and Translation Studies (UCCTS2023), Poznan, Poland.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/102038

Bodart, R., Pasquier, C., & Lefer, M.-A. (2023). eTranslation output on multilingual platforms: the university perspective. Upskilling Translators for the AI era, EMT Network Meeting 2023, University of Salamanca.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/101070

Journal article

De Sutter, G., Lefer, M.-A., & Vanroy, B. (2023). Is linguistic decision-making constrained by the same cognitive factors in student and in professional translation? Evidence from subject placement in French‑to‑Dutch news translation. International Journal of Learner Corpus Research, 9(1), 61-96. https://doi.org/10.1075/ijlcr.22005.des (Original work published 2023)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/106488

Granger, S., & Lefer, M.-A. (2023). Learner translation corpus research. Learner Corpus Studies in Asia and The World, 9(1), 1-153. https://doi.org/10.1075/ijlcr.9.1 (Original work published 2023)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/238658

Granger, S., & Lefer, M.-A. (2023). Learner translation corpora: Bridging the gap between learner corpus research and corpus-based translation studies. International Journal of Learner Corpus Research, 9(1), 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1075/ijlcr.00032.gra (Original work published 2023)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/216675

2022

Conference paper

Girletti, S., & Lefer, M.-A. (2022). Tarification de la post-édition : sensibilisation des étudiants aux enjeux de la traduction automatique. Enseigner la traduction et l’interprétation à l’heure neuronale, Bruxelles.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/101977

Lefer, M.-A. (2022). Les corpus de traductions d’apprenants : Enjeux méthodologiques et applications pédagogiques. Séminaire du CeRLA, Lyon.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/107225

Lefer, M.-A. (2022). Assessing NMTPE quality in translator training: the PostEditMe project. SPECTRANS Closing Event, Université Paris Cité.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/106465

Lefer, M.-A. (2022). The contribution of learner translation corpora to theory development in empirical translation studies. TRICKLET conference, Aachen.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/107230

Bodart, R., Piette, J., Obrusnik, A., & Lefer, M.-A. (2022). Évaluation de la qualité des post-éditions des étudiants : la taxonomie MTPEAS au service des formations universitaires en traduction. Enseigner la traduction et l’interprétation à l’heure neuronale, Bruxelles.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/101979

Lefer, M.-A., Bodart, R., Piette, J., & Obrusnik, A. (2022). Post-editing quality assessment in translator education and beyond: Introducing the MTPEAS taxonomy. Translation in Transition 6, Prague.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/102045

Monography

Granger, S., & Lefer, M.-A. (2022). Extending the Scope of Corpus-Based Translation Studies. Bloomsbury Publishing.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/216527

Book chapter

Granger, S., & Lefer, M.-A. (2022). Introduction. In Granger, S. & M.-A. Lefer (ed.), Extending the Scope of Corpus-based Translation Studies (Bloomsbury, p. p. 1-9). Bloomsbury Publishing.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/229945

Granger, S., & Lefer, M.-A. (2022). Corpus-based translation and interpreting studies: A forward-looking review. In Granger, S. & M.-A. Lefer (ed.), Extending the Scope of Corpus-based Translation Studies (p. p. 13-41). Bloomsbury Publishing.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/229936

Lefer, M.-A., & De Sutter, G. (2022). Using the Gravitational Pull Hypothesis to explain patterns in interpreting and translation: The case of concatenated nouns in mediated European Parliament discourse. In Kajzer-Wietrzny Marta, Ferraresi Adriano, Ivaska Ilmari & Bernardini Silvia (ed.), Mediated discourse at the European Parliament: Empirical investigations (p. p. 133-159). Language Science Press. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6976930

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/222335

Journal article

François, T., & Lefer, M.-A. (2022). Revisiting simplification in corpus-based translation studies: Insights from readability research. Meta: Journal des traducteurs/Translators’ Journal, 67(1), 50-70. https://doi.org/10.7202/1092190ar (Original work published 2022)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/26906

2021

Book chapter

Lefer, M.-A., & De Clerck, M. (2021). L’apport des corpus intermodaux en lexicologie contrastive : Étude comparative de la traduction écrite et de l’interprétation simultanée des séquences de noms. In Hanote, S. & Nita, R. (ed.), Morphophonologie, lexicologie et langue de spécialité (p. p. 145-162). Presses Universitaires de Rennes.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/223367

Conference paper

Lefer, M.-A. (2021). Breaking new ground in contrastive and translation studies: Learner translation corpora to the fore. Using Corpora in Contrastive and Translation Studies, Bertinoro, Italy.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/109913

Granger, S., & Lefer, M.-A. (2021). Corpus-based translation studies: Can we do better? Insights from a combined quantitative and qualitative survey. Using Corpora in Contrastive and Translation Studies, Bertinoro, Italy.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/216528

François, T., & Lefer, M.-A. (2021). CBTS meets readability research: New methodological insights for the study of the simplification hypothesis. Using Corpora in Contrastive and Translation Studies, Bertinoro, Italy.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/109920

2020

Journal article

Granger, S., & Lefer, M.-A. (2020). The Multilingual Student Translation corpus: a resource for translation teaching and research. Language Resources and Evaluation, 54(4), 1183-1199. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10579-020-09485-6 (Original work published 2020)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/216541

Granger, S., & Lefer, M.-A. (2020). The Complementary Contribution of Comparable and Parallel Corpora to Crosslinguistic Studies. Languages in Contrast, 20(2), 147. https://doi.org/10.1075/lic.20.2 (Original work published 2020)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/216543

Granger, S., & Lefer, M.-A. (2020). Introduction: A two-pronged approach to corpus-based crosslinguistic studies. Languages in Contrast, 20(2), 167-183. https://doi.org/10.1075/lic.00014.int (Original work published 2020)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/216535

Book chapter

Lefer, M.-A. (2020). Parallel corpora. In Paquot, Magali & Gries, Stefan Th. (ed.), Practical Handbook of Corpus Linguistics (p. p. 257-282). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46216-1

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/223111

Aguiar De Souza Penha Marion, L., Gilquin, G., & Lefer, M.-A. (2020). Annotating translation properties for the study of directionality and expertise. In Sylviane Granger & Marie-Aude Lefer (ed.), Translating and Comparing Languages: Corpus-based Insights (p. p. 61-79). Presses universitaires de Louvain.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/231256

Granger, S., & Lefer, M.-A. (2020). Introduction. In Granger, Sylviane & Lefer, Marie-Aude (ed.), Translating and Comparing Languages: Corpus-based Insights (Presses Universitaires de Louvain, p. p. 11-22). Presses Universitaires de Louvain.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/229937

Monography

Granger, S., & Lefer, M.-A. (2020). Translating and Comparing Languages: Corpus-based Insights. Presses Universitaires de Louvain.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/229935

2019

Conference paper

Granger, S., Lefer, M.-A., & Adam Obrusnik. (2019). Hypal4MUST: A community-based web interface for translation teaching. EUROCALL 2019, UCLouvain.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/216539

Aguiar De Souza Penha Marion, L., Gilquin, G., & Lefer, M.-A. (2019). A triangulation approach to translation directionality. L2 Translation: Getting out of the Grey Zone, Charles University, Prague.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/231259

Lefer, M.-A. (2019). Une nouvelle ressource pour l’étude comparative de l’interprétation simultanée et de la traduction écrite au Parlement européen : Le corpus EPTIC. Bruxelles et ses langues : un territoire partagé ?, USL-B.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/169683

Lefer, M.-A. (2019). The Multilingual Student Translation corpus: A new resource for Empirical Translation Studies. Symposium on Contrastive Linguistics and Translation Studies, RWTH Aachen University.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/169684

Lefer, M.-A. (2019). Corpora in Translation Studies and Learner Translation Research. Invited talk, University of Agder.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/169686

Aguiar De Souza Penha Marion, L., Gilquin, G., & Lefer, M.-A. (2019). Information-seeking behavior of L1 and L2 student translators: Insights from screen recording. Bilingualism and Directionality in Translation, USL-B, Brussels.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/215951

Journal article

Gert De Sutter, & Lefer, M.-A. (2019). On the need for a new research agenda for corpus-based translation studies: A multi-methodological, multifactorial and interdisciplinary approach. Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice, Online First. https://doi.org/10.1080/0907676X.2019.1611891 (Original work published 2019)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/169695

Iztok Kosem, Lefer, M.-A., & et al. (2019). The Image of the Monolingual Dictionary Across Europe. Results of the European Survey of Dictionary use and Culture. International Journal of Lexicography, 32(1), 92-114. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijl/ecy022 (Original work published 2019)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/169689

2018

Journal article

Ferraresi, A., Bernardini, S., Milicevic Petrovic, M., & Lefer, M.-A. (2018). Simplified or not simplified? The different guises of mediated English at the European Parliament. Meta : Journal des traducteurs / Translators’ journal, 63(3), 717-738. (Original work published 2018)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/172172

Conference paper

Granger, S., & Lefer, M.-A. (2018). The Translation-oriented Annotation System: A tripartite annotation system for translation research. Parallel Corpora: Creation and Applications. PaCor 2018, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/216545

Aguiar De Souza Penha Marion, L., Gilquin, G., & Lefer, M.-A. (2018). Constrained communication and learner translated language: A corpus-based pilot study of L1 and L2 student translations. International Congress of Linguists (ICL20), Cape Town.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/231263

Obrusnik Adam, & Lefer, M.-A. (2018). Hypal4MUST: An enhanced user-friendly tool for the collection, alignment and annotation of student translations. Using Corpora in Contrastive and Translation Studies, UCLouvain.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/124660

De Cock, B., & Lefer, M.-A. (2018). Expressing stance in parliamentary debates: A French-Spanish corpus-driven study. Using Corpora in Contrastive and Translation Studies (5th edition), Louvain-la-Neuve.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/125612

Working paper

Granger, S., Lefer, M.-A., & Aguiar De Souza Penha Marion, L. (2018). Book of Abstracts. Using Corpora in Contrastive and Translation Studies Conference (5th edition) (CECL Papers 1).

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/216548

2017

Conference paper

Ferraresi, A., Bernardini, S., Lefer, M.-A., & Milicevic, M. (2017). Investigating the language of written translation and simultaneous interpretation: Simplification in EPTIC. Congrès Mondial de Traductologie, Université de Paris-Nanterre.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/178270

Gilquin, G., & Lefer, M.-A. (2017). Exploring word-formation in Learner Corpus Research: A case study on English negative affixes. 4th Learner Corpus Research Conference, Bolzano.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/175025

Granger, S., & Lefer, M.-A. (2017). Bridging the gap between learner corpus research and translation studies: The Multilingual Student Translation corpus. 4th Learner Corpus Research Conference, Bolzano.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/216942

Book chapter

De Sutter, G., Lefer, M.-A., & Delaere, I. (2017). Introduction. In De Sutter G., Lefer M.-A. & Delaere I. (ed.), Empirical Translation Studies: New methodological and theoretical traditions (p. p. 1-8). Mouton De Gruyter.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/178271

Monography

De Sutter, G., Lefer, M.-A., & DELAERE, I. (2017). Empirical Translation Studies: New methodological and theoretical traditions. Mouton De Gruyter.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/237316

2016

Monography

Lefer, M.-A., & Vogeleer, S. (2016). Genre- and Register-related Discourse Features in Contrast. John Benjamins.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/237317

Book chapter

Lefer, M.-A., & Vogeleer, S. (2016). Introduction. In Marie-Aude Lefer & Svetlana Vogeleer (ed.), Genre- and Register-related Discourse Features in Contrast (p. p. 1-5). John Bejamins.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/237318

Conference paper

De Sutter, G., & Lefer, M.-A. (2016). Empirical Translation Studies in the post-Baker era: A new research agenda. EST Congress (European Society for Translation Studies), Aarhus University.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/185809

Bernardini, S., Ferraresi, A., Lefer, M.-A., & Milicevic, M. (2016). Simplification in translation and interpreting: Using a tri-directional intermodal corpus to shed light on commonalities and differences. TransInt2016. Translation and Interpreting: convergence, contact, interaction, University of Trieste.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/185812

Lefer, M.-A., Bestgen, Y., & Grabar, N. (2016). Vers une analyse des différences interlinguistiques entre les genres textuels : étude de cas basée sur les n-grammes et l’analyse factorielle des correspondences. Actes JEP-TALN-RECITAL 2016, p. 555-563.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/229784

Gilquin, G., & Lefer, M.-A. (2016). Expressing negation through morphology in learner English: A corpus-based study of transfer. SLE 2016: 49th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea, University of Naples Federico II.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/229722

Lefer, M.-A., Bestgen, Y., & Grabar, N. (2016). Using n-grams to map registers across languages and uncover cross-linguistic contrasts: Insights from Correspondence Analysis. Linguists’ Day 2016 (Linguistic Society of Belgium), UCL.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/229914

Journal article

Granger, S., & Lefer, M.-A. (2016). From general to learners’ bilingual dictionaries: Towards a more effective fulfilment of advanced learners’ phraseological needs. International Journal of Lexicography, Advance access(10.1093/ijl/ecw022), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijl/ecw022 (Original work published 2016)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/216553

2015

Conference paper

Grabar, N., & Lefer, M.-A. (2015). Building a lexical bundle resource for CAT and MT. MUMTTT workshop (Multi-word Units in Machine Translation and Translation Technology), University of Málaga.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/190424

Lefer, M.-A., & Grabar, N. (2015). N-grams in multilingual corpora: extracting and analyzing lexical bundles in contrastive studies. Europhras2015, University of Málaga.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/190430

Lefer, M.-A. (2015). Translating multiword units: Towards a corpus-informed bilingual lexical bundle resource for CAT. Invited talk, Department of Translation Studies, Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/190427

Grabar, N., & Lefer, M.-A. (2015). A corpus-based analysis of English and French lexical bundles across genres. Words, Words, Words - Lexis, Corpora and Contrastive Analysis workshop, ICAME36 conference, Trier University.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/190423

Journal article

Lefer, M.-A., & Grabar, N. (2015). Super-creative and over-bureaucratic: A cross-genre corpus-based study on the use and translation of evaluative prefixation in TED talks and EU parliamentary debates. Across Languages and Cultures : a multidisciplinary journal for translation and interpreting studies, 16(2), ? https://doi.org/10.1556/084.2015.16.2.3 (Original work published 2015)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/190418

2014

Journal article

Lefer, M.-A., & Vogeleer, S. (2014). Introduction. Languages in Contrast : international journal for contrastive linguistics, 14(1), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1075/lic.14.1.01int (Original work published 2014)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/195291

Lefer, M.-A., & Vogeleer, S. (2014). Genre- and register-related discourse features in contrast. Languages in Contrast : international journal for contrastive linguistics, 14(1), 1-161. https://doi.org/10.1075/lic.14.1 (Original work published 2014)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/195293

Lefer, M.-A., & Grabar, N. (2014). Evaluative prefixes in translation: From automatic alignment to semantic categorization. Linguistic Issues in Language Technology, 11(6), 169-187. (Original work published 2014)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/190420

Conference paper

Lefer, M.-A. (2014). Phraseology in translation: The case of lexical bundles in English and French. Invited talk, Department of Translation, Interpreting and Communication, Ghent University.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/190431

2013

Journal article

Lefer, M.-A., & Cartoni, B. (2013). Word-formation in original and translated English: Source language influence on the use of un- and -less. Quaderns de Filologia. Estudis Linguistics, 18, 49-59. (Original work published 2013)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/195282

Delcour, M., Lefer, M.-A., & Maubille, G. (2013). Lexique et phraséologie dans les rapports de stage en traduction : étude de corpus. Le Langage et l’Homme, 48(2), 45-67. (Original work published 2013)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/195288

Lefer, M.-A., & Vogeleer, S. (2013). Interference and normalization in genre-controlled multilingual corpora. Belgian Journal of Linguistics, 27, v. https://doi.org/10.1075/bjl.27 (Original work published 2013)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/195302

Lefer, M.-A., & Vogeleer, S. (2013). Interference and normalization in genre-controlled multilingual corpora: Introduction. Belgian Journal of Linguistics, 27, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1075/bjl.27.01lef (Original work published 2013)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/195295

Conference paper

Lefer, M.-A., & Grabar, N. (2013). French evaluative prefixes in translation: From automatic alignment to semantic categorization. ‘Theoretical and computational morphology: New trends and synergies’ workshop, International Congress of Linguists, Université de Genève.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/195272

Lefer, M.-A., Dal, G., & Grabar, N. (2013). Genre variation in translation corpora: Evaluative prefixation in TED talks and parliamentary debates. International Contrastive Linguistics Conference 7 & Using Corpora in Contrastive and Translation Studies 3, Ghent University.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/195274

Granger, S., Verlinde, S., Blanpain, K., Lefer, M.-A., Paquot, M., & Roberfroid, L. (2013). The KUCL trilingual university terminology database: A dynamic web-based tool. eLexicography in the 21st century: thinking outside the paper, Tallinn, Estonia.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/217001

Book chapter

Granger, S., & Lefer, M.-A. (2013). Enriching the phraseological coverage of bilingual dictionaries: the respective contribution of monolingual and bilingual corpus data. In Karin Aijmer & Bengt Altenberg (ed.), Advances in corpus-based contrastive linguistics. Studies in honour of Stig Johansson (p. p. 157-176). Benjamins.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/217004

2012

Conference paper

Paquot, M., & Lefer, M.-A. (2012). Fuzzy feedback in the compilation of the UCL-K.U.Leuven University Terminology Database. Symposium “Ihr Beitrag bitte! – Der Nutzerbeitrag im Wörterbuchprozess”, GAL-Kongress “Wörter – Wissen – Wörterbücher”, Erlangen, Germany.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/207980

Lefer, M.-A. (2012). La préfixation française à travers les genres et les domaines : étude de corpus. In Franck Neveu, Valelia Muni Toke, Peter Blumenthal, Thomas Klingler, Pierluigi Ligas, Sophie Prévost et Sandra Teston-Bonnard (ed.), SHS Web of Conferences (p. p. 1325 - 1349).

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/195275

Granger, S., & Lefer, M.-A. (2012). Towards more and better phrasal entries in bilingual dictionaries. EURALEX 2012 Proceedings, Oslo.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/216771

Cartoni, B., Namer, F., Lefer, M.-A., & Lignon, S. (2012). Empirical methods in contrastive lexical morphology. 7ièmes Journées suisses de Linguistique, Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/195269

Journal article

Lefer, M.-A. (2012). Word-formation in translated language: The impact of language-pair specific features and genre variation. Across Languages and Cultures : a multidisciplinary journal for translation and interpreting studies, 13(2), 145-172. https://doi.org/10.1556/Acr.13.2012.2.2 (Original work published 2012)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/196015

2011

Journal article

Lefer, M.-A. (2011). Contrastive word-formation today: Retrospect and prospect. Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics, 47(4), 645-682. https://doi.org/10.2478/psicl-2011-0034 (Original work published 2011)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/156324

Lefer, M.-A., & Cartoni, B. (2011). Prefixes in contrast: Towards a meaning-based contrastive methodology for lexical morphology. Languages in Contrast : international journal for contrastive linguistics, 11(1), 86-104. https://doi.org/10.1075/lic.11.1.07lef (Original work published 2011)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/154116

Lefer, M.-A. (2011). Review of: Richard Xiao (ed.), Using Corpora in Contrastive and Translation Studies. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010. Languages in Contrast : international journal for contrastive linguistics, 11(2), 274-279. https://doi.org/10.1075/lic.11.2.09lef (Original work published 2011)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/156326

Cartoni, B. (2011). Negation and lexical morphology across languages: insights from a trilingual translation corpus. Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics, 47(4), 795-843. https://doi.org/10.2478/psicl-2011-0039 (Original work published 2011)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/156320

Fernandez-Dominguez, J., Lefer, M.-A., & Renner, V. (2011). Contrastive Word-Formation. Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics, 47(4), 645-927. (Original work published 2011)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/156375

Conference paper

Lefer, M.-A., & Cartoni, B. (2011). Corpus-based contrastive word-formation: English, French and Italian negative affixes in a trilingual translation corpus. Journée linguistique du Cercle Belge de Linguistique, Université d’Anvers.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/226528

Cartoni, B., & Lefer, M.-A. (2011). Affixes and their non-morphological equivalents: one of the missing links in electronic bilingual dictionaries. eLexicography conference, Bled.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/225647

Granger, S., & Lefer, M.-A. (2011). Enriching the phraseological coverage of bilingual dictionaries: the respective contribution of monolingual and bilingual corpus data. International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English (ICAME) 32, Oslo University.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/232278

Lefer, M.-A. (2011). Word-formation coverage in electronic bilingual dictionaries: Addressing the challenge with cross-linguistic corpora. International Workshop on Word-formation in electronic dictionaries, Institut für deutsche Sprache (Mannheim).

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/154140

2010

Conference paper

Cartoni, B., & Lefer, M.-A. (2010). Improving the representation of word-formation in multilingual lexicographic tools: the MuLeXFoR database. In Dykstra, A. (ed.), Proceedings of the XIV Euralex International Congress (p. p. 581-591). Fryske Academy.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/226374

Cartoni, B., & Lefer, M.-A. (2010). The MuLeXFoR Database: Representing Word-Formation Processes in a Multilingual Lexicographic Environment. In Calzolari N. (ed.), Proceedings of the Seventh conference on International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC) (p. p. 840-843). European Language Resources Association (ELRA).

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/226613

Lefer, M.-A. (2010). Word-formation in English-French bilingual dictionaries: the contribution of bilingual corpora. In Dykstra, A. (ed.), Proceedings of the XIV Euralex International Congress (p. p. 810-823). Fryske Academy.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/226448

Cartoni, B., & Lefer, M.-A. (2010). Negation and Lexical Morphology: a Corpus-based cross-linguistic Study. Sixièmes Journées de Linguistique Suisse, Université de Neuchâtel.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/226450

Lefer, M.-A. (2010). Morphological productivity and untranslatability: A corpus-based approach. Methodological Advances in Corpus-Based Translation Studies, Ghent.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/226610

Lefer, M.-A. (2010). Genre and domain variation in corpus-based contrastive studies: the case of prefixation in English and French. Using Corpora in Contrastive and Translation Studies, Edge Hill.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/226370

Granger, S., & Lefer, M.-A. (2010). ‘Phrasing up’ the bilingual dictionary: the case of ‘encore’. BAAHE 2010 annual conference, Institut Libre Marie Haps (Bruxelles).

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/229867

Lefer, M.-A. (2010). Contrastive word-formation: a state-of-the-art survey. European Society for the Study of English (ESSE) 10, Torino.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/226618

2009

Dissertation

Lefer, M.-A. (2009). Exploring lexical morphology across languages : a corpus-based study of prefixation in English and French writing.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/132563

2008

Conference paper

Lefer, M.-A. (2008). English and French prefixes across registers: a corpus-based contrastive study. International Contrastive Linguistics Conference, Leuven.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/226615

Lefer, M.-A. (2008). Morphology across registers: A corpus-based approach to English prefixation. International Morphology Meeting, Vienna.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/226454

Lefer, M.-A., & Rawoens, G. (2008). Negative prefixes across languages: a corpus-based contrastive study of French, Dutch, English and Swedish. International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English (ICAME) 29, Ascona.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/226301

Lefer, M.-A. (2008). English prefixes in academic prose, fiction and press editorials: a corpus-based study. Journée d’études annuelle de l’Association Belge de Linguistique Appliquée (ABLA), Louvain-la-Neuve.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/226303

2007

Conference paper

Lefer, M.-A., & Thewissen, J. (2007). Orthographic and morphological errors in learner writing. Automatic and manual annotation methods: a match made in heaven? International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English (ICAME) 28, Straford-upon-Avon.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/226620

Lefer, M.-A. (2007). La morphologie dérivationnelle contrastive: l’impact du tertium comparationis. Séminaire du Forell, Poitiers.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/154124

Book chapter

De Cock, S., Gilquin, G., Granger, S., Lefer, M.-A., Paquot, M., & Ricketts, S. (2007). Improve your writing skills. In Rundell Michael (ed.), Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners (second edition) (pp. IW1-IW50). Macmillan Education.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/258301

2006

Conference paper

Lefer, M.-A. (2006). The French translation of English un- adjectives: a corpus-based contrastive study. The Study of Language and Translation Congress, Ghent.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/226296

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