Quantitative methods in corpus based translation studies a practical guide to descriptive translation research michael p oakes and meng ji eds 2013 reviewed by ana rojo most advocates of descriptive empirical research would agree that knowl edge comes from empirical analysis for empiricists knowledge or ideas that. Quantitative methods in corpus based translation studies a practical guide to descriptive translation research july 2016 australian journal of linguistics 3721 3. This is a comprehensive guidebook to the quantitative methods needed for corpus based translation studies cbts it provides a systematic description of the various statistical tests used in corpus linguistics which can be used in translation research in part 1 theoretical explorations the interplay between quantitative and qualitative methodologies is explored. Quantitative methods in corpus based translation studies a practical guide to descriptive translation research michael p oakes meng ji this is a comprehensive guidebook to the quantitative methods needed for corpus based translation studies cbts. Oakes and ji 2012 as announced in the introduction offered a practical guide to the use of quantitative methods needed for corpus based translation studies cbts an area of research that