Table 1

An evaluation of Computer Select with regard to the criteria required for a corpus that is a balanced and representative source for specialized translation

NATIVE-LANGUAGE CORPORA AS A TRANSLATION RESOURCE 9

Type of Publication	Instructional	Expert	Popularized
Learned Journals (e.g. AI Expert, IBM Journal of Research and Development)		X
Proceedings (e.g. Proceedings of the IEEE)		X
Popular Journals (e.g. Byte, MacUser, PC Magazine)			X
Newspapers (e.g. The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal)			X
Newsletters/Bulletins (e.g. Information Industry Bulletin, Soft*letter)			X

Table 2

The five basic types of publications found in Computer Select are classified according to the type of information they are intended to impart

Genres of texts	Instructional	Expert	Popularized
Buyers' Guides			X
Columns			X
Company Profiles			X
Correction Notices			X
Cover Stories			X
Directories			X
Editorials			X
Evaluations		X	X
Glossaries		X
Hardware Reviews		X	X
Industry Overviews			X
Interviews		X
Letters to the Editor			X
Obituaries			X
Panel Discussions		X
Product Announcements			X
Software Reviews		X	X
Technical13		X
Tutorials	X