FF:NJII_54 Translation of Journal. Texts - Course Information
NJII_54 Translation of Journalistic Texts
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2008
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- PhDr. Roman Kopřiva, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
- Guaranteed by
- PhDr. Roman Kopřiva, Ph.D.
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Wed 8:20–9:55 C31
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- German Language and Literature (programme FF, B-FI) (2)
- German Language and Literature (programme FF, B-HS)
- German Language and Literature (programme FF, B-TV)
- German Language and Literature (programme FF, M-FI) (2)
- German Language and Literature (programme FF, M-HS)
- German Language and Literature (programme FF, N-FI) (2)
- German Language and Literature (programme FF, N-HS)
- German-language Translation (programme FF, N-HS)
- German-language Translation (programme FF, N-PT) (2)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in German Language and Literature (programme FF, N-SS) (2)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in German Language and Literature (programme FF, N-SS3)
- Course objectives
- This seminar offers practical experience with translating. The students prepare translations of selected texts at home and bring them to the seminar. In the seminar translatological problems will be discussed. The aim of the course is not to prepare a "canonical" translation. The main objective of the course is the development of individual translatological skills. At the end of the course the student is able to translate journalistic texts of intermediate difficulty. Moreover the student knows where to find the literature for translators.
- Syllabus
- Selected topics that will be discussed during the seminars: - heuristic problems
- - literature for translators, vocabulary and style, on-line literature
- - work with terminology
- - translation of subtitles
- - allusions, transcriptions, interferences
- - grammatical and semantic mistakes
- - cultural background, translatability
- Literature
- Koller, Werner. Einführung in die Übersetzungswissenschaft. 4. vyd. Heidelberg - Wiesbaden: Quelle und Meyer, 1992. 343 s. ISBN 3-8252-0819-2.
- Knittlová, Dagmar. K teorii a praxi překladu. 2. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2000. 215 s. ISBN 80-244-0143-6.
- KUFNEROVÁ, Zlata. Překládání a čeština. Vyd. 1. Jinočany: H & H, 1994, 260 s. ISBN 8085787148. info
- Mounin, Georges. Teoretické problémy překladu . 1. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Karolinum, 1999. 263 s. ISBN 80-7184-733-X
- Nord, Christiane. Einführung in das funktionale Übersetzen: Am Beispiel von Titeln und Überschriften. 1. vyd. Tübingen - Basel: Francke, 1993. 315 s. ISBN 3-7720-1424-0
- HRDLIČKA, Milan. Translatologický slovník :výběr z českých a slovenských prací z teorie překladu. 1. vyd. Praha: Jednota tlumočníků a překladatelů, 1998, 99 s. ISBN 80-902208-9-4. info
- Čeňková, Ivana - Hrdlička, Milan. Bibl. čes. a slov. prací o překladu a tlumočení . 1. vyd. Praha: Jednota tlumočníků a překladatelů, 1995. 121 s. ISBN 80-901698-8-0
- Assessment methods
- Active participation in the seminars.
The student works out a translation of a journalistic texts of his/her choice. The length of the text is 3-4 pages. (30 rows/60 key-strokes)
The student hands in the translation before the end of the term. - Language of instruction
- German
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2008, recent)
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