AJ69048 Translating for the EU

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/20/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 3 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jarmila Fictumová (lecturer)
Mgr. David Konečný (lecturer)
Philip Rhodes (lecturer), PhDr. Jarmila Fictumová (deputy)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Prerequisites (in Czech)
SOUHLAS
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
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to give students an idea of what it is like to be a translator working for the European Commission. This intensive one-week course (four lessons per day) will be given by Phil Rhodes, an experienced translator of many years' standing at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Translation. The course is not intended to teach translation techniques – only what, why and with what resources we translate at the European Commission’s DG for Translation. There will be a final test at the end of the course. Introduction: general PowerPoint presentation on the European Commission's Directorate-General for Translation (DGT). Questions. Discussion. Further: the kinds of text translated at the DGT, translation products, approaches, quality levels. Overview + live on-line demonstration of the tools and applications used at the DGT. Questions. Discussion. Final test. Results of final test. Wrapping up.
Syllabus
  • Introduction, including general PowerPoint presentation on the European Commission's Directorate-General for Translation (DGT). Questions. Discussion. If there is enough time: initial introduction to the kinds of text translated at the DGT. Homework.
  • Session 2
  • Introduction to (more on?) the kinds of text translated at the DGT, translation products, approaches, directions and quality levels. Overview + plus live, on-line demonstration of the tools and applications used at the DGT. Questions. Discussion. Translation practice. Homework.
  • Sessions 3 + 4
  • Extension and deepening of the above. Homework.
  • Session 5
  • Ditto the above. Plus final test.
  • Session 6
  • Results of final test. Wrapping up.
  • Phil Rhodes
Literature
  • Asensio R.M.: Translating Official Documents. St. Jerome 2003. 150 s. ISBN 1-900650-65-7.
  • Wagner, E., Svend B., Jesus M.M.: Translating for the European Union Institutions. St. Jerome, 2002. 156 s. ISBN 1-900650-48-7
  • JANSA, Vratislav and Ondřej MIČANÍK. Buďte připraveni na život a podnikání v EU! : praktický průvodce Evropskou unií včetně otázek a odpovědí. Vyd. 1. Ostrava: Arnet onLine, 2004, 141 s. ISBN 8023931954. info
  • PITROVÁ, Markéta. Legislativní proces v EU I. - charakteristika a vztahy mezi orgány EU (Legislation process in the EU - institutional relationships). Parlamentní zpravodaj. Praha, 2001, VII, No 3, p. 30-32. ISSN 1212-037X. info
Teaching methods
Seminars plus individual tutorials prior to the end of course assessment.
Assessment methods
Intensive course.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: Vyuka probehne v tydnu od 14. 9. - 18. 9.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: Vyuka probehne v tydnu od 14. 9. - 18. 9.
General note: Rozvrh je k dispozici zde http://www.phil.muni.cz/wkaa/home/News/intensive-course-schedule-rhodes.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Nutný souhlas učitele
Teacher's information
http://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/view.php?id=2573
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2016.
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