FF:UzNJII_54 Translation of Journal. Texts - Course Information

UzNJII_54 Translation of Journalistic Texts

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 11:40–13:15 L31

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

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, 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)
• 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.

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