PRJsP1 Translation Seminar I (Translation of Journalistic Texts)

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 12:30–14:05 N43
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
Course objectives
The main objective of the seminar is a complex analysis of journalistic and publicistic texts of various genres: their translation from Russian into Czech in the view of practice with theoretical commentaries. The course is based on lexicological and grammar attainments and phenomena. The aim of the course is a detailed confrontation on the basis of concrete texts. For each seminar students must translate 1 NS of a current Russian journalistic text from the Internet. Translations will be analysed in connection with translation problems and adequacy of a select resolution. The theoretical and practical matter of the course develops such knowledge and skills, which are necessary to manage with all phases of a translation process: first of all, careful reading, understanding of single levels of significance, identification of symbolic designations, idioms, allusion and pragmatic signals. Students will also try to find different possibilities of text interpretation. Special attention will be paid to the development of stylistic competence in the object language of a translation, i.e. in the Czech language.
Syllabus
  • week 1-2: translation and translation analysis of texts of small reporting genres from Russian online daily and weekly papers from Russian into Czech
  • week 3-4: translation and translation analysis of texts of smaller journalistic and publicistic texts from thematic fields of Ordinary Everyday Life from Russian into Czech
  • week 5-6: translation and translation analysis of texts of smaller journalistic and publicistic texts from thematic field of Government, Schooling, Education from Russian into Czech
  • week 7-8: translation and translation analysis of texts of smaller journalistic and publicistic texts from thematic field of Arts and Culture from Russian into Czech
  • week 9-10: translation and translation analysis of texts of smaller journalistic and publicistic texts from thematic field of Public and Social Life from Russian into Czech
  • week 11-12: translation and translation analysis of texts of smaller journalistic and publicistic texts from thematic field of Sport and Free Time Activities from Russian into Czech
Literature
  • Vysloužilová, Eva. Cvičebnice překladu pro rusisty. 1, Politika, ekonomika. 1. vyd. Olomouc : Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2002. 291 s. Obsahuje bibliografii. ISBN 80-244-0411-7.
  • GAZDA, Jiří and Ivo POSPÍŠIL. Proměny jazyka a literatury v současných ruských textech. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2007, 146 s. ISBN 9788021044265. URL info
  • GAZDA, Jiří. Dynamika a internacionalizace slovní zásoby současné ruštiny. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2002, 121 s. ISBN 8021027800. info
  • FLÍDROVÁ, Helena, Milena MACHALOVÁ and Eva VYSLOUŽILOVÁ. Cvičebnice překladatelství a tlumočnictví. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Vydavatelství Univerzity Palackého, 1998, 258 s. ISBN 807067797X. info
  • ŽVÁČEK, Dušan. Úvod do teorie překladu : (pro rusisty). 2. vyd. Olomouc: Vydavatelství Univerzity Palackého, 1998, 51 s. ISBN 8070678143. info
  • KUFNEROVÁ, Zlata. Překládání a čeština. Vyd. 1. Jinočany: H & H, 1994, 260 s. ISBN 8085787148. info
Teaching methods
Comparative group translation analysis of students’ translations.
Assessment methods
Credit requirements are: active work during the seminar, elaboration of 10 translations from Russian into Czech (1 sheet A4).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
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