FF:FJPR001 Theory of Translation - Course Information

FJPR001 Theory of Translation

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

PhDr. Zuzana Raková, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

PhDr. Zuzana Raková, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Mon 12:30–14:05 L32

Prerequisites

These are included in all students first French Language Translation semester.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 35 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/35, only registered: 0/35, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/35

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• French-language Translation (programme FF, N-HS)
• French-language Translation (programme FF, N-PT) (2)

Course objectives

The lecture will be dedicated to major European and world translators and translation theorists (St. Jerome, Martin Luther, Etienne Dolet, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Walter Benjamin, Jean-Paul Vinay - Jean Darbelnet, Roman Jacobson, John Catford, Georges Mounin, Jiří Levý, Marianne Lederer, George Steiner, Henri Meschonnic, Katharina Reiss and Hans Vermeer, Christiane Nord, Gideon Toury, I. Even-Zohar).

Syllabus

• 1 / Place of the theory of translation in the Humanities 2 / Overview of the major Western theories of translation in history 3 / The emergence of modern theories of translation in the 50th and 60 the 20th century. (Jean-Paul Vinay - Jean Darbelnet, Roman Jacobson, Eugen Nida, John Catford, Georges Mounin, Jiří Levý) 4 / The present theory of translation from the 70 of the 20 century. (Marianne Lederer, Danica Seleskovitch, George Steiner, Katharina Reiss and Hans Vermeer, Christiane Nord, Gideon Toury, I. Even-Zohar)

Literature

recommended literature
• BALLARD, Michel : De Cicéron à Benjamin. Traducteurs, traductions, réflexions. Presses Universitaires de Lille, 1992.
• RAKOVÁ, Zuzana. Les théories de la traduction (Translation theories). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, 170 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-6890-2. Digitální knihovna FF MU info

not specified
• Ladmiral, Jean-René: Traduire : théorèmes pour la traduction. Gallimard, Paris, 2002 (1994).
• VENUTI, Lawrence : L´invisibilità del traduttore. Una storia della traduzione. Armando, Roma, 1999. Orig. angl. Routledge, London, 1995. Tradotto da Marina Guglielmi.
• STEINER, George : Après Babel. Une poétique du dire et de la traduction. Albin Michel, Paris, 1998. Orig. angl. Oxford, 1975, 1992, 1998. Traduit par Lucienne Lotringer et Pierre-Emmanuel Dauzat.
• GUIDÈRE, Mathieu : Introduction à la traductologie. Penser la traduction : hier, aujourd´hui, demain. De Boeck, Paris, 2010.
• ECO, Umberto : Dire presque la même chose. Expériences de traduction. Grasset, Paris, 2010. Orig. it. Bompiani, Milano, 2003.
• NORD, Christiane : La traduction : une activité ciblée. Introduction aux approches fonctionnalistes. Artois Presses Université, Arras, 2008. Orig. angl. Manchester, 1997, traduit par Beverly Adab.
• BERMAN, Antoine : L´épreuve de l´étranger. Culture et traduction dans l´Allemagne romantique. Gallimard, Paris, 1984.
• KNITTLOVÁ, Dagmar, Bronislava GRYGOVÁ and Jitka ZEHNALOVÁ. Překlad a překládání. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, Filozofická fakulta, 2010, 291 s. ISBN 9788024424286. info
• ECO, Umberto. Dire quasi la stessa cosa : esperienze di traduzione. VII edizione. Milano: Bompiani, 2007, 391 stran. ISBN 9788845253973. info
• KNITTLOVÁ, Dagmar. K teorii i praxi překladu. 2. vyd. Olomouc: Universita Palackého v Olomouci, 2000, 215 s. ISBN 8024401436. info
• KRIJTOVÁ, Olga. Pozvání k překladatelské praxi : kapitoly o překládání beletrie. Praha: Karolinum, 2000, 74 s. ISBN 807184215X. info
• MOUNIN, Georges. Teoretické problémy překladu. Translated by Milada Hanáková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 1999, 263 s. ISBN 807184733X. info
• STEINER, George. After Babel : aspects of language and translation. Third edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998, xviii, 538. ISBN 9780192880932. info
• MOUNIN, Georges. Les problemes théoriques de la traduction. [Paris]: Gallimard, 1994, xii, 296 s. ISBN 2-07-029464-1. info
• ECO, Umberto. La ricerca della lingua perfetta nella cultura europea. 3. ed. Roma: Laterza, 1993, viii, 423. ISBN 8842042870. info
• LEVÝ, Jiří. Umění překladu. 2. dopl. vyd. (v nakl. Panor. Praha: Panorama, 1983, 396 s. info
• MOUNIN, Georges. Linguistique et traduction. Bruxelles: Dessart et Mardaga, 1976. ISBN 2-87009-064-1. info
• MOUNIN, Georges. La machine a traduire : histoire des problemes linguistiques. The Hague: Mouton, 1964, 209 s. info
• VINAY, Jean-Paul and Jean DARBELNET. Stylistique comparée du français et de l'anglais : méthode de traduction. London: George G. Harrap, 1958, 331 p. info

Teaching methods

The lecture will be dedicated to some major European and world theories of translation (see syllabus and ELF) and to reading excerpts from the works of selected theorists and translators.

Assessment methods

The oral examination in French of the topics discussed during the semester. The student must also complete a course in the ELF (reading of texts - J. Levy, R. Jakobson, etc.). Lecture attendance is not mandatory.

Language of instruction

French

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

Information about innovation of course.

This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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