FJPR001 Theory of Translation

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Pavla Doležalová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Jan Seidl, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Pavla Doležalová, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
This course is obligatory for students in the first semester of French Language Translation.
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
Course objectives
The course is 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).
Learning outcomes
Knowledge of principal translation theories.
Syllabus
  • Self-study: Zuzana Raková, Les théories de la traduction, Masarykova univerzita, Brno 2014; ELF materials.
Literature
    required literature
  • 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
  • BALLARD, Michel : De Cicéron à Benjamin. Traducteurs, traductions, réflexions. Presses Universitaires de Lille, 1992.
  • 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.
  • BERMAN, Antoine : L´épreuve de l´étranger. Culture et traduction dans l´Allemagne romantique. Gallimard, Paris, 1984.
  • NORD, Christiane : La traduction : une activité ciblée. Introduction aux approches fonctionnalistes. Artois Presses Université, Arras, 2008. Orig. angl. Manchester, 1997, traduit par Beverly Adab.
  • ECO, Umberto : Dire presque la même chose. Expériences de traduction. Grasset, Paris, 2010. Orig. it. Bompiani, Milano, 2003.
  • VENUTI, Lawrence : L´invisibilità del traduttore. Una storia della traduzione. Armando, Roma, 1999. Orig. angl. Routledge, London, 1995. Tradotto da Marina Guglielmi.
  • GUIDÈRE, Mathieu : Introduction à la traductologie. Penser la traduction : hier, aujourd´hui, demain. De Boeck, Paris, 2010.
  • Ladmiral, Jean-René: Traduire : théorèmes pour la traduction. Gallimard, Paris, 2002 (1994).
  • 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: Univerzita Palackého, 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
Self-study.
Assessment methods
Oral examination in French.
Language of instruction
French
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
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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