AJ69055 Financial and business terminology

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 3 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Lucie Šnytová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 17:30–19:05 G21
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 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is for the students to acquire basic terminology concerning finance and business that a non-literary translator come across often in his/her day-to-day practice and to practice them on a wide scale of texts. A focus is on terminology in relation to business companies, banking, financial markets, basic accounting terms and orientation in the financial statements, and on the use of the terms from the financial statements in a text (e.g. in annual reports). In addition to translating texts and terms by students individually, certain tasks involve team work or peer-to-peer revisions. Furthermore, students are asked to do terminology research and verify their understanding of the respective terms empirically.
Syllabus
  • Main topics:
  • - business companies (e.g. types of companies, establishment, winding-up, articles of association, memorandum of incorporation)
  • - banking (terminology related to banking services)
  • - financial markets (e.g. equity markets, commodity markets, market developments)
  • - financial statements and accounting terminology.
Literature
  • STROUHAL, Jiří. Slovník pojmů IFRS : aktuálně platné definice pojmů IFRS, překladový můstek z ČJ do AJ a zpět, vazby na jednotlivé IAS/IFRS. Vyd. 1. Praha: Wolters Kluwer ČR, 2009, 203 s. ISBN 9788073574741. info
  • Zákon o účetnictví č. 563/1991 Sb., ve znění pozdějších předpisů. Edited by Jaroslav Peštuka. Praha: EUROUNION, 2009, 307 s. ISBN 9788073170783. info
  • Accounting legislation in 2003. Prague: Trade Links, 2003, 376 s. info
  • ŠTENGLOVÁ, Ivana, Stanislav PLÍVA, Miloš TOMSA and Milan PEKÁREK. Obchodní zákoník : komentář. 8. vyd. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2003, xvi, 1443. (Beckova edice Komentované zákony). ISBN 80-7179-685-9. info
  • Commercial code : "Obchodní zákoník" : act No. 513/1991 Coll. as subsequently amended. Translated by Zuzana Pošustová - K. Biggs - Helena Holubová. Prague: Trade Links, 2001, 620 s. info
  • BREALEY, Richard A. and Stewart C. MYERS. Teorie a praxe firemních financí. Translated by Zdeněk Strnad - Vilém Jungmann - Tomáš Hlaváč. Vyd. 1. Praha: Computer Press, 2000, xix, 1064. ISBN 8072261894. info
Teaching methods
Seminars, 1½ hours per week, plus tutorials to be arranged individually with students.
Assessment methods
Seminar with regular translations and terminology exercises discussed and analyzed at the seminars.
Assessment: work in the course; final translation.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2014.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2012, recent)
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