IJ0B559 Translation Seminar I

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Kateřina Garajová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Petr Dytrt, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 12:30–14:05 G31
Prerequisites (in Czech)
IJIA015 Practical Italian IV
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
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Course objectives
The seminar focuses on a hands-on approach to the translation of short texts from Italian to Czech, emphasizing especially aspects of morphology, syntax and style.
Syllabus
  • A theoretical introduction: Morphosyntactic aspects of translation – confronting Italian and Czech. Stylistic aspects of translation – journalistic, technical, essayistic and fictional styles. Translator training methods: Studying comparable texts in the source and target languages, setting up a database of terms and collocations in the foreign language, dictionary work, proofreading options. Translation of short texts from Italian to Czech. Practicing translation from Czech into Italian. Comparing various versions created by students.
Literature
  • VILIKOVSKÝ, Ján. Překlad jako tvorba. Translated by Emil Charous. Vyd. 1. Praha: Ivo Železný, 2002, 246 s. ISBN 8023736701. info
  • VRBOVÁ, Alena. Stylistika pro překladatele : texty a cvičení. 1. vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 1998, 198 s. ISBN 807184585X. info
  • 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
  • LEVÝ, Jiří. Umění překladu. Vyd. 3., upr. a rozš. Praha: Ivo Železný, 1998, 386 s. ISBN 802373539X. info
  • LEVÝ, Jiří. České teorie překladu. Edited by Jiří Honzík. Vyd. 2., (rozdělené do dvo. Praha: Ivo Železný, 1996, 323 s. ISBN 8023728393. info
Teaching methods
Tranlaslation, comprehension and analysis
Assessment methods
Seminar attendance is mandatory. A minimal attendance of 2/3 of all sessions is required. Students must submit the translations done in lessons in a written form. For the exam the student will hand in a written translation of an original Italian text along with a copy of the original text. Next follows the oral part of the exam with a discussion about the translated text.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016.
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