FF:AJ69057 Translation Approaches - Course Information

AJ69057 Translation Approaches to the Humanities and the Media

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)

PhDr. Jarmila Fictumová (lecturer)
Mgr. Irma Charvátová (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

each odd Monday 10:50–12:25 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

• English Language and Literature (Eng.) (programme FF, N-FI)
• English Language and Literature (programme FF, N-FI) (2)
• English Language and Literature (programme FF, N-HS)
• English-language Translation (programme FF, N-HS)
• English-language Translation (programme FF, N-PT) (2)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme FF, N-GK)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme FF, N-SS) (2)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme FF, N-TV)

Course objectives

The aim of this translation course is to train and develop the translating skills special to the humanities and the media and to practise them on a wide range of texts. Emphasis is laid upon the stylistic features of the individual types of texts in English and Czech, as well as on the vocabulary sets used to address various approaches.

Syllabus

• Week 1,2: Visual arts Week 3,4: Film and photography Week 5,6: History and ethnography Week 7,8: Architecture Week 9,10:Media, journalism Week 11,12:Tourism, travel guides Week: 13: Popular science

Literature

• MINÁŘOVÁ, Eva. Stylistika češtiny (Czech Stylistics). 1. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2009, 84 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-4973-4. info
• NEWMARK, Peter. Paragraphs on translation. Clevedon: Multilingual matters, 1993, x, 176. ISBN 1853591912. info
• BEČKA, Josef Václav. Česká stylistika. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1992, 467 s. ISBN 8020000208. info

Teaching methods

Translation tasks in Elf, consultations every other week.

Assessment methods

continuous, final translation

Language of instruction

English

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.

• Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2014, recent)
  
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