PRJsP2 Translation Seminar II (Translation of Journalistic Texts)

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Jana Bumbálková
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 10:50–12:25 B2.51
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course develops and extends knowledge and skills received from the course Translator seminar I (publicistic translation) focused on translation of simple journalistic and publicistic texts from Czech into Russian. The focal point of the seminar is a common search for optimal and variant methods of translation of concrete predetermined texts. Preparing for the seminar will consist of acquaintance with a given text, its correct reading and finding key words and problematic words, collocation, syntactic and stylistic phenomena and figures and their possible variants of translation. Students will be able to use the main methods of translation and different kinds of equivalence on the basis of their theoretical knowledge. Students will discuss all their individual translation variants of the same text, in order to learn elementary rules of translation criticism. These translations will be judged in relation to an appropriate approach for resolving problems of translation at the lexical, syntactic, textual and stylistic level.
Syllabus
  • week 1-2: translation and translation analysis of texts of smaller journalistic and publicistic texts from thematic field of Internal and Foreign Politics and International Relations from Russian into Czech
  • week 3-4: translation and translation analysis of texts of smaller journalistic and publicistic texts from thematic field of Economics, Business and Trading from Russian into Czech
  • week 5-6: translation and translation analysis of texts of smaller journalistic and publicistic texts from thematic field of People, Nature, Ecology from Russian into Czech
  • week 7-8: translation and translation analysis of texts of smaller journalistic and publicistic texts from thematic field of Law and Legislation from Russian into Czech
  • week 9-10: translation and translation analysis of texts of smaller journalistic and publicistic texts from thematic field of Health and Lifestyle from Russian into Czech
  • week 11-12: translation and translation analysis of texts of smaller journalistic and publicistic texts from thematic field of Psychic Life of a Human Being and Interpersonal Relationships from Russian into Czech
Literature
  • Jermolovič D. I.: Imena sobstvennyje na styke jazykov i kuľtur. Moskva, 2001.
  • Meľnikov Je. I.: Zametki o morfologii i pavopisanii češskich sobstvennych imen. In: Toponomastika i transkripcija. Moskva, 1964.
  • Superanskaja A. V.: Imena sobstvennyje v čužoj jazykovoj srede. In: Toponomastika i transkripcija. Moskva, 1964.
  • GAZDA, Jiří and Ivo POSPÍŠIL. Proměny jazyka a literatury v současných ruských textech. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2007, 146 s. ISBN 9788021044265. URL info
  • GAZDA, Jiří. Spornyje voprosy peredači češskich sobstvennych imen na russkom jazyke (Controversial Questions of Czech Proper Nouns Use in Russian). In Naučnoje nasledije B. N. Golovina a aktuaľnyje problemy sovremennoj lingvistiki: Sbornik statej po materialam naučnoj konferencii, posvjaščennoj 90-letiju professora B. N. Golovina. Nižnij Novgorod: Izdateľstvo Nižegorodskogo universiteta, 2006, p. 115-117. ISBN 5-85746-923-6. info
  • FLÍDROVÁ, Helena, Jaroslava HONOVÁ and Eva VYSLOUŽILOVÁ. Cvičebnice překladatelství a tlumočnictví pro ruštináře. Vyd. 1. Olomouc: Vydavatelství Univerzity Palackého, 1994, 233 s. ISBN 8070673818. info
  • KUFNEROVÁ, Zlata. Překládání a čeština. Vyd. 1. Jinočany: H & H, 1994, 260 s. ISBN 8085787148. info
Teaching methods
Comparative group translation analysis of students’ translations.
Assessment methods
Credit requirements are active work during the seminar, elaboration of 5 translations from Czech into Russian (1 sheet A4).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019.
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