IJ0B559 Translation Seminar I

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Kateřina Garajová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Kateřina Garajová, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 14:10–15:45 C31
Prerequisites
IJIA015 Practical Italian IV
The course is reccommended for students of 2nd 5th years.
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).
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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. In case of absence it is – in exceptional cases – possible to only submit the written homework prepared for a given session. Such written assignments must be handed in beforehand. Exam - text translated by the student (= 18.000 characters including spaces) and dicussion about the translator´s choices.
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 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015.
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