FJPR053 Translation Seminar II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jan Seidl, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Pavla Doležalová, Ph.D.
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Romance Languages and Literatures – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 14:00–15:40 G31
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FJPR004 Translation Seminar I
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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Following the first semester of the translation seminar, focused on bases of translating related to infra-sentential levels of text, the aim of this course is to direct the attention of students to higher levels.
Syllabus
  • Students will exercise their ability to use different translation methods by doing translation and corrections of various short pragmatic (manuals, warranty conditions for appliances, information leaflets, tourist guide, accompanying texts for the exhibition ...) and journalistic texts.
  • The key categories of this course are: semantic and pragmatic presuppositions, illocution structure of a text, functional equivalence, writing style and its factors.
Literature
  • FIŠER, Zbyněk. Překlad jako kreativní proces : teorie a praxe funkcionalistického překládání. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2009, 320 s. ISBN 9788072943432. info
  • LEVÝ, Jiří. Umění překladu. 2. dopl. vyd. Praha: Panorama, 1983, 396 s. info
  • HIRSCHOVÁ, Milada. Pragmatika v češtině. Vydání druhé, v Karolinu. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2013, 335 stran. ISBN 9788024622330. info
  • KUFNEROVÁ, Zlata. Překládání a čeština. Vyd. 1. Jinočany: H & H, 1994, 260 s. ISBN 8085787148. info
  • ČECHOVÁ, Marie, Marie KRČMOVÁ and Eva MINÁŘOVÁ. Současná stylistika. Vydání první. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2008, 381 stran. ISBN 9788071069614. info
  • KNITTLOVÁ, Dagmar, Bronislava GRYGOVÁ and Jitka ZEHNALOVÁ. Překlad a překládání. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, Filozofická fakulta, 2010, 291 s. ISBN 9788024424286. info
Teaching methods
Apart from presenting the subject matter to students, the main teaching method used in this course is individual homework, written feedback by the teacher and a collective discussion on homeworks at the next lesson.
Assessment methods
Translation of a text and individual discussion thereon. Conditions for admission to the examination include: at least 85% attendance of lessons, timely submission of homeworks and knowledge of the obligatory books.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
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 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021, Spring 2022.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2020, recent)
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