FF:AJP69061 Legal Translation - Course Information
AJP69061 Legal Translation
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Renata Kamenická, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Alena Tomešová (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts - 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 Translation (programme FF, N-HS)
- English-language Translation (programme FF, N-PAJ_)
- English-language Translation (programme FF, N-PT) (2)
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the field of legal translation, present basic resources and possibilities of training in this area, and demonstrate possible translation methods and approaches.
- Learning outcomes
- After completing the course, students will be able to:
- translate legal texts with respect to the differences in legal systems
- communicate in an informed way with commissioners of legal translations
- look up information and terms in relevant sources - Syllabus
- (1) Translation for the EU (2) GDPR, privacy policies (3) Law of corporations (4) Civil proceedings (5) Criminal proceedings
- Teaching methods
- lectures, hands-on seminar work, home assignments, independent research
- Assessment methods
- Assessment criteria:
credit – attendance (1 absence allowed), homework assignments
exam – attendance (1 absence allowed), homework assignments, final take-home translation - Language of instruction
- English
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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