PdF:AJPV_PCVA Translation Seminar A - Course Information

AJPV_PCVA Translation Seminar A

Extent and Intensity

0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Martin Němec, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Renata Povolná, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Petra Hoydenová

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• English Language and Literature with a view to Education (programme PdF, B-SPE)
• English Language and Literature with a view to Education (programme PdF, B-TV)
• Teacher Training in Foreign Languages - English Language (programme PdF, B-SPE) (2)
• Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme PdF, B-SPE)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme PdF, M-SS)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme PdF, M-TV)
• Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme PdF, M-ZS4)
• Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in English Language and Literature (programme PdF, M-ZS5)
• Lower Secondary School and Language School Teacher Training in English Language (programme PdF, N-ZS) (2)

Course objectives

Translation seminar is based on close reading and careful translations of the texts prepared in the faculty LMS system. We deal will the whole range of translation details ranging from from the poetry to the technical language of SMS and computer manuals. The goal is to follow the distinctive features of English and check what possibilities translators have in the Czech language.

Syllabus

• Humour is getting old Stephen Leacock Diary Sue Townsend Lost in the Translation Bohumil Hrabal

Literature

• KNITTLOVÁ, Dagmar. K teorii i praxi překladu. 2. vyd. Olomouc: Universita Palackého v Olomouci, 2000, 215 s. ISBN 8024401436. info
• LEVÝ, Jiří. Umění překladu. Vyd. 3., upr. a rozš. Praha: Ivo Železný, 1998, 386 s. ISBN 802373539X. info
• LEVÝ, Jiří. České teorie překladu : vývoj překladatelských teorií a metod v české literatuře. Edited by Jiří Honzík. Vyd. 2. (rozdělené do dvou. Praha: Ivo Železný, 1996, 273 s. ISBN 8023729527. info
• LEVÝ, Jiří. Úvod do teorie překladu. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1958, 109 s. URL info
• LEVÝ, Jiří. Srovnávací pohled na anglický verš. 1949, 155 s. info

Assessment methods (in Czech)

The translation seminar is supported by LMS http://moodlinka.ped.muni.cz/course/view.php?id=1045 Credit requirements listed in there as well.

Language of instruction

English

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.

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