Course: Basics of Technical Translation

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Course title Basics of Technical Translation
Course code KGER/ZOP
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hrabcová Tereza, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Basics of the work of a translator, the most important translation methods. Practical examples. 2. Brief characteristics of the most important features of professional and popular scientific texts. Practical examples. 3. Work with glossaries, printed and electronic dictionaries. Practical training. 4.-14. Translation of selected passages of professional and popular scientific texts, analysis of translated texts.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
In this seminar, students will get acquainted with the basics of translation work and the most important translation methods, and will then apply this knowledge in translating brief passages from professional and popular scientific texts. Attention will be paid to translating texts from German into Czech, while we will analyze and discuss the basic principles of translation work.
Students will get acquainted with the basics of translation work and the most important translation methods and will be able to apply this knowledge in translating brief passages from professional and popular scientific texts.
Prerequisites
none

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Credit: Active participation in seminars, translation of specific text excerpts.
Recommended literature
  • Knittlová, D. Teorie překladu. Olomouc, 1995.
  • Levý, J. Umění překladu. Praha, 2013.
  • Müglová, D./Dvorecký, M./Mačura, M. Komunikace, tlumočení, překlad aneb Proč spadla Babylonská věž?. Nitra, 2013.
  • Svoboda, T. Kapitoly z překladatelské praxe. Odborný překlad mezi němčinou a češtinou. Praha, 2012.


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