FPF:UCJNNPUB Translation in practice - Course Information

UCJNNPUB Translation in practice

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

PhDr. Mathias Becker, M.A. (seminar tutor)
doc. PhDr. Gabriela Rykalová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Gabriela Rykalová, Ph.D.
Institute of Foreign Languages – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava

Prerequisites

without precondition

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

• German (programme FPF, NJ)

Course objectives

The course is focused on theoretical and practical issues of translation from German into Czech and from Czech into German. The core of the course consists of specific problems that the translator encounters in his work. The course is designed as a seminar in which students will be able to try different translation techniques and discuss the possibilities of solving translation problems.

Learning outcomes

translation of the text of your choice

Syllabus

• 1. Übersetzung – Typologie, Funktionen, Grundbegriffe
• 2. Tipps für bessere Übersetzungen
• 3. Problem: Die Frage der Überetzbarkeit
• 4. Methoden der Übersetzung im Hinblick auf unterschiedliche Texttypen
• 5. Problem: Fachtexte
• 6. Arbeit mit Paralleltexten
• 7. Problem: Mehrdeutigkeit
• 8. Übersetzungsmöglichkeiten mehrdeutiger Wörtern und Wortverbindungen
• 9. Problem: Phraseologismen
• 10. Übersetzungsmöglichkeiten der Phraseologismen
• 11. Problem: Wortspiele
• 12. Dolmetschen
• 13. Präsentation eigener Übersetzungen

Teaching methods

Lectures, class discussion, group projects, presentations.

Assessment methods

written test, active cooperation, presentation

Language of instruction

German

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