Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- analyse and reflect on your own professional practice and experience and identify areas for change;
- evidence advanced theoretical knowledge and (where appropriate) professional skills over an extended piece of work
- undertake a substantial translation project and produce work of publishable standard;
- apply theory in order to communicate effectively and to a professional standard between English and at least one other language in writing and / or orally in a variety of academic and / or work related contexts;
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- demonstrate high level interpersonal skills and intercultural awareness
- communicate complex ideas and arguments orally and in writing
- monitor and evaluate professional activity, including self-evaluation
- work at a professional level across at least two languages
- engage in debate around complex ideas and theories
- identify, select and draw upon a wide range of printed and electronic sources
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- the subject chosen for your dissertation / extended translation project, including principal primary source materials and relevant scholarly literature
- how translation theory is applied in a professional setting, dealing with the complexities of working and thinking globally and across cultures
- Translating and interpreting theories and methods, including the key theoretical frameworks in the field of translation and how to apply them to produce commercially viable translations.
Syllabus
The module is structured around 4 themes:
Translation and power
Translating non-contemporary texts
Translation for performance
Technical translation
Weeks 1-4 will be consist of two seminars, one more theory focused, the other more practical.
Week 1: Translation and power
Week 2: Translating non-contemporary texts
Week 3: Translation for performance
Week 4: Technical translation
During weeks 5-12 students will be working on an extended translation project, in consultation with the course tutor(s)
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Weeks 1-4, seminars
Weeks 5-12, research focused, supported by individual / group consultation sessions
Type | Hours |
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Project supervision | 8 |
Seminar | 8 |
Independent Study | 134 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Internet Resources
Translating for the Theatre: The Case Against Performability.
The Study of Technical and Scientific Translation: An Examination of its Historical Development.
‘The deadliest error’: translation, international relations and the news media.
Political Discourse, Media and Translation.
The ‘integrity’ of the translated play-text.
Routledge encyclopedia of translation studies [electronic resource] 2nd ed..
Textbooks
Mona Baker (2018). Translation and Conflict. London: Routledge.
Dror Abend-David (2014). Media and Translation: An Interdisciplinary Approach. London: Bloomsbury.
Maria Tymoczko (Editor), Edwin Charles Gentzler (Editor) (2002). Translation and Power. Amherst: University Massachusetts Press.
Norman Fairclough (2014). Language and Power. Abingdon: Routledge.
Bassnett, Susan. (1997). Translating literature. Woodbridge, Suffolk: D.S. Brewer,.
Geraldine Brodie (Author), Emma Cole (Author) (2017). Adapting Translation for the Stage (Routledge Advances in Theatre) (Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies). Abingdon: Routledge.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Oral presentation | 20% |
Translation project | 80% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Translation project | 80% |
Oral presentation | 20% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Oral presentation | 20% |
Translation project | 80% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External