Translation Theory and Practice (2): specialist translation

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;

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• how translation theory is applied in a professional setting, dealing with the complexities of working and thinking globally and across cultures
• the subject chosen for your dissertation / extended translation project, including principal primary source materials and relevant scholarly literature
• 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.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• work at a professional level across at least two languages
• identify, select and draw upon a wide range of printed and electronic sources
• monitor and evaluate professional activity, including self-evaluation
• engage in debate around complex ideas and theories
• communicate complex ideas and arguments orally and in writing
• demonstrate high level interpersonal skills and intercultural awareness

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)

Teaching and learning methods

Weeks 1-4, seminars

Weeks 5-12, research focused, supported by individual / group consultation sessions

Resources & Reading list

Internet Resources

Journal of Specialised Translation Special issue: Technical translation, medical translation, localisation.

The Study of Technical and Scientific Translation: An Examination of its Historical Development.

Political Discourse, Media and Translation.

‘The deadliest error’: translation, international relations and the news media.

Translating for the Theatre: The Case Against Performability.

Reflections on Translation.

The ‘integrity’ of the translated play-text.

The textual degree of technicality as a potential factor influencing the occurrence of explicitation in scientific and technical translation.

Routledge encyclopedia of translation studies [electronic resource] 2nd ed..

Textbooks

Norman Fairclough (2014). Language and Power. Abingdon: Routledge.

Geraldine Brodie (Author), Emma Cole (Author) (2017). Adapting Translation for the Stage (Routledge Advances in Theatre) (Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies). Abingdon: Routledge.

Dror Abend-David (2014). Media and Translation: An Interdisciplinary Approach. London: Bloomsbury.

Bassnett, Susan. (1997). Translating literature. Woodbridge, Suffolk: D.S. Brewer,.

Maria Tymoczko (Editor), Edwin Charles Gentzler (Editor) (2002). Translation and Power. Amherst: University Massachusetts Press.

Mona Baker (2018). Translation and Conflict. London: Routledge.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

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.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External