Practical Translation

Learning Outcomes

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• communicate complex ideas and arguments orally and in writing
• engage in debate around complex ideas and theories
• demonstrate high level interpersonal skills and intercultural awareness
• manage deadlines and make effective use of your time
• monitor and evaluate professional activity, including self-evaluation
• work at a professional level across at least two languages

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 use of technology in translation and multilingual settings to produce work of a professional standard.
• 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.

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;
• apply theory in order to communicate effectively and to a professional standard between English and at least one other language in writing and orally in a variety of academic and / or work related contexts.

During the course students will work through a selection of translation tasks, grouped thematically as follows:

Weeks 1-2: Media / journalistic texts

weeks 3-4: Politics

Weeks 4-5: Legal texts

Weeks 6-7: Business / economics

Weeks 8-9: travel

Weeks 9-10: Biography / autobiography

Weeks 11-12: Literary translation

Readings are essentially the same as for LANG6018, Translation Theory and Practice, though your attention is drawn to those parts of the reading list which focus on the practical application of theory.

Teaching and learning methods

Teaching will be delivered through weekly practice-based, interactive workshops which aim to give students maximum opportunity to reflect on and discuss their practice.

Resources & Reading list

Textbooks

Sándor Hervey (2002). Thinking French Translation: A Course in Translation Method: French to English (Thinking Translation). London: Routledge.

Sandor Hervey (2006). Thinking German Translation. London: Routledge.

Louise M. Haywood (Author), Michael Thompson (Contributor), Sándor Hervey (Contributor) (2009). Thinking Spanish Translation. London: Routledge.

Valerie Pellatt (2010). Thinking Chinese Translation. London: Routledge.

Zinan Ye, Xiaojin Shi, Lynette (2008). Introduction to Chinese-English Translation: Key Concepts and Techniques. New York: Hippocrene Books.

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