NJII_54 Translation of Journalistic Texts

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Roman Kopřiva, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Roman Kopřiva, Ph.D.
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 15:50–17:25 U12
Prerequisites
knowledge of high school-level grammar comparable to one of these textbooks: Gertruda Václavková, Rudolf Baumbach - Mluvnice němčiny (1997). Interest in systematic studying of the grammatical system of the German language in order to compare it to Czech grammar, including advanced phenomena. This will lead to as complex and coherent translation to the target language as possible, understanding the text as a whole.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
This seminar offers practical experience with translating. The students prepare translations of selected texts at home and bring them to the seminar. In the seminar translatological problems will be discussed. The aim of the course is not to prepare a "canonical" translation. The main objective of the course is the development of individual translatological skills. At the end of the course the student is able to translate journalistic texts of intermediate difficulty. Moreover the student knows where to find the literature for translators.
Syllabus
  • Selected topics that will be discussed during the seminars: - heuristic problems
  • - literature for translators, vocabulary and style, on-line literature
  • - work with terminology
  • - translation of subtitles
  • - allusions, transcriptions, interferences
  • - grammatical and semantic mistakes
  • - cultural background, translatability
Literature
  • Koller, Werner. Einführung in die Übersetzungswissenschaft. 4. vyd. Heidelberg - Wiesbaden: Quelle und Meyer, 1992. 343 s. ISBN 3-8252-0819-2.
  • Knittlová, Dagmar. K teorii a praxi překladu. 2. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2000. 215 s. ISBN 80-244-0143-6.
  • KUFNEROVÁ, Zlata. Překládání a čeština. Vyd. 1. Jinočany: H & H, 1994, 260 s. ISBN 8085787148. info
  • Mounin, Georges. Teoretické problémy překladu . 1. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Karolinum, 1999. 263 s. ISBN 80-7184-733-X
  • Nord, Christiane. Einführung in das funktionale Übersetzen: Am Beispiel von Titeln und Überschriften. 1. vyd. Tübingen - Basel: Francke, 1993. 315 s. ISBN 3-7720-1424-0
  • HRDLIČKA, Milan. Translatologický slovník :výběr z českých a slovenských prací z teorie překladu. 1. vyd. Praha: Jednota tlumočníků a překladatelů, 1998, 99 s. ISBN 80-902208-9-4. info
  • Čeňková, Ivana - Hrdlička, Milan. Bibl. čes. a slov. prací o překladu a tlumočení . 1. vyd. Praha: Jednota tlumočníků a překladatelů, 1995. 121 s. ISBN 80-901698-8-0
Teaching methods
Homework assignments on translating a part of a selected text from the original language every two weeks. The translations will be presented and discussed in class. Selected grammatical, stylistic, phraseological, text linguistic and cultural phenomena as well as regional and cultural issues will also be discussed.
Assessment methods
Active participation in the seminars.
The student works out a translation of a journalistic texts of his/her choice. The length of the text is 3-4 pages. (30 rows/60 key-strokes)
The student hands in the translation before the end of the term.
Language of instruction
German
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Spring 2001, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012.
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