BA430L Lithuanian: translating course

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Taught online.
Teacher(s)
Halina Beresnevičiúte Nosalova, Ph.D., M.A. (lecturer)
doc. Mag. Vaidas Šeferis, Dr. phil. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mag. Vaidas Šeferis, Dr. phil.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mag. Vaidas Šeferis, Dr. phil.
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 14:00–15:40 L33
Prerequisites
To attend this course, students must already speak an excellent Lithuanian.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
Intensive exercises in the translation from / to Lithuanian, oral and written. At the end of the course students should be able to translate any text (belle lettres, scientific, oral and written) in to Lithuanian and from Lithuanian.
Learning outcomes
Students should be able to translate spoken Lithuanian. Students should be able to translate scientific Lithuanian texts. Students should be able to translate Lithuanian belle-lettres.
Syllabus
  • Translation of the scientific (linguistic) text. Translation from lithuanian newspapers and media. Oral non-simultaneous translation from / to Lithuanian.
Literature
  • Lietuviu kalbos žodynas. Edited by Vytautas Vitkauskas. Vilnius: Lietuviu kalbos instituto leidykla. xxii, 1158. ISBN 9986668387. 2002. info
  • NORKAITIENE, Milda, Rita ŠEPETYTE and Zita ŠIMENAITE. Mokomasis lietuviu kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Baltos lankos. 549 s. ISBN 9955-00-062-7. 2000. info
  • GRUMADIENE, Laima and Vida ŽILINSKIENE. Frequency dictionary of modern written Lithuanian. Vilnius: Lietuviu kalbos institutas. xxxvi, 474. ISBN 9986-479-39-8. 1998. info
Teaching methods
Translating in the classroom with the teacher, translating by themselves, homework.
Assessment methods
Evaluation of the work in the classroom, the written final test consisting of 5 exercises, followed by oral examination aimed at testing the essential language skills.
Language of instruction
Lithuanian
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
General note: Předmět nelze v tomto období zapisovat, je uveden pouze pro potřeby akreditace.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Spring 2010, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2017, Spring 2018, Autumn 2018, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020.
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