NJII_3524 basics of interpretation: text analysis, note taking

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mag. phil. Christina Fasching (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mag. phil. Christina Fasching
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 9:10–10:45 G21
Prerequisites
bachelor degree
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Aim of the seminar is, that students should be able to analyze texts from the perspective of a translator to produce a good oral text. At the end of the course they should understand structures and meanings of speeches and other oral texts; they should be able to find keywords and to take notes and on this basis produce a coherent text. They should be able to reproduce a text (3 min) in the other language.
Syllabus
  • exercices to text comprehension, text analysis for translators and notetaking; strategies for research and home exercices texttypes: oral texts like speeches, interviews, lectures and discussions
Literature
  • Best, Joanna/Kalina, Sylvia (2002) Übersetzen und Dolmetschen. Eine Orientierungshilfe. Tübingen: Francke
  • NORD, Christiane. Text analysis in translation : theory, methodology, and didactic application of a model for translation-oriented text analysis. 2nd ed. New York: Rodopi, 2005, vii, 274. ISBN 9042018089. info
  • Handbuch Translation. Edited by Mary Snell-Hornby. 2., verb. Aufl. Tübingen: Stauffenburg, 1999, xii, 434. ISBN 3860579959. info
Teaching methods
theoretical introduction, exercices for text analysis, reproduction of oral texts, reformulation under pressure, notetaking, "trial and error", feedback
Assessment methods
regular work in class, final oral exam
Language of instruction
German
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information about innovation of course.
This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012.
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