AJ19013 English to Czech Translation 1

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2001
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Naděžda Kudrnáčová, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Mgr. Jiří Rambousek, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michaela Hrazdílková
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJ19000 Introduction to Translation || AJ1900 && ! AJ12056 English to Czech Translation 1
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
Course objectives
Note: Students who have taken the course AJ12056 may not take this course. The seminar combines the practice of translation with theoretical linguistic analysis based on the compari-son of an English text with its Czech translation. Each week students will translate a passage of text (fiction only: K. Amis, E. Waugh, J. Kerouac, J.D. Salinger, J. Joyce). Their transla-tions will then be analyzed and compared with published translations of the text. The text analysis will be made against the theoretical linguistic background. The range of the topics dealt with will cover grammatical, semantic, pragmatic, and stylistic aspects. Prerequisite: Introduction to Translation (AJ19000).
Syllabus
  • The seminar combines the practice of translation with theoretical linguistic analysis based on the comparison of an English text with its Czech translation. Each week students will translate a passage of text (fiction only: K. Amis, E. Waugh, J. Kerouac, J. D .Salinger, J. Joyce). Their translations will then be analyzed and compared with published translations of the text. The text analysis will be made against the theoretical linguistic background. The range of the topics dealt with will cover grammatical, semantic, pragmatic, and stylistic aspects. - translation as a decision-making process - stylistic strata - cultural differences and translation - grammatical, semantic and pragmatic considerations - functional sentence perspective and translation - English word order versus Czech word order - English syntax versus Czech syntax - nominalization in English - nouns, verbs and adjectives in English and in Czech - semantic delimitation of word classes and translation - semantic structure of English and Czech verbs - English proper names and their Czech equivalents - synonyms - punctuation in English and in Czech - possessivity: its conceptualization in English and in Czech
Literature
  • LEVÝ, Jiří. Umění překladu. Vyd. 3., upr. a rozš. Praha: Ivo Železný, 1998, 386 s. ISBN 802373539X. info
  • NEWMARK, Peter. A textbook of translation. New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, 292 s. ISBN 0-13-912593-0. info
  • MATHESIUS, Vilém. A functional analysis of present day English on a general linguistic basis. Edited by Josef Vachek, Translated by Libuše Dušková. 1. vyd. Prague: Academia, 1975, 228 s. URL info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Seminar; Assessment: at the end of the course students will translate a passage of text into Czech.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Spring 2003, Autumn 2003, Spring 2004, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007.
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