AJ49002 Applied Linguistics II

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2005
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Simona Javůrková (lecturer)
Ing. Mgr. Jiří Rambousek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Tomáš Kačer, Ph.D.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AJ41010 Examination in English
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
The course deals with the application of linguistics in the field of creating texts. It is based on practical work, mainly translation, which offers the opportunity of contrastive study of language phenomena in English and in Czech. Students translate short passages of texts of various types from English into Czech, submit their translations electronically for correction, and then compare their work with that of others in the group and with teachers' comments. In addition, they learn the basic concepts from the field of translation studies and translation theory. The importance of a very good command of the target language of translation (i.e. Czech) is stressed throughout the course.
Syllabus
  • The course deals with the application of linguistics in the field of creating texts. It is based on practical work, mainly translation, which offers the opportunity of contrastive study of language phenomena in English and in Czech. Students translate short passages of texts of various types from English into Czech, submit their translations electronically for correction, and then compare their work with that of others in the group and with teachers' comments. In addition, they learn the basic concepts from the field of translation studies and translation theory. The importance of a very good command of the target language of translation (i.e. Czech) is stressed throughout the course.
Literature
  • CRYSTAL, David and Derek DAVY. Investigating English style. 1st pub. London: Longman, 1969, xii, 264. ISBN 0582522129. info
  • 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
  • BASSNETT, Susan. Translation studies. Rev. ed. London: Routledge, 1991, xxi, 168. ISBN 0415065283. info
  • LEVÝ, Jiří. České teorie překladu : vývoj překladatelských teorií a metod v české literatuře. Edited by Jiří Honzík. Vyd. 2. (rozdělené do dvou. Praha: Ivo Železný, 1996, 323 s. ISBN 8023729527. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Assessment: translation and written test. / Hodnocení: překlad a test
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every other week.
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