AJ69050 Administrative and Journalistic Language in Translation

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus 3 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Lucie Šnytová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Timetable
Thu 11:40–13:15 G21
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 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Practice-oriented translation course with focus on administrative and journalistic styles. The administrative style is presented and practiced on EU-related texts which are frequently commissioned to external translators and which have their own special characteristics. To practice translating journalistic texts, we will focus on news writing style while making use of articles from US and UK newspapers and other periodicals. We will discuss language devices specific for newspaper articles and consider ways of translating them into Czech.
Literature
  • MINÁŘOVÁ, Eva, Marie KRČMOVÁ, Jan CHLOUPEK and Marie ČECHOVÁ. Současná česká stylistika (Stylistics of the Contemporary Czech Language). 1st ed. Praha: ISV nakladatelství, 2003, 342 pp. none. ISBN 80-86642-00-3. info
  • BEČKA, Josef Václav. Česká stylistika. 1. vyd. Praha: Academia, 1992, 467 s. ISBN 8020000208. info
  • BAKER, Mona. In other words : a coursebook on translation. New York: Routledge, 1992, x, 304. ISBN 0415030862. info
  • URBANOVÁ, Ludmila and Andrew BILLINGHAM. Gramatika anglického jazyka - štylistika. Vyd. 1. V Prešove: Filozofická fakulta v Prešově, 1986, 124 s. info
Assessment methods
Compulsory seminars with translation assignments handed in for each session. Students are anticipated to participate in class discussions. To successfully complete the course, students will take a translation test to demonstrate their skills (home assignment).
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
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