AJ69078 Software Localisation in Practice

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2014
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)
PhDr. Jarmila Fictumová (lecturer)
Ing. Mgr. Jiří Rambousek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jarmila Dezortová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Jeffrey Alan Vanderziel, B.A.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 7:30–9:05 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
Abstract
The course, taught by Ms Katerina Gašová, Director of Moravia Linguistic Services Moravia IT, should get the students acquainted with the principles of localization and the workflow of an international localization company.
Key topics
•Intro •Localization basics •Non-linguistic activities and tasks & hands-on exercise •Terminology management & hands-on exercise •Linguistic guidelines & hands-on exercise •Translation tools & hands-on exercise •Machine translation and post-editing & hands-on exercise •Linguistic quality management & hands-on exercise •Marketing translation & transcreation & hands-on exercise
Study resources and literature
  • KATAN, David. Translating cultures : an introduction for translators, interpreters and mediators. 2nd ed. North Hampton, MA: St. Jerome Publishing, 2004, 380 s. ISBN 1900650738. info
  • WRIGHT, Sue Ellen and Gerhard BUDIN. Handbook of terminology management. Vol. 2. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2001, xv, [370]. ISBN 1-55619-509-5. info
  • A Practical guide to localization. Edited by Bert Esselink. Philadelphia: John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2000, 488 p. ISBN 9027219559. info
  • WRIGHT, Sue Ellen and Gerhard BUDIN. Handbook of terminology management. Vol. 1. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1997, xiv, 370 s. ISBN 1-55619-508-7. info
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
Seminars, hands-on, lectures.
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
Compulsory attendance, one absence, final test.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
https://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf2/course/view.php?id=2365
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2014, recent)
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