AJP69065 Translating practice: Agency

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Renata Kamenická, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Mgr. Jiří Rambousek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Olga Zörnerová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Naděžda Kudrnáčová, CSc.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
SEMESTR(2) || SEMESTR(3) || SEMESTR(4) || SEMESTR(5)
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 6 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 5/6, only registered: 0/6
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
To get hands-on experience with real-life translations through being assigned and delivering translations for Aspena translation agency, while getting and profiting from feedback from the agency's quality checkers.
The specific goals include:
- estimating one's abilities regarding specific translation projects on offer through the agency's system
- translating and delivering quality within deadlines
- experiencing quality assessment and feedback from players in the industry (as opposed to academic feedback)
Learning outcomes (in Czech)
Having translated specific projects
Syllabus
  • First two weeks of the semester: a meeting with a representative of Aspena agency, access to relevant systems for work assignment/sharing, specification of conditions (minimum word limit, payment, etc.) for the given semester.
  • In the semester: the student will accept/own/deliver translation jobs specified in the work assignment system up to a required word limit for the semester and receive feedback from the quality checkers employed by the agency.
Teaching methods
Individual and shared translation projects; terminology searches; use of CAT Tools; working with a company job assignment system.
Assessment methods
Evaluation will be based on meeting assigned parameters of translation jobs (including deadlines) and feedback from company quality checkers.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2024.
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