AJL29071 Translation of Essays

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025

The course is not taught in Spring 2025

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)
Andrew Philip Oakland, M.A. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jana Chamonikolasová, Ph.D.
Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Tomáš Hanzálek
Supplier department: Department of English and American Studies – Faculty of Arts
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
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Course objectives
For this practical seminar students will read complete essays in English and Czech by contemporary authors and translate selected extracts from them. Class time will be given over to discussion of students’ work prepared in advance. The course literature has been chosen to represent a wide range of lengths, styles, topics, purposes and interests.
Syllabus
  • Week 1: Introduction to the course – presentation and discussion of aims Weeks 2,3: Review Weeks 4,5: Current affairs Weeks 6,7: Memoir / Reading Week Weeks 8, 9: History Weeks 10,11: Reflection Weeks 12, 13: Travel / credit week
Literature
  • LEVÝ, Jiří. Umění překladu. 2. dopl. vyd. Praha: Panorama, 1983, 396 s. 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, 273 s. ISBN 8023717359. info
  • LEVÝ, Jiří. Základní otázky teorie překladu. 1965, 189 s. info
  • LEVÝ, Jiří. Úvod do teorie překladu. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1958, 109 s. URL info
  • ORWELL, George. Selected essays. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1957, 202 s. info
  • ORWELL, George. Inside the whale and other essays. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1962, 202 s. info
Teaching methods
Weekly 1 1/2 hour seminar. Translation homework assignments, feedback, class discussion, presentations by invited professionals
Assessment methods
Assessment is by class contribution and three short translations (2x Czech-English; 1x English-Czech).
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
http://elf.phil.muni.cz/elf/course/view.php?id=3328
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