SYLLABUS
Course title: Areas of the Translation Profession
Instructors: Dr. Kristijan Nikolić, Dr. Anda Bukvić Pažin
ECTS credits: 5
Status: mandatory
Semester: 3^rd
Enrollment requirements: The students must pass the exam in either Political and Legal Institutions in Croatia and English Speaking Countries  or EU and International Organizations prior to enrolling in this course.
Course description: The course is designed to familiarize students with two major areas of the translation profession, which are not covered in other courses: translation for the audiovisual media (TV subtitling) and literary translation. The students learn about professional norms and practices, as well as about various translation skills and strategies typical of particular professional context or text type. The course further deals with the following issues: the stages of the translation process, quality assurance, rates, deadlines, different statuses and job profiles, etc. The students meet experienced translators, who tell them about work requirements and specific features of particular types of translation. The students engage in realistic translation assignments. 
Objectives: The central objective of this course is to help students learn about translation for the audiovisual media and literary translation. By the end of the course students should be familiar with main professional norms and practices in Croatia, and have the basic skills to work in these two areas of the translation profession.
Course requirements: The students are required to attend regularly and to submit their translation assignments on time. They should be prepared to work both independently and in teams. The final mark is based on the end-of-term translation assignment.
Week by week schedule (the order of topics may vary):

Session	Topics
1	Introduction. Course description, goals and requirements.
2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26	Translation for the audiovisual media – introduction. Subtitling for television: Specific features of TV subtitling. Getting to know the basic tools of the trade. Norms of the profession. Situation on the Croatian market. Key employers. Working with language revisers. Realistic translation assignments. Discussion and feedback.
3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27	Literary translation – introduction. Translation of contemporary novels / short stories: Assignments, discussion, feedback. Translation for the theatre. Specific features. Assignments, discussion, feedback. Norms of the profession. Situation on the Croatian market. Guest translators. Working with publishers, editors, language revisers, proof-readers, dramaturges.
28, 29	Work on end-of-term assignments.
30	Feedback.

Reading:
– Landers, Clifford E. 2001. Literary translation: A Practical Guide. Frankfurt: Multilingual Matters.
– Ivarsson, Jan. 1992. Subtitling for the Media: A Handbook of an Art, Stockholm: Transedit.
– Díaz Cintas, Jorge & Remael, Aline. 2007. Audiovisual Translation: Subtitling.Manchester: St. Jerome Publishing.
– Gambier, Yves, ur. 2003. Screen Translation. The Translator Special Issue 9(2). Manchester: St. Jerome Publishing.
– De Linde, Zoe & Kay, Neil. 1999. The Semiotics of Subtitling. Manchester: St. Jerome Publishing.
– Venuti, Lawrence (ur.). 2000. The Translation Studies Reader. London i New York: Routledge.
– Qvale, Per. 2003. From St. Jerome to Hypertext. Manchester: St. Jerome Publishing.
– Venuti, Lawrence. 1995. The Translator’s Invisibility. London i New York: Routledge.
– Davies, Kathleen. 2001. Deconstruction and Translation. Manchester: St. Jerome.
– Flotow, Louise von. 1997. Translation and Gender. Translating in the ‘Era of Feminism’. Manchester: St. Jerome Publishing.

Course title: Cognitive linguistics and translation
Course coordinator: Mateusz-Milan Stanojević
Instructors: Mateusz-Milan Stanojević; Milena Žic Fuchs; Janja Čulig Suknaić
ECTS credits: 5
Language: English and Croatian
Semester: 3rd (winter)
Status: compulsory for students studying translation as a single major, elective for students studying translation as a double major program
Form of Instruction: 1 lecture and 2 seminars per week
Prerequisites: students enrolled in the 3rd semester, completed course in the Translation Theory
Examination: written
Course contents: This course deals with selected issues in translation theory from the point of view of cognitive linguistics. The theoretical background is established by comparing and contrasting the communicative translation theory with the cognitive linguistic theory of translation. The course focuses on cognitive linguistic notions which are crucial in establishing translation equivalence (figure-ground, conceptual metaphor, categorization, etc.), exemplifying the way in which they function in translation, with an emphasis on English and Croatian. Particular attention is given to translating grammar and translating culture.
Objectives: The aim of this course is to introduce students to theoretical and practical translational issues which are related to a cognitive-linguistic view of language. This will enable students to recognize potential translation problems, especially with regard to English and Croatian as source and target languages.

Required reading:
Tabakowska, E. 1993. Cognitive Linguistics and Poetics of Translation. Tübingen: Gunter Narr Verlag

Additional reading:
– Croft, W and Cruse, D. A. 2004. Cognitive Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
– Ivir, V. 1981. Formal correspondence vs. translation equivalence revisited. Poetics Today. 2: 51-59
– Ivir. V. 1987. Functionalism in contrastive analysis and translation studies. Functionalism in Linguistics, ed. By Dirven, René and Vilém Fried, 471-481. Amsterdam/Philadeplhia: John Benjamins.
– Ivir, Vladimir. 1991-1992. On the non-algorithmic nature of translation theory. Studia Romanica et Anglica Zagrabiensia. 36-37: 85-91.

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Course title: Political and Legal Institutions in Croatia and English Speaking Countries
Instructor: Dr. Snježana Veselica Majhut
ECTS credits: 5
Status: mandatory for students enrolled in the translation track of the graduate program in English as a single major; elective for students enrolled in the translation track of the graduate program in English in combination with another major
Semester: 2nd
Enrollment requirements: The students must pass the exam in Translation Workshop (1^st semester) prior to enrolling in this course.
Course description:
The aim of the course is to give a basic understanding and knowledge of political, legal and educational institutions in Croatian and English-speaking societies (the focus is placed on the UK and US), necessary for translators. The students will be made familiar with the key concepts of the institutional organization of the above mentioned societies and further develop translation skills acquired in the Translation Workshop course. The course will focus on highlighting the terminology and cultural problems that characterize translation in the environment of government and non-governmental organizations, public administration, educational institutions.
The course is divided into three blocks, each of them devoted to a particular topic: 1) political institutions and government, 2) legal institutions and 3) educational institutions. The format of the course is lectures and exercises.
Translation assignments cover a wide variety of text types and genres, such as, political speeches, administrative reports, and legal documents. In this one semester schedule, students will get a general overview of the different topics pertinent to the institutional aspects of these societies, with the possibility of pursuing some of the subjects in greater depth through further specialized courses.
The coursework is organized around projects that the students do in groups, partly in the virtual environment, on http://omega.ffzg.hr/ (Moodle). The students are encouraged to use printed and electronic resources, build corpora and terminology glossaries, revise their own and each other’s translations, manage translation projects, cooperate with subject-matter experts and clients, and so on. Guest speakers will be invited to share their professional experience.
Objectives: By the end of the course the students should show a good understanding of the subject matter (both in Croatian and English) of texts similar to those translated in the course, the ability to identify translation problems, use appropriate translation strategies and  terminology.
Course requirements: Students get their final grade on the basis of their “portfolio” (collection of translations done during the course, both at home and in class, individually and in groups), three mid-term quizzes and three translation assignments done in class.
Week by week schedule:

Session	Topics	Lectures	Exercises
1	Introduction. Course description, goals and requirements.
2-6	Political institutions	The organization of the Croatian government.The organization of the US and UK government.Governmental and non-governmental organizations.Guidelines on how to extract terminology, how to carry out documentation research.Visits of professional translators.	What is translation for government and public administration? Translating different kinds of government documents, such as speeches, reports, information papers, statements into Croatian and English.Discussion of the main problems related to the translation of these types of texts.Translation assignments.
7-11	Legal institutions	Key institutions in Croatia.Key institutions in the US and UK.Various types of legal documents.	Discussion of the main problems related to legal translation.Translation assignments.
12-15	Educational institutions	Comparison of the systems of education in relevant societies.	Discussion of the main problems related to the translation of various documents related to the educational domain.Translation assignments.

Reading:
– Alcaraz, Enrique, Hughes, Brian and Pym, Anthony: Legal Translation Explained. (2001) – selected chapters
– Mauk, David  and John Oakland: American Civilization. (2009). Abingdon/New York: Routledge. – selected chapters
– Mayoral Asensio, Robert: Translating Official Documents. (2003) – selected chapters
– Oakland, John: British Civilization. (2010). Abingdon/New York: Routledge. – selected chapters
– Vidaković – Mukić, Marta: Opći pravni rječnik (2006). Zagreb: Narodne novine. –  selected items
– Wilson, James, John Jr. Dilulio. and Meena Bose: American Government: Institutions and policies (2011). Cengage Learning – selected chapters
– Zakošek, Nenad: Politički sustav Hrvatske (2002). Zagreb: Fakultet političkih znanosti – selected chapters

 

 

 

 

SYLLABUS
Course title: EU and International Organizations
Instructor: Dr. Nataša Pavlović
ECTS: 5
Status: Mandatory for students enrolled in the translation track of the graduate program in English as a single major; elective for students enrolled in the translation track of the graduate program in English in combination with another major
Semester: 2^nd
Enrollment requirements: The students must pass the exam in Translation of Scientific and Academic Texts (1^st semester) prior to enrolling in this course.
Course description: The course consists of one contact hour of lectures and two contact hours of translation exercises per week. The lectures deal with the following topics: EU institutions and their functioning, history of the EU, EU policies, fundamental rights and freedoms, the single market, the EMU, EU official languages, policy of multilingualism, translation and interpreting for EU institutions, types of legal instruments, translation of the acquis communautaire; the UN, the OSCE, the IMF, the World Bank.
In the exercises, students translate representative samples of texts that they can expect to encounter in their future professional work, such as EU directives, decisions, reports, brochures, web pages, and so on. Translation assignments are done individually and in groups, partly in the virtual environment, on http://omega.ffzg.hr/ (Moodle). The students learn to use the relevant printed and electronic resources created by various Croatian or EU institutions, and also create their own glossaries.
Objectives: By the end of the course the students should be familiar with the EU and its institutions and their functioning, as well as the other important international organizations. They should be able to translate representative samples of texts such as directives, decisions, reports, brochures, web pages and so on. They should be familiar with the relevant printed and electronic resources, and should be able to create their own glossaries of terminology.
Course requirements: Regular course attendance, regular submission of assignments, participation in the online forums as requested; continuous evaluation, final written exam.

Week by week schedule:
Lectures:

Session	Topics
1	Introduction. Course contents, goals and requirements.
2	EU at a glance: Flag, symbols, anthem, Europe Day, the Schuman Declaration. Size and population of the EU.
3	EU structure and organization. Main institutions and their functioning, part 1. (Parliament, Council, Commission)
4	Main institutions and their functioning, part 2 (Court of Justice, Court of Auditors, European Economic and Social Committee, Committee of the Regions, European Central Bank, European Investment Bank, European External Action Service)
5	EU history – key dates, treaties, enlargement.
6	EU policies (solidarity and innovation policies)
7	EU official languages. Multilingualism. Translation and interpreting in the EU.
8	Types of community legislation. Translation of the acquis.
9	Rights and freedoms.
10	The single market.
11	Economic and monetary union (EMU).
12	Croatia and the European integration.
13	The World Bank & IMF.
14	The UN and OSCE.
15	End-of-term test. Student feedback. Suggestions for future work.

Exercises

Session	Topics
1-4	Press materials (both directions)
5-8	Texts for the web (both directions)
9-12	Translation of the acquis communautaire into Croatian.
13-14	Translation of Croatian legislature into English.
15	End-of-term test. Student feedback. Suggestions for future work.

Reading:

 On the EU:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/publications/booklets/eu_glance/44/index_en.htm

http://europa.eu.int/comm/publications/booklets/eu_glance/44/index_en.htm,

Fontaine, P., Europe in 12 lessons, (European Commission), 2003, 62 pp

Key facts and figures  about the European Union, European Commission, 2004,

70 pp

Pinder, J., The European Union, A very Short Introduction, OUP, 2001.

Croatian Accession to the European Union,Volume 2. Zagreb: Institut za javne financije and

Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.

 

On translation:

European Commission. Translation Tools and Workflow. Available on:

http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/translation/bookshelf/tools_and_workflow_en.pdf

Šarčević, S., ed. 2001. Legal Translation, Preparation for Accession to the European Union. Rijeka: Faculty of Law, University of Rijeka.

Wagner, E., S. Bech & J. M. Martinez. 2002. Translating for the European Institutions. Manchester: St. Jerome Publishing.

http://europa.eu/languages/en/chapter/15

Glossaries and other translation resources:

Glossaries published by MVPEI, available on:

http://www.mvpei.hr/ei/default.asp?ru=177&sid=&akcija=&jezik=1

The DGT Multilingual Translation Memory of the Acquis Communautaire, available on:

http://langtech.jrc.it/DGT-TM.html

Eurovoc: http://europa.eu/eurovoc/

Eur-lex: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm

Pojmovnik europskih integracija: http://www.mvpei.hr/ei/default.asp?ru=137&sid=&akcija=&jezik=1

Other resources:

Articles and presentations available on http://omega.ffzg.hr/

Course title: Translation Theory
Instructor: Dr. Nataša Pavlović
ECTS credits: 6
Status: Mandatory for translation students, elective for others
Semester: 1st
Enrollment requirements: Students must be enrolled in a graduate program at the University of Zagreb.
Course description: The course deals with the following topics: translation theory/theories, Translation Studies; different conceptualizations of translation and translators through history; types of translation (and interpreting); translators’ tools and resources; terminology and special languages; translation equivalence; translation shifts and strategies; text, co-text, context; register, genre, discourse; the seven standards of textuality; intertextuality; Grice’s maxims; norms and translation; functionalist approaches (skopos theory); the “cultural turn” in TS (cultural studies, gender studies, post-colonial studies, deconstruction); translation ethics; literary translation; translation for the audiovisual media.
The course combines lectures and seminar work (3+1). Students also do assignments (e.g. forum discussions) in the virtual environment, on http://omega.ffzg.hr/ (Moodle).

Objectives: By the end of the course the students should be familiar with contemporary translation theories and current trends in Translation Studies. They should master the metalanguage and acquire the conceptual repertoire needed to discuss a wide range of issues associated with the phenomenon of translation. They should be able to apply the theoretical insights gained from the course to examples from everyday translation practice.

Course requirements: Regular course attendance, participation in the online forums as requested, final written exam.

 Week-by-week schedule:

Session	Topics
1	Introduction. Translation theories and Translation Studies.
2	What is translation? Who are translators?
3	Types of translation (and interpreting)
4, 5 , 6, 7, 8	Translators’ tools and resources
9, 10	Terminology and specialized languages
11, 12	Non-correspondences between languages (contrastive analysis)
13, 14	Equivalence
15, 16	Translation procedures and strategies
17, 18, 19	From words to text: How can text linguistics, pragmatics and discourse analysis help translators? (Text, co-text, context; register, genre, discourse; seven standards of textuality; Grice’s maxims)
20, 21	Functionalist approaches to translation: skopos theory.
22, 23	Norms and translation. Polysystem theory.
24, 25	The “cultural turn” in Translation Studies (Lefevere, gender studies, post-colonial studies, Venuti)
26	Translation ethics
27	Literary translation (guest translator).
28	AVT. Main issues in subtitling (guest subtitler).
29	Interpreting (guest interpreter)
30	Revision; student feedback; suggestions for future work

 

Reading:

Pavlović, Nataša. 2015. Uvod u teorije prevođenja. Zagreb: Leykam international

Baker, Mona. 1998/2001. Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies. London i New York: Routledge.

Bowker, Lynne et al. (eds.). 1998. Unity and Diversity. Current Trends in Translation Studies. St. Jerome Publishing Ltd.

Ivir, Vladimir. 1984. Teorija i tehnika prevođenja. Novi Sad: Centar “Karlovačka gimnazija” Sremski Karlovci, Zavod za izdavanje udžbenika u Novom Sadu.

Munday, Jeremy. 2001. Introducing Translation Studies. Theories and Applications. London i New York: Routledge.

Qvale, Per. 2003. From St. Jerome to Hypertext. Manchester: St. Jerome Publishing.

Venuti, Lawrence (ur.). 2000. The Translation Studies Reader. London i New York: Routledge.

Articles and presentations available on http://omega.ffzg.hr/

 

 

Course title: Translation of Scientific and Academic Texts
Instructors: Dr. Nataša Pavlović and Dr. Snježana Veselica Majhut
ECTS credits: 5
Status: Mandatory
Semester: 7th
Enrollment requirements: The students must be enrolled in the graduate program in English Language and Literature, Specialization in Translation.

Course description:
The course consists of four blocks. In each block the students translate specialized texts from a different field. The first three blocks deal with selected texts from the fields of social sciences, humanities, and natural sciences. The final block is dedicated to texts from the area of business and economics. The translations are done from English into Croatian and from Croatian into English (approx. 60/40).
The coursework is organized around projects that the students do in groups, partly in the virtual environment, on http://omega.ffzg.hr/ (Moodle). The students learn how to use printed and electronic resources to research the subject matter and build corpora and glossaries of terminology. They also revise their own and each other’s translations, manage translation projects, cooperate with subject-matter experts and clients, and so on.
Objectives: By the end of the course the students should be able to translate, individually and in groups, texts similar to those dealt with in the course. They should be able to identify translation problems in the text and to adopt strategies appropriate to the situation, the target readers, the client’s requirements, and so on. The students should also be able to use parallel texts to build their own glossaries of specialized terminology. They should be able to use search engines and online resources for terminology mining and subject-matter background reading. The students should also be able to do on-the-spot translations of short, relatively simple texts from the specialized areas dealt with in the course, without the help of aids other than their own glossaries of terminology.

Course requirements: Regular course attendance, regular submission of assignments, participation in the online forums as requested. Students get their final grade on the basis of their “portfolio” (collection of translations done during the course, both at home and in class, individually and in groups).

 Week by week schedule:

Session	Topics
1	Introduction. Course description, goals and requirements. Instructions for use of the online learning system (Moodle).
2-7	Social sciences: Sociology
8,9,10	Natural sciences: Medicine
11,12,13	Humanities: Linguistics
14-19	Humanities: Art History
20-28	Business and economics
29	Revision
30	Student feedback, suggestions for future work

 Reading:
Textbooks:
Nord, Christiane. 1997. Translating as a Purposeful Activity. Manchester: St. Jerome Publishing.
Baker, Mona.1992. In Other Words. A Coursebook on Translation. London: Routledge

Bilingual dictionaries, such as:
– Bujas, Željko. Veliki hrvatsko-engleski rječnik. Zagreb: Nakladni zavod Globus
and Bujas, Željko. Veliki englesko-hrvatski rječnik. Zagreb: Nakladni zavod Globus
– Grupa autora. Englesko-hrvatski rječnik. Zagreb: Školska knjiga

Monolingual dictionaries, such as:
Hornby, A. S. Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Anić, V. Rječnik hrvatskoga jezika. Zagreb: Novi liber

 Encyclopaedic dictionaries, such as:
The New Oxford Dictionary of English, or
Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
Anić, V. et al. Hrvatski enciklopedijski rječnik. Zagreb: Novi liber

Collocation dictionaries, such as:
Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Specialized dictionaries, such as:
Ivir, V. Hrvatsko-engleski poslovno-upravni rječnik. Zagreb: Školska knjiga.
Špiljak, V. Englesko-hrvatski poslovni rječnik. Zagreb: Masmedia.

Electronic resources

 

Course title: Idiomatic and Stylistic Features of the Croatian Language
Course coordinator: Prof. Anita Peti-Stantić, Department of South Slavic Languages and Literatures
Instructors: Prof. Anita Peti-Stantić, Dr. Ivana Bašić
ECTS credits: 5
Language: Croatian
Duration: 1 semester (winter)
Status: mandatory
Form of instruction: two contact hours of lecture and two contact hours of seminar
Enrollment requirements: The students must be enrolled in the 1^st semester of graduate studies.
Exam: written
Course description: The students will improve their knowledge of Croatian normative grammar and orthography, as well as become familiar with functional styles and their features and markers in contemporary Croatian language. They will be able to make subtle distinctions in the use of language resources and linguistic devices in accordance with the requirements of specific functional styles and the communication situation as a whole.
Objectives:  To enable the students to gain knowledge of stylistics, normative grammar, orthography, pragmatics and semantics. To contribute to the development of their communication competence in Croatian and to the adoption of principles applicable in communication in other languages.

Reading:
ORTHOGRAPHIC MANUALS:
1. Babić, S.-Finka, B.-Moguš, M. (1996) Hrvatski pravopis. Zagreb: Školska knjiga.
2. Hrvatski pravopis (2007) Badurina, L., Marković, I., Mićanović, K. Zagreb: Matica hrvatska.

GRAMMAR BOOKS:
1. Barić, E. – Lončarić, M. – Malić, D. – Pavešić, S. – Peti, M. – Zečević, M. – Znika, M. (1995) Hrvatska gramatika. Zagreb: Školska knjiga.
2. Silić, J. and Pranjković, I. (2005) Gramatika hrvatskoga jezika: za gimnazije i visoka učilišta. Zagreb: Školska knjiga.

DICTIONARIES:
1. Anić, V. (1991) Rječnik hrvatskoga jezika. Zagreb: Novi liber.
2. Hrvatski enciklopedijski rječnik (2002) Matasović, R. et al. Zagreb: Novi Liber.

OTHER:
1. Hrvatski jezični savjetnik. ur. Hudeček, L.-Mihaljević, M.-Vukojević, L. (1999). Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje-Pergamena-Školske novine.
2. Hrvatski jezik u XX. stoljeću (2006) ed. Hekman, J. Zagreb: Matica hrvatska.

OPTIONAL READING:
1. Kovačević, M.-Badurina, L. (2001) Raslojavanje jezične stvarnosti. Rijeka: Izdavački centar.
2. Silić, J. (2006) Funkcionalni stilovi hrvatskoga jezika. Zagreb: Disput.
3. Škiljan, D. (2000) Javni jezik. Zagreb: Izdanja Antibarbarus.

COURSE SCHEDULE

TOPICS:

1. Space and time in language: a single language ~ several languages, geographic space ~ virtual space, astronomical time ~ virtual time, changes in language.
2. Sociolinguistic approaches to language phenomena exemplified by different language situations.
3. Croatian language as a system. Standard Croatian language. Standard language norms.
4. Norms and normization. Normative handbooks. Orthographic manuals and dictionaries. The relationship between the orthographic manuals, grammar books and dictionaries.  Advisory handbooks. Discussion on language politics and self-censorship.
5. Standard and non-standard forms of language use. Analysis of specific problems (i.e. the relation between stylistically marked and unmarked lexemes, loanwords and internationalism, sequence of tenses, word order, and etc.).
6. Public language. Responsibility in public language. Theses on the relation between the public and private language, with special emphasis on the areas of standard language use, mostly related to the functions of public language. The issue of responsibility towards the public word, and the issue of the status of standard language.
7. Official language and its place in public communication. Discussion on the relation between the public and official language – bills, public statements (politicians, actors, artists, spokespersons).
8. Stratification of language. Each functional style necessary for the understanding and using standard language on the academic level (scientific, journalistic, and administrative and business style) will be dealt with separately, with special focus on the language of the media and the form and structure of scientific and professional papers. Mandatory and optional language editing.

 

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