{"id":33659,"date":"2018-09-27T16:09:05","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T15:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anglist.ffzg.unizg.hr\/?p=33659"},"modified":"2018-09-27T16:18:04","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T15:18:04","slug":"translation-and-intercultural-communication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anglist.ffzg.unizg.hr\/?p=33659&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Translation and Intercultural Communication"},"content":{"rendered":"

Course title: <\/strong>Translation and Intercultural Communication
\n<\/strong>Instructor:<\/strong>\u00a0Dr. Snje\u017eana Veselica Majhut
\n<\/span>ECTS credits:<\/strong> 5
\n<\/span>Language:\u00a0<\/strong>English and Croatian
\n<\/span>Semester<\/strong>: 1st and 3rd term of graduate studies
\n<\/span>Status: <\/strong>elective
\n<\/strong>Form of instruction:<\/strong>\u00a0two\u00a0 lectures and one seminar per week + e-learning
\n<\/span>Assessment: <\/strong>continuous assessment components (50 per cent)\u00a0 and a term paper (50 per cent)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

OBJECTIVES: <\/strong>After finishing this course the students should \u00a0be able to: detect underlying \u00a0socio-cultural components of a text and deploy strategies for their most appropriate transposition; analyze the intercultural components of a text in the light of theoretical models and concepts; analyze and deploy various strategies in order to translate a text in a manner that respects cultural conventions; justify translation choices while maintaining a critical distance.<\/span><\/p>\n

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
\n<\/strong>This course addresses the following themes: various concepts of culture and their relevance for translation; intercultural competence; applicability of functionalist approaches to translation; text types and genres; culture-specific features of text types and their implications for translation; analysis of concrete text types; the impact of the implied reader on the translator\u2019s decisions; coherence and cohesion of the source and target text.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

MODE OF INSTRUCTION:
\n<\/strong>The course combines lectures and seminar work (2+1). The students are expected to read the literature before the lectures and participate in seminar discussions (both in class and in the virtual environment on http:\/\/omega.ffzg.hr\/ (Moodle). The students are also expected to apply the acquired knowledge in assessed written assignments (analysis of the selected aspects of source and targets texts, commentaries on the advantages and disadvantages of certain strategies in particular communicative situations, etc.) and a term paper.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND ASSESSMENT:
\n<\/strong>Regular attendance, preparedness for class, active participation in class and in e-learning, regular submission of assessed assignments. The final grade is based on the continuous assessment of particular course elements (attendance, active participation in class and in e-learning, timely submission of assessed assignments) and the term \u00a0paper.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

OBLIGATORY READING:
\n<\/strong>Gambier, Y. 2013. \u201cGenres, text-types and translation\u201d in Handbook of Translation Studies. vol. 4: pp. 63\u201369<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Hatim, B. 2009. \u201c Translating text in context\u201c in Munday, J. (ed.) The Routledge Companion to Translation Studies. New York: Routledge.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hatim, B. and Munday, J. 2004. Translation: An Advanced Resource Book. New York: Routledge. (selected chapters)<\/span><\/p>\n

Kelly, D. 1998.\u00a0 \u201cThe translation of texts from the tourist sector: textual conventions, cultural distance and other constraints\u201d.Trans: Revista de Traductologia. no. 2 (1998)
\n(DOI:\u00a0http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.24310\/TRANS.1998.v0i2.2354<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Trosborg, A. (ed.) 1997. Text Typology and Translation. John Benjamins Publishing (selected chapters)<\/span><\/p>\n

ADDITIONAL READING:
\n<\/strong>Hatim, B. and Mason, I. 2005. The Translator as Communicator. London\/New York: Routledge<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Katan, D. 2009. \u201cTranslation as Intercultural Communication\u201d in in Munday, J. (ed.) The Routledge Companion to Translation Studies. New York: Routledge.<\/span><\/p>\n

Katan, D. Translating Cultures: An Introduction for Translators, Interpreters and Mediators https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/7397391\/14818510<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Nord, C.\u00a0 2000.\u00a0 \u201cTraining Functional Translators\u201d. Cadernos de Tradu\u00e7\u00e3o. \u00a0ISSN 2175-7968, Florian\u00f3polis, Brasil.DOI:\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5007\/%25x<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Tomozeiu, D., Koskinen, K. and D\u2019Arcangelo, A. 2017.\u00a0 (eds.)\u00a0 Intercultural Competence for Translators. New York: Routledge (selected chapter ).<\/span><\/p>\n

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WEEK BY WEEK SCHEDULE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Week<\/td>\nTopic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nIntroduction. Various concepts of culture and their relevance for translators. Discussion.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nIntercultural competence. The importance of intercultural competence for translators.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nThe main principles of functionalist approaches to translation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nApplicability of functionalist approaches to concrete translation tasks.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nText types and genres.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nText coherence and cohesion.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nConsolidation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nCulture-specific features of text types.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nCulture-specific features of text types.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nAnalysis of text-type norms and conventions\u00a0 in tourist brochures.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nAnalysis of strategies of translating \u201crealia\u201d in selected text types.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nAnalysis of text-type norms and conventions\u00a0 in culinary texts. \u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nAnalysis of text-type norms and conventions\u00a0 in self-help literature.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nConsolidation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nFeedback on term papers. Student feedback on the course.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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