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INTRODUCTION TO TRANSLATION THEORIES COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
ETI101 INTRODUCTION TO TRANSLATION THEORIES 1 3 3 6

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY

Week Preparatory Topics(Subjects) Method
1 - Introduction to Translation Studies: Core Concepts, Emergence of the Discipline, and the Holmes Map -
2 - Overview of Translation History: Classical Approaches from Cicero to Luther -
3 - Linguistic Approaches and the Concept of Equivalence (Nida and Catford) -
4 - Functionalist Theories 1: Katharina Reiss and Text Types -
5 - Functionalist Theories 2: Vermeer and Skopos Theory, Holz-Mänttäri and Translational Action -
6 - Descriptive Translation Studies and Target-Oriented Approaches (Gideon Toury) -
7 - Polysystem Theory (Itamar Even-Zohar) -
8 - The Cultural Turn in Translation Studies and Lefevere (Rewriting) -
9 - Translation, Power, and Ideology: Venuti (Domestication and Foreignization) -
10 - MID-TERM EXAM -
11 - Translation and Gender (Feminist Translation Theories) -
12 - Sociology of Translation: Bourdieu, Translator Habitus, and the Field -
13 - Translator Visibility, Translation Ethics, and Professionalization -
14 - Current Developments: Technological Transformation and General Evaluation from Theory to Practice -
15 - Revision -
16 - FINAL EXAM -
17 - FINAL EXAM -