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INTRODUCTION TO TRANSLATION I COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
ICP129 INTRODUCTION TO TRANSLATION I 1 2 2 5

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY
Week Preparatory Topics(Subjects) Method
1 - Introduction Lecture, discussion
2 Reading The concept of translation What is translation studies An early history of the discipline Lecture, discussion
3 Reading ‘Word-for-word’ or ‘sense-for-sense’ Humanism and the Protestant Reformation Fidelity, spirit and truth Lecture, discussion
4 Reading Early attempts at systematic translation theory Schleiermacher and the valorization of the foreign Towards contemporary translation theory Lecture, discussion
5 Reading The nature of linguistic meaning and equivalence Lecture, discussion
6 Reading Studying translation product and process Vinay and Darbelnet’s model Lecture, discussion
7 Reading Text type Scopos theory Lecture, discussion
8 - MID-TERM EXAM -
9 Reading Cultural and ideological turns Translation as rewriting Translation and gender Lecture, discussion
10 Reading Postcolonial translation theory The cultural and political agenda of translation Lecture, discussion
11 Reading Domestication and foreignization AVT Lecture, discussion
12 Reading Subtitle Fansubs and video games Globalization, internationalization, Localisation Lecture, discussion
13 Reading Extralinguistic information Lecture, discussion
14 Reading Case Study Lecture, discussion
15 Reading General Overview Lecture, discussion
16 - FINAL EXAM -
17 - FINAL EXAM -