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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

Objectives and Contents

Objectives: The aim is to equip students with the ability to approach the act of translation from a critical, strategic, and theoretical perspective by introducing them to the fundamental concepts of translation studies, its historical development, and prominent translation theories (linguistic, functional, target-oriented, and cultural approaches).
Content: The emergence of translation studies as an independent discipline; fundamental translation concepts; linguistic approaches and the concept of equivalence; Skopos theory and action-oriented approaches; target-oriented theories and descriptive translation studies; polysystem theory; the cultural turn in translation; translator visibility, ideology, and ethics; contemporary sociological and technological approaches.