Fundamentals of literary and specialized translation editing

Course: General and Domain-Specific Translation and Interpreting from French and English

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Title
Fundamentals of literary and specialized translation editing
Code
ННД.11
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2022/2023
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
2 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3
Learning outcomes
PLO 1. To assess individual academic and professional activity, to build and implement an effective strategy of self-development and professional self-improvement. PLO 10. To collect and systematize facts of language and literature, to interpret and translate texts of various styles and genres (depending on the chosen specialization). PLO 14. To create, analyze, and edit texts of various genres and styles. PLO 15. To choose optimal research approaches and methods of analysis for the specific language and literary material.
Form of study
Distance form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Educational qualification level of bachelor degree
Course content
The aim of the discipline is to acquaint masters students with important problems of editing skills, in particular with the methodology of editing texts of various styles and genres, translated from French into Ukrainian and vice versa. The course includes providing the fundamentals of editorial editing, which arises from the need to work on improving the translated text; familiarization with methods of such linguistic and stylistic improvement, motivated intervention of the editor in the translation text; outlining the scope of the editor work from the point of view of literary technique: mastery of typification and composition, general language skill, assessment of errors in spelling, word choice, ability to maintain measure in presentation, etc. Along with this, the concept of the editors professional culture includes, together with other components, logical knowledge and related skills of logical text analysis.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Венгренівська М. А. Нариси з теорії та практики редагування перекладних текстів і порівняльної стилістики (французька та українська мови): Навчальний посібник. – К.: ВПЦ “Київський університет”, 2008. – С.3-209. 2. Калустова О.М. Мова перекладу та перекладна мова // Культура народов Причерноморья : Научн. журн. – 2004. – Т.2. – №50. – С.105-109. 3. Климентова О. В. Принципи редагування україномовних перекладів як складника ділового спілкування // Мовні і концептуальні картини світу: Зб. наук. праць. – К., 2004. – Вип.14. – Кн.1. – С.180-183. 4. Коваль А. Інтерпретація мовної дійсності чи недогляд? : 2. Перекладач – редактор – читач // Літературна Україна. – № 102. – 23.12.1969. – С.2.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
• lectures, practical classes, independent work; • tasks assigned to independent work - preparation for lectures, practical classes; • answers to the blitz survey before the start of the lecture; • oral answers in practical classes (main answers and additions); • exercises for editing the translated text
Assessment methods and criteria
Methods: Semester assessment: credit. The distribution of points is carried out as follows: max. are 100 points during the semester and min. are 60 points. Evaluation criteria: • oral answers, additions, exercises for editing of the translated text, blitz-survey: LO 1.1 – 1.3, 2.1-2.3, 3.1, 4.1 – max. 80 points; • mastery of theoretical topics, argumentation of a point of view (choice of form when editing the translated text) during discussion (practical classes): LO 1.1-1.3, 2.1-2.3, 3.1, 4.1 - max. 20 points; . • the credit consists of the sum of all types of work per semester; • evaluation of all types of work is carried out in points, in accordance with the clause 7.1 of the Work plan of the scientific discipline.
Language of instruction
French, Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Tetiana Oleksandrivna Kachanovska
M. Zerov Department of Theory and Practice of Translation from Romance Languages
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology