Introduction to Translation Studies

Course: German philology and translation, English language

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Title
Introduction to Translation Studies
Code
ОК.17.1
Module type
Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2022/2023
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
3 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
2
Learning outcomes
PLO 1. Communicate freely on professional issues with experts and non- experts in Ukrainian, German and English, in oral and in written form, use these languages to organize effective cross-cultural communication. PLO 7. Understand the major issues of philology and approaches to solving those using relevant methods and innovative approaches. PLO 11. Know the principles, technologies and techniques of oral and written texts of different genres and styles creation in Ukrainian, German and English. PLO 12. Analyse language units, determine their interaction, and characterize linguistic phenomena and the underlying processes. PLO 14, PLO 15, PLO 16, PLO 20. The full list of Programme learning outcomes is given in the section "Programme Profile".
Form of study
Distance form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
The educational discipline "Introduction to Translation Studies" is based on the cycle of professional and practical training disciplines, namely: phonetics, linguistics and regional studies, and practical course of German as the main language at the B1 level. Students should have skills in working with scientific literature.
Course content
The discipline "Introduction to Translation Studies" consists of two substantive parts. The first includes theoretical aspects of translation studies, the second – topical issues of the history and practice of translation. The lecture material is based on current research in the field of translation studies by both Western European and domestic researchers and allows students to familiarize themselves with key issues of translation studies, including the role of translation as intercultural transfer, the concept of translation equivalence and its levels, strategies and methods of translation, the role of the translator as an expert in the process of intercultural communication. During practical (seminar) classes, students delve into individual questions of translation history, familiarize themselves with the main directions in translation studies, as well as with the most striking figures in the field of artistic translation. The educational discipline "Introduction to Translation Studies" is a component of the educational-professional program for training specialists at the educational-qualification level "Bachelor" in the direction of training – 03 humanities, specialty 035 Philology (specialization: 035.043 German languages and literatures (including translation), the first - German) and serves as a theoretical basis for subsequent courses on translation practice.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Білоус О.М. Теорія і технологія перекладу. Курс лекцій: доопрацьований та доповнений. Навчальний посібник для студентів перекладацьких відділень. – Кіровоград, РВВ КДПУ ім. В. Винниченка, 2013. – 200 с. https://www.cuspu.edu.ua/images/download-files/inmov/posibniky/%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%96%D1%8F_%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%83.pdf 2. Зорівчак Р.П. Реалія і переклад: на матеріалі англомовних перекладів української прози. - Львів: Видавництво при Львівському державному університеті, 1989. - 215 с. 3. Кияк Т.Р., Науменко А.М., Огуй О.Д. Теорія і практика перекладу. – Вінниця: Нова книга, 2006. – 586 с. 4. Кияк Т.Р., Науменко А.М., Огуй О.Д. Перекладознавство. – К.: Київський ун-тет, 2010. http://www.philology.kiev.ua/php/18/5/kyak_pidrucjnyk.pdf 5. Коптілов В. Теорія і практика перекладу. - К.: Юніверс, 2003. - 280 с. https://archive.org/details/pereklad/Koptilov_Viktor_Teoriya_i_praktyka_perekladu2002
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, practical classes, independent work.
Assessment methods and criteria
Current assessment: report at a seminar, answer/addition at a lecture/seminar, control work. The final assessment is an exam. The evaluation criteria for each form of control are indicated in the course program.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian, German

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Olga Ivanivna Kuchma
Department of Germanic Philology and Translation Studies
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Department of Germanic Philology and Translation Studies
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology