Complex subject «Translation Studies». Part 1. Introduction to Translation Studies
Course: "Ukranian and English language. Translation and Editing"
Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology
Title
Complex subject «Translation Studies». Part 1. Introduction to Translation Studies
Code
ОК 24.1
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
4 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
PLO 1. Communicate freely on professional issues with experts and non-experts in Ukrainian and English in oral and written forms, use these languages to organize effective cross-cultural communication.
PLO 5. Collaborate with colleagues, representatives of other cultures and religions, supporters of different political views, etc.
PLO 11. Know the principles, technologies and techniques of oral and written texts of different genres and styles creation in Ukrainian and English.
PLO 20. Translate English written and oral texts into Ukrainian and from Ukrainian into English.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
The program is aimed at students who speak Ukrainian and English at the advanced level. In mastering the course, the students are expected to develop their written and oral communication skills in situations of professional and scientific communication. Before the course, students must know: basic linguistic terms and concepts, basic literary universals, fundamental cultural and scientific national heritage; be able to: apply the acquired speaking skills and literary studies knowledge, linguistic tools in practice; possess basic skills of scientific research and critical attitude to the analyzed phenomena.
Course content
The purpose of the discipline is to equip the students with knowledge of basic concepts and issues of modern translation studies, taking into account the Ukrainian and international experience in this sphere; to provide the necessary basis and theoretical background for learning further theoretical and practical courses in translation during all the next years of study. This lecture and practical course provides general theoretical training for future translators: it familiarizes them with the translation terminology, introduces the most important concepts and issues of translation science, and main vectors of modern translation studies, types of translation, various translation decisions, as well as the personality of a translator/ interpreter, his/her proficiency, cultural and moral qualities.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Енциклопедія перекладознавства: у 4 т.: пер з англ. / за ред. І.Гамб’є, Л.Дорслара; за заг. ред. О.Кальниченка, Л.Черноватого. Вінниця: Нова Книга, 2020. 2. Корунець І.В. Вступ до перекладознавства: підручник. Вінниця: Нова Книга, 2008. 512 с. 3. Корунець І.В. Теорія і практика перекладу. Вінниця: Нова Книга, 2003. 448 с. 4. Ребрій О.В. Вступ до перекладознавства: конспект лекцій. Х.: ХНУ ім. В.Н.Каразіна, 2016. 116 с. 5. Рецкер Я.И. Теория перевода и переводческая практика. М.: Межд. отношения, 1974. 216 с. 6. Routledge Handbook of Translation Studies / ed. by Millán Carmen and Bartrina Francesca. Routledge, 2017. 593 р. 7. Routledge Handbook of Translation Studies and Linguistics / ed. by K.Malmkjaer. Routledge, 2018. 466 p. 8. Translation Practice: підручник / Славова Л.Л., Борисова О.В., Гач Н.О. та ін. К.: «ЛОГОС», 2019. 388 с.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Classes are held in the form of lectures and seminars using traditional and innovative teaching methods (multimedia support of lectures and seminars).
Activities during the semester:
• classroom activities: individual, frontal, group work;
• independent work: individual, remote, search work, reproductive, research.
Assessment methods and criteria
The grade for the course consists of the points that students get for their classroom activities during semester and exam.
• Semester assessment includes students’ work on the seminars: oral answers, additions, tests.
1. Oral answer, additions, participation in discussions at lectures and seminars: 21/35 points.
2. Test №1 and Test №2: 15/25 points.
Exam: 1. Written answers to three questions from the course (maximum - 10 points for each question: 10 x 3 = 30 points).
2. Oral question (maximum - 10 points).
The final grade in the discipline (minimum 60, maximum 100 points) consists of the sum of the points for the semester work (minimum 36, maximum 60 points) and the exam (minimum 24, maximum 40 points).
Language of instruction
English, Ukrainian
Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
Vitaliy
Dmytrovych
Radchuk
Department of Theory and Practice of Translation from English
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
Department of Theory and Practice of Translation from English
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology