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Law Translation

ВК. 2.04

Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП

First

2021/2022

7 Semester

6

PLO 1; PLO 11; PLO 15; PLO 21.2 (Complete list of program learning outcomes is available in the profile of the educational program) .

Full-time form

1. A “pass” in courses: Translation Studies, General English, Translation Practice; 2. Knowledge of the theoretical foundations of general linguistics, basic categories of translation studies and the principles of translation and interpreting; 3. Proficiency in Ukrainian (not lower than C2) and English (not lower than C1).

The course covers a range of issues relevant to the acquisition of knowledge on law translation and its types, including understanding specific features and lexical, grammatical, stylistic problems of law translation, development of students' skills of legal text analysis and formation of practical skills and abilities of translation of various legal documents.

1. Карабан В. І. Англійсько-український юридичний словник. Київ : Нова Кн., 2004. 1088 с. 2. Карабан В. І., Черноватий Л. М. Переклад англомовної юридичної літератури : навч. посіб. 3-тє вид. Вінниця : Нова Кн., 2007. 543 с. 3. Lee D. S. American legal English: Using language in legal contexts. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 1999. 276 p. 4. Robertson C. D. Multilingual Law: A Framework for Analysis and Understanding. Taylor & Francis Group, 2016. 274 p. 5. Institutional Translation for International Governance: Enhancing Quality in Multilingual Legal Communication. Bloomsbury Academic, 2018. 248 p. 25. 6. The International Journal of Legal Translation and Court Interpreting [Електронний ресурс] – Режим доступу: http://legal-translation-interpreting.com/

The course is delivered with the help of such activities as oral reports, written assignments and written tests. The teaching methods are practical classes, creative projects, students’ individual work.

Continuous assessment is carried out corresponding to the types of work and the form of control at practical classes during the semester. The final term grade is accumulated from the points students gain for the fulfillment of the specified types and forms of training and points for the final test. The maximum distribution is carried out according to the following algorithm: semester control: 80 points (80%) and final test - 20 points (20%).

English, Ukrainian