Multi-Semestrial Subject «Practical Interpreting in Business Communication» (6th Semester)

Course: "Ukranian and English language. Translation and Editing"

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Title
Multi-Semestrial Subject «Practical Interpreting in Business Communication» (6th Semester)
Code
ВБ 2.16
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
6 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
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. PLO 22. Ability to edit and correct texts of various styles and genres in Ukrainian and English.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Successful completion of the following courses: Introduction to Linguistics, Introduction to Translation Studies, Practical Course of the English Language (Semesters 1 & 2), Linguistic Country Studies of English Speaking Countries; Knowledge of theoretical basics of general linguistics, basic categories of translation studies and basics of translation and interpreting; Knowledge of the state language (not lower than C2 level) and the English language (not lower than B2 level), basic skills in using innovative technologies in the process of translation activity.
Course content
The aim of the discipline is developing basic knowledge and skills necessary for adequate interpreting in view of lexical and grammatical differences between languages, practical skills in adequate interpreting in business communication with its language and stylistic specificities. Together with other main and elective disciplines of the educational program the course is oriented to training and developing fundamental competences of a translator necessary for carrying out professional translational activity in the work with oral texts in the sphere of business linguistics, preparing students to work as translators with business texts, their main sub-styles and genres, teaching students to conduct translational activity on a professional level in the English-Ukrainian language pair.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1) Набережнєва Т.Є. Переклад у банківській галузі: Навчальний посібник. Київ. Центр учбової літератури, 2017. 252 с. 2) Черноватий Л.М., Карабан В.І., Пенькова І.О., Ярощук І.П. Переклад англомовної економічної літератури. Економіка США. Загальні принципи: Навчальний посібник для студентів вищих закладів освіти. –Вінниця. Нова книга, 2010. 272 с. 3) English for International Business Communication: Навчальний посібник / О.М. Акмалдінова, Н.І. Балацька, Г.В. Сорокун, С.І. Ткаченко, С.О. Юрченко. К.: НАУ, 2016. 164 с. 4) Gillies A. Consecutive Interpreting: A Short Course. Routledge, 2019. 270 p. 5) Mitchell-Schuitevoerder R. A Project-Based Approach to Translation Technology, Routledge, 2020. 200 p. 6) Woang, J. P. Translation activities on oral translation and written translation. Applied Translation, 2021. 15(1), 28–38.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Teaching methods of the course include: Training interpreting and translation skills within the English-Ukrainian language pair in business communication; Carrying out linguistic and transformational analysis of the source and target texts; Compiling and learning business glossaries; Teaching students to summarize Ukrainian business texts in English; Involving students into individual and group translation projects; Writing tests.
Assessment methods and criteria
In the semester 6 students take an exam. The semester score is based upon students’ class works, scores for interim control in the semester 5 , and score for the exam. The maximum distribution of points is the following: semester control is 30 points (30 %), interim control is 30 points (30 %), and exam is 40 points (40 %). Students who have got less than 18 points are not allowed to take the exam. If, during the exam, a student has got less than 24 points the mark “Unsatisfactory” is put in his examination sheet. For different types of work during the semesters students can get from 0,3 up to 10 points.
Language of instruction
Ukrainian, English

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Kateryna Anatoliyivna Kuzmina
Department of Theory and Practice of Translation from English
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