Simultaneous Translation (Portuguese)

Course: General and specialized translation and interpreting from Portuguese and English

Structural unit: Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology

Title
Simultaneous Translation (Portuguese)
Code
ДВС.2.04
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
3 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5
Learning outcomes
PLO 5. To find optimal ways for effective interaction in the professional community and with representatives of other professional groups at various levels. PLO 20 . To undertake pre-translation analysis of specialized texts of various styles and genres. PLO 25. To have command of techniques for simultaneous and conference translation
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
The student should know: basic concepts of translation studies, linguistics, communication theory; principles and methods of linguistic and stylistic analysis and translation analysis of texts; peculiarities of semantics, structure and functioning of units of all levels of the Portuguese language; lexical-semantic and structural-grammatical characteristics of the Portuguese and Ukrainian languages; be able to: consciously determine the genre and style of the text for translation; apply in practice the acquired knowledge of the principles of translation from the Portuguese language; work with lexicographic sources; formulate thoughts in the Ukrainian literary language; apply background knowledge in practice; to have basic skills of selection, analysis and interpretation of speech facts; work with modern information technologies; to adapt and withstand stress in a new situation.
Course content
The purpose of the discipline is to acquaint students with the communicative, pragmatic, neurophysiological and linguistic and stylistic features of simultaneous translation, to train the skills of simultaneous translation of social and political texts of oral genres from the voice of the teacher and spoken by native speakers, self-training and self-improvement in the technique of simultaneous translation. Students familiarize themselves with the activities of an interpreter and the development of basic skills, perform exercises, simultaneous translation of a simulated interview based on the content of the studied material, translations of unknown texts on the studied topic; analyze the shortcomings of their own translations; acquire the skills of thematic and terminological preparation for simultaneous translation and the choice of a translation strategy depending on the communication situation.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Кодекс професійної етики Асоціації перекладачів України http://www.uta.org.ua/code Максименко О.В., Фокін С.Б. Деонтологічні аспекти усного перекладу // Проблеми семантики, прагматики та когнітивної лінгвістики. – Вип. 18. – 2010. – С. 258-266. Максименко О.В. Усний переклад мовою «В» у контексті глобалізації і розширення Європейьского Союзу // Вісник Київського університету. Серія: Іноземна філологія. – К., 2012. – Вип. 45. – С. 12-15. Швачко С.О. Проблеми синхронного перекладу. - Вінниця: Фоліант, 2004. Poechhacker, Franz. Introducing Interpreting Studies / Poechhacker, Franz. – New York, Routledge, 2007. – 252p.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Educational activities during the semester: oral exercises and tasks, presentation of the results of independent individual work on glossaries, audio recordings of simultaneous translations as homework and independent work
Assessment methods and criteria
Based on the results of the student's work during the semester, a credit is issued (on the condition of obtaining a minimum of 60 points).
Language of instruction
Portuguese, Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Andrew Vasyliovich Berezhniy
M. Zerov Department of Theory and Practice of Translation from Romance Languages
Educational and Scientific Institute of Philology