15EM029 - Translation Theory

Course specification
Course title		Translation Theory
Acronym		15EM029
Study programme		English Language and Literature
Module
Type of study		second degree master academic studies
Lecturer (for classes)		prof. dr Borislava Eraković
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)		prof. dr Borislava Eraković
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
ESPB		6.0	Status
Condition		-	Oblik uslovljenosti
The goal		Introduction to the relevant theoretical frameworks for the study of translation as a process and as a product.
The outcome		Upon the completion of the course, students will be able to: 1. recognize and describe research methods in linguistic, descriptivist and functionalist theories of translation 2. choose an appropriate theoretical framework to analyze a translation, translation process or an aspect of a professional practice and explain its applicability.
Contents
Contents of lectures		Translation Studies as a research discipline (Holmes’ map). Definitions of a translation as a process and a product. Types of translation. Translation unit. Translation problem. Quality in translation. Basic concepts in the following theoretical approaches to translation: 1. linguistic (the concept and types of equivalence, translation strategies and procedures), 2. descriptivist (the concept of norm, priority of the target culture, translation universals), 3. functionalist (skopos, extratextual and intratextual factors, brief, adequacy).
Contents of exercises		Analysis of research methods in the articles which are representative of the listed theoretical approaches.
Literature
Munday, Jeremy (2001). Introducing Translation Studies: Theories and Applications. London: Routledge. (Original title) Nord, Christiane (1997). Translating as a Purposeful Activity. Functionalist Approaches Explained. Manchester: St. Jerome. (Original title) Snell-Hornby, Mary (2006). The Turns of Translation Studies . Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company. (Original title) Toury, Gideon (1995). Descriptive Translation Studies – and beyond. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company. (Original title) Venuti, Lawrence (2000). The Translation Studies Reader. London & New York: Routledge. (Original title)
Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
Lectures	Exercises	OTC	Study and Research	Other classes
2	2
Methods of teaching		Lectures, seminar paper, interactive teaching activities
Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
Pre obligations		Points	Final exam	Points
Activites during lectures		10	Test paper	60
Practical lessons			Oral examination
Projects
Colloquia
Seminars		30

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