Overview
Description
Selected issues and problems in the theory and practice of translation, e.g., theories of translation, literacy translation, legal translation, techno-scientific translation.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring
Terms
spring
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- identify main issues and concerns in translating literary and non-literary texts.
- categorize and analyze literary and cultural concepts pertinent to literary translation.
- demonstrate their comprehension of the main principles of literary and non-literary translation by translating texts from English into Spanish and from Spanish into English.
- demonstrate their competence in literary translation by completing a translation project on a text of their choosing.
- demonstrate competence in identifying some language variations and how these signal cultural issues to be considered in the translation process.
- examine and evaluate cultural issues of the Spanish-speaking world and the US, and determine the best language options to fulfill the cultural expectations of the target readership.
- demonstrate understanding of bibliographic resources in Translation Studies.