Granada, Spain - UGR - Elective - CEH 383 - Translation from English to Spanish II

COURSE SYLLABUS: TRANSLATION FROM ENGLISH TO SPANISH II: SPECIALIZED SUBJECTS

Location: Granada, Spain

Partner Institution: University of Granada

Course Title (English): Translation from English to Spanish II: Specialized Subjects

Course Title (Spanish): Traducción II

Sessions Offered: Fall Semester, Spring Semester

Instructional in: Spanish

Classroom Contact Hours: 45 contact hours

College Credit (Semester Credit Hours): 3 credit hours

College Credit (Quarter Units): 4 quarter units

Pre-requisites: To take the subject "Translation English to Spanish II" you need to have passed "Translation English to Spanish I" or level B2.2 (CLM-level 7).

Local Department: Hispanic Studies (CEH)

Course Code: CEH 383

Course Description

Translation II, Specialized Subjects, deals with the new approaches to language learning that view the activities of translation and interpreting as a tool for the development of communicative ability and mediation skills. Therefore, during this course the students will carry out written and oral tasks to transmit a particular piece of information to speakers and students of Spanish who are not fluent in the English language. The informative content and the type of texts on the course will be related to different, real communication situations but, in difference to the Translation I course, within more specialized areas of the language. On the other hand, this translation context will serve to cover a second aim: the students will develop the skills necessary for the translation process or they will perfect those acquired in the translation I course, through the analysis and implementation of aspects relating to the use of documentation, translation strategies, the tools and resources for the translator, pragmatic and textual considerations, among others.

Program Schedule

UNIT I: INTRODUCTION.

Reflection on and perfection of the translation/mediation process
Familiarization with the correction system of translations
Consolidation of tools and strategies of inverse translation

UNIT II: EVERYDAY SITUATIONS

Setting of Linguistic Mediation: Provide the use of certain services with specialized information in English for Spanish speakers.

Information of a specialized type and terminology specific to selected situations
Translation Strategies: paraphrase, selection and adaptation of relevant information, documentation tasks, use of equivalent texts
Linguistic content: formulate questions

UNIT III: SPECIALIZED INFORMATION IN INFORMATIVE TEXTS

Setting of Linguistic Mediation: Prepare short informative texts on scientific-technical, economic or legal subjects that can be used as support for class presentations.

Information of a specialized nature and specific terminology for selected situations
Translation strategies: paraphrase, selection and adaptation of relevant information, handling of terminology, use of parallel texts
Linguistic content: textual typology, formal register

UNIT IV: JOURNALISTIC INFORMATION

Setting of Linguistic Mediation: Prepare the news section for the Centro de Lenguas Modernas magazine, using news published in English.

Specialized subjects of current news from Spanish-language countries
Social, political and institutional references
Questions of linguistic register
Translation strategies: documentation tasks, use of parallel and equivalent texts
Linguistic content: selection of verbal mode (Indicative/Subjunctive) in indirect style, speech verbs, direct style punctuation, periphrastic passive

UNIT V: TEXTOS CREATIVOS.

Setting of Linguistic Mediation: Translate literary fragments for Spanish speakers.

Handling of cultural references (adaptation, equivalence, explication, etc.)
Translation strategies: use of equivalent texts, consulting published translations
Linguistic content: descriptive language, dialogue punctuation.

Course Methodology

The course will be based on the development of written and oral skills in Spanish by means of the active participation of students in group and assembly activities, as well as in guided individual work activities which the students will prepare for class activities and which will further their practice of the processes of mediation outside of class.

Course Evaluation

Attendance and participation: 20%
Four translation projects: 60%
Final evaluation: 20%

Bibliography (Text and Materials)

Texts that the teacher will provide for each translation include the original text, texts related to the subject written in Spanish or English, glossaries, among others.

Bilingual Spanish Dictionaries

V.V.A.A. 1992. Collins Diccionario español-inglés, English-Spanish. Glasgow & Nueva York. Grijalbo/Harper Collins, 32 ed.
V.V.A.A. 1994. El Diccionario Oxford español-inglés, English-Spanish. Oxford. OUP

Monolingual Spanish Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Bosque, Ignacio (dir.), 2004, Redes. Diccionario combinatorio del español contemporáneo, S.M., Madrid. Combinative dictionary, very useful for lexical precision.
Corripio, Fernando, 1994, Diccionario de ideas afines. Herder, Barcelona. Dictionary of synonyms.
Moliner, María, 1982, Diccionario de uso del español, Madrid, Gredos.
Casares, Julio, 1981, Diccionario ideológico de la lengua española, Barcelona, Gustavo Gili. Dictionary of synonyms/thesaurus.
Real Academia Española, 2001, Diccionario de la lengua española, Madrid. This can also be consulted online at www.rae.es

Rules and Style.