English language practice. Literary translation

1. The Fundamentals (Why literary translation?; The uniqueness of literary translation; preparing to translate) 2. Techniques of translation ( Decisions at the outset: fluency and transparency; the author-translator- reader triangle; word for word or thought by thought) 3. What literary translators really translate; style in translation; fiction and footnotes. 4. Some notes on translating poetry (to rhyme or not to rhyme) 5. Other areas of literary translation (translating non-fiction; translating for the teacher; translating children’s literature) 6. Special problems in literary translation (English with a restricted vocabulary: a case study; working with subtext; indirect translation; the translator’s tools: references, how to use dictionaries for translation, electronic vs. printed dictionaries, dictionaries on the internet) 7. Final steps ( Proofreading, grammar checkers, verifying against the source language)

Acquiring basic skills in some techniques of literary translation, tackling key issues of literary translation, using special resources and main translator's tools, verifying the translation outcome