Overview
Lecturer
Maria Crina Herțeg
Seminar tutor
Maria Crina Herțeg
Type of course
Elective (1 of 2)
Language of instruction
English
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Applied Modern Languages
Field of study
Translation and interpretation
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Debate
Entry requirements
Course in Translations Studies
Aims
To acquire competences that enable students to translate business and economic texts
To develop the capacity of identifying and translating a large variety of business texts
To develop the translation competence
Course contents
CP 1 IDENTIFYING PROBLEMS IN THE PROCESS OF TRANSLATING ECONOMIC TEXTS
CP 2 TYPES OF ERRORS THAT MAY OCCUR IN THE TRANSLATION PROCESS
CP 3 FINANCIAL VOCABULARY. TRANSLATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
CP 4 THE CHART OF ACCOUNTS
CP 5 INCOTERMS
CP 6 PAYMENTS, SETTLEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF FUNDS: METHODS OF PAYMENT IN FOREIGN TRADE/ METHODS OF PAYMENT IN HOME TRADE
CP 7 THE STOCK EXCHANGE. FOREIGN EXCHANGE AND EXCHANGE RATES
CP 8 TAKEOVERS AND MERGERS
CP 9 EXPORTS AND IMPORTS
CP 10 CURRENCY MARKETS AND FINANCIAL MARKETS
CP 11 PENSIONS AND OTHER FINANCIAL PRODUCTS
CP 12 CORPORATE FINANCE
CP 13 TAXATION
TRANSLATING CONTRACTS: Auditing reports
CP 14 DEPOSITS AND BANK ACCOUNTS [TYPES OF ACCOUNTS / TYPES OF LOANS /TYPES OF DEPOSITS / INTERESTS]
Learning outcomes
Students are able to translate business and economic texts
Assessment
Written assesment: translation Portfolio
Recommended reading
Routledge Encyclopaedia of translation studies.
Baker, M.
Routledge, London, 1998
A companion to translation studies
Bermann, S., & Porter, Ch.
Wiley Blackwell, Chichester, 2014
The Oxford handbook of translation studies
Malmkjaer, K., & Windle, K.
Oxford University Press., Oxford, 2012
Introducing translation studies. Theories and applications (3rd ed).
Munday, J.
Routledge, London, 2012