Overview
Lecturer
Andra Ursa
Seminar tutor
Andra Ursa
Type of course
Compulsory
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
Analysis, explanation, translation analysis, debate
Entry requirements
Demonstrable fluency in reading literature in a language other than English.
Aims
Understanding and acquiring the theories of translation and the aspects involved in this process of literary translation.
Developing a critical opinion towards the existing translations.
onsidering questions of translatability, fidelity, the hierarchical division between original texts and their translations, and the charged politics of translation.
turning in a portfolio of translation exercises, each finalized and accompanied by a critical translator’s introduction
Course contents
1. The Fundamentals (Why literary translation?; The uniqueness of literary translation; preparing to translate) 2h
2. Translation, community, utopia, questions and answers about being a literary translator, translation practice (English-Romanian)
2h
3. The difference that translation makes: the translator’s unconscious, translation practice (Romanian-English) 2h
4. How to read a translation? , translation practice (English-Romanian), Translation analysis 2h
2h
5. Translations on the book market, translation practice (Romanian-English) 2h
6. The poet’s version or an ethic of translation translation practice (Romanian-English) 2h
7. Towards a translation culture, translation practice (English-Romanian) 2h
8. Equivalence at word level, the problem of non-equivalence, translation practice (English-Romanian) 2h
9. Equivalence above word level, The translation of idioms-difficulties
translation practice (Romanian-English) 2h
10. Grammatical equivalence, the diversity of grammatical categories across languages, translation practice (English-Romanian) 2h
11. Textual equivalence: cohesion, translation practice (English-Romanian) 2h
12. Pragmatic equivalence: coherence translation practice (Romanian-English) 2h
13. Semiotic equivalence translation practice (Romanian-English) 2h
14. Beyond equivalence: Ethics and morality, translation practice (English-Romanian) 2h
Learning outcomes
Theoretical, functional and creative competences concerning the correct and coherent translation of literary texts
Assessment
Written assessement (50%) Analysis of different registers language and functional styles of the language for transferring from one language to another; translations from selected literary texts - portfolio (50%)
Recommended reading
In other words. A coursebook on translation
Baker, Mona.
Routledge., London/New York, (1992)
Translation changes everything. Theory and practice
Venuti, L.
Routledge, London, 2013
“On Publishing the Literary Short Story” http://www.cmmayo.com/onpublishingtheliteraryshortstory.htm (Links to an external site.) [available at the link above]
C.M. Mayo