Department for
German Language and Literature
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences University of Zagreb
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Course description: Methodology of Translation Print

Course: Methodology of Translation

ECTS credits: 2

Language: German and Croatian

Duration: one semester

Status: obligatory

Course type: 2 hours of seminar

Course description: This seminar is intended to introduce students to the stages of the translation process. It covers following topics: translator as an expert (translation competences, translation ethics), receptive stage of the translation process, productive stage of the translation process.

Learning outcomes: Upon completion of the course students are expected to be able to: describe the key translation competences, discuss the translation ethics, identify the text type of the source text, analyse the source text, use various translation tools and technologies, choose and defend their translation strategies and solutions.

Teaching methods: ex-cathedra teaching, pair work, group work

Literature: Kautz, Ulrich: Handbuch Didaktik des Übersetzens und Dolmetschens. München: Iudicium, 2002; Prunč, Erich: Translationsethik. U: Zybatow, Lew N. (ur.) Fluctat nec mergitur. Translation und Gesellschaft. Festschrift für Annemarie Schmid zum 75. Geburtstag. Peter Lang, 2005; Dockhorn, Renate: SDL Trados Studio 2015 für Einsteiger und Umsteiger: Bild-zu-Bild-Anleitung mit Alignment und MultiTerm. Berlin: BDÜ Verlag, 2016; Göpferich, Susanne: Translationsprozessforschung. Stand – Methoden – Perspektiven. Tübingen: Gunter Narr Verlag, 2008; Nord, Britta: Hilfsmittel beim Übersetzen. Eine empirische Studie zum Rechercheverhalten professioneller Übersetzer. Frankfurt am Main usw.: Peter Lang, 2002; Schüßler, Hanna: „Wer suchet, der findet?“ Die Vermittlung von Internetrecherchekompetenz in der Übersetzerausbildung. Hamburg: Verlag Dr. Kovač, 2012; Gojmerac, Mirko; Mikić, Pavao: Kroatische Touristikwerbung in deutscher Übersetzung. Jastrebarsko: Naklada Slap, 2008.

Evaluation Methods and Grading: seminar paper