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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
MUT 2053	INTRODUCTION TO GERMAN-TURKISH TRANSLATION	COMPULSORY	3	0	0	6

Offered By

Translation and Interpreting(Turkish-German-English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR GÜLPERI SERT

Offered to

Translation and Interpreting(Turkish-German-English)
Translation and Interpreting

Course Objective

This course aims to prepare students for translations in specific fields from German to Turkish. In this context, it is aimed to offer students a general overview on German translation practices.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	will gain a professional view on what translation and text are
2	can use basic resources like dictionaries that will be used in the translation process
3	knows various text types in levels
4	can use basic translation strategies
5	knows the basic concepts of the field

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introduction	The introduction of the content of the class and first translation experiences with aphorisms
2	Basic concepts	What is text and translation , Auxiliary resources
3	Text and translation types	The responses to the W-questions
4	Introductory texts with examples	(Manuals) translation approaches
5	Translation approaches for Informative texts with examples
6	Translation approaches for texts of newspaper ad with examples
7	Translation approaches for advertisement texts with examples
8	Midterm Exam
9	Translation approaches for news with examples
10	Translation approaches for official documents with examples
11	Translation approaches for official documents with examples
12	Literary translation approaches with examples (anecdote / fable)
13	Translation approaches for short stories with examples
14	Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Eruz, Sakine 2008. Akademik Çeviri Eğitimi, Çeviri Amaçlı Metin Çözümlemesi. Istanbul: Multilingual
Eruz, Sakine 2000. Çeviri Eğitiminde Koşut Metinler. Istanbul Üniversitesi Çeviri Bölümü. Rektörlük Yayınları No. 4238
Yazıcı, Mine 2005, Çeviribilimin Temel Kavram ve Kuramları, Istanbul: Multilingual.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.30 +ASG * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.30 +FCG * 0.40

*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-5: It will be assessed by questions asked in the mid term and final exams in the proportions stated above, questions of analysis, and also by homework and class participation.

Language of Instruction

German

Course Policies and Rules

1. %70 Attendance is compulsory.
2. Non-attendance will not be considered as an excuse for late submission of homework.
3. Participation in the mid-term exam, homework and final exam will be taken into consideration for assessment.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	3	39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	13	4	52
Preparation for midterm exam	1	6	6
Preparation for final exam	1	10	10
Preparing assignments	7	4	28
Final	1	3	3
Midterm	1	3	3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			141

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11	PO.13	PO.14	PO.15
LO.1	5	3	5	5	5	3	5	5	5	4	4	5	5
LO.2		3		5	5	3	5	5	5	4	4	5	5
LO.3	5	3	5	5	5	3	5	5	5	4	4	5	5
LO.4		3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5
LO.5		3		5	5	3	5	5		4	4		5

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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