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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
MUT 2059	LINGUISTICS FOR TRANSLATORS (GER)	ELECTIVE	2	1	0	4

Offered By

Translation and Interpreting(Turkish-German-English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR AHMET OLGUN

Offered to

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

Course Objective

The course objective is to acquire a linguistic view over text analysis and text production in the translation process.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Differentiate language and text dimensions;
2	Use morphologic features of language in creating new terms in technics and other specific fields;
3	Analyze communication factors and functions in oral/written/audio-visual source and target texts;
4	Compare semantical analysis of oral/written/audio-visual source and target texts;
5	Use technics of linguistic and semantic shifting in oral/written/audio-visual source and target texts;
6	Analyze semiotic features of oral/written/audio-visual source and target texts;
7	Differentiate and produce figures of speech in oral/written/audio-visual source and target texts.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Introduction
2	Language and text dimensions
3	Morphemes
4	Relation between morpheme and translation
5	Communication, its factors and functions
6	Pragmatics
7	Pragmatics
8	Mid-term exam
9	Semantic approaches to translation process
10	Analysis of semantic features
11	Linguistic and semantic shifting in translation
12	Semiotic elements in translation
13	Figures of speech
14	Translatability

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Pelz, Heidrun (1996). Linguistik: Eine Einführung, Hoffmann und Campe.
2. Malmkjaer, Kirsten (2005). Linguistics and The Language Of Translation, Edinburgh University Press.
3. Vardar, Berke. Açıklamalı Dilbilim Terimleri Sözlüğü, Istanbul: Multilingual.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures
2. Exercises/assignments

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	FIN	FINAL EXAM
3	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4	RST	RESIT
5	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. LO 1-7: 30% of assessment will be based on assignments and participation,
2. LO 1-3: Assessment will be based on questions related with theories, text comparison, analysis and production,
3. LO 4-7: Assessment will be based on same methods used in mid-term exam.

Language of Instruction

German

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance (70%) is obligatory.
2. Absence will not be regarded as a rationale for late submission of assignments.
3. Active participation will be influential in 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	2	26
Tutorials	13	1	13
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	13	3	39
Preparation for midterm exam	1	4	4
Preparation for final exam	1	6	6
Preparing assignments	5	4	20
Final	1	2	2
Midterm	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			112

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	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	3	3	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
LO.2	5	3	3	3	3	5	5	4	2	4	4	4	4	5
LO.3	5	3	3	3	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
LO.4	5	3	3	3	3	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	5
LO.5	5	3	3	3	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
LO.6	5	3	3	3	3	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	5
LO.7	5	3	3	3	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	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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