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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS MUT 2040 GER-TUR SIGHT 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

ASISTANT PROFESSOR DILEK ALTINKAYA NERGIS

Offered to

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

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to acquire the basic skills of sight interpreting as a an introduction to simultaneous and consecutive interpretation.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   List and describe various strategies of interpreting 2   Able to acquire the basic skils for fast and effective reading and apply them in translation situations 3   Prepare specialized terminology and utilize them in sight translation practices 4   Develop awareness for their passive knowledge in various fields and utilize this knowledge in actual translation situations 5   Develop a deeper awareness of the practical searching tecniques and find solutions for interpreting problems in 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 A. Syllabus reading B. What is onsight translation 2 Text types and main ideas Information on English and Turkish text types 3 Reading Techniques I Fast and efficient reading methods 4 Reading Techniques II Practices in class 5 Translation Strategies I Division techniques, syntactic techniques etc. 6 Translation Strategies II Division techniques, syntactic techniques 7 Translation Strategies III Sub clauses, noun clause exercises 8 Midterm Exam 9 Translation Strategies IV Paraphrasing, condensing 10 Exercises Using passive knowledge 11 Classroom exercises Sight translation practice using the reading and translation techniques 12 Classroom exercises Sight translation practice using the reading and translation techniques 13 Classroom exercises Sight translation practice using the reading and translation techniques 14 Classroom exercises Sight translation practice using the reading and translation techniques

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Kautz, Ulrich. Handbuch des Übersetzens und Dolmetschens. 2. Examples from different text types.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 PRC PRACTICE 3 ASG ASSIGNMENT 4 FIN FINAL EXAM 5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + PRC * 0.15 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.40 6 RST RESIT 7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + PRC * 0.15 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.40 *** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1.One mid-term and one final oral exams are given throughout the semester. 2.There will be in-class practices throughout the semester, thus students participation is included in the assessment. 3.Each student is expected to submit three individual homeworks.

Language of Instruction

German

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance is required 2. Students must come to class prepared.

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 5 65 Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6 Preparation for final exam 1 10 10 Preparing assignments 3 8 24 Final 1 3 3 Midterm 1 3 3 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

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.12 PO.13 PO.14 PO.15 LO.1 5 4 5 5 2 LO.2 5 3 4 5 4 2 LO.3 5 4 5 5 5 2 LO.4 5 5 5 5 3 5 LO.5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 3 5