COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FOREIGN LANGUAGE TRANSLATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MÜA 5010 FOREIGN LANGUAGE TRANSLATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

GERMAN TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR PELIN ŞULHA

Offered to

GERMAN TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to translate different types of texts from English to Turkish and vice versa.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students can explain different sources and research methods they use in the translation process.
2   They can describe various translation problems.
3   They can find solutions to translation problems and explain their reasons.
4   They can explain the different strategies used in translated texts.
5   They can translate different types of texts.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Giriş
2 Theories of Translation: Basic concepts and terms(literal translation, free translation, equivalence, faithful translation)
3 Different types of translation methods and strategies-Text types-Examples
4 Simple Sentences-from English to Turkish
5 Compound Sentences- from English to Turkish
6 Paragraph Translation- from English to Turkish
7 Paragraph Translation- from English to Turkish
8 Midterm
9 Paragraph Translation- from English to Turkish
10 Simple Sentences-from Turkish to English
11 Compound Sentences- from Turkish to English
12 Paragraph Translation- from Turkish to English
13 Paragraph Translation- from Turkish to English
14 Paragraph Translation- from Turkish to English

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Boztaş Ismail; Ahmet Kocaman. Ingilizce Çeviri Kılavuzu. Taş Kitabevi: Ankara, 2004.
Supplementary Book(s): Boztaş Ismail. Çeviri El Kitabı: Belge Çevirileri. Pelikan Tıp Teknik

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. Questions asked in midterm and final exams will be used for assessment.

Language of Instruction

German

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

pelin.sulha@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 3 5 15
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 123

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.15555
LO.25555
LO.35555
LO.45555
LO.5