Translation of Pragmatic Texts (German)
Code
722101028
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Línguas, Culturas e Literaturas Modernas, Secção de Estudos Alemães
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Ana Maria Bernardo
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
1) To identify pragmatic texts.
2) To carry out research appropriate to the type of text.
3) To apply hermeneutic strategies.
4) To analyse advertising and propaganda texts.
5) To recognize their underlying argumentational structures.
6) To produce acceptable translations of pragmatic texts (reproducing their persuasive effect).
7) To apply mechanisms of self-correction to translated texts.
Prerequisites
Not applicable.
Subject matter
1. Text type, genre and species
2. Definition and characterization of pragmatic texts
3. Exercises to foster the development of hermeneutic skills
4. Speech acts
5. Personal, social and local deixis
6. Descriptive, narrative, explanatory and argumentative structures in advertising and political discourse
Bibliography
1) Bernardo, A. (2013). \"Operações de tradução - um capítulo esquecido da tradutologia\". C.V. Ferreira et al (eds). A Scholar for All Seasons. Homenagem a João de Almeida Flor. Lisboa: CEAUL, pp. 145-158.
2) Bernardo, A. (2013) \"Tipo, género e espécie de texto - para uma classificação textual relevante para a tradução\". Estudos Linguísticos/ Linguistic Studies 8, Lisboa: Colibri, pp. 73-89.
3) Meibauer, J. (2001). Pragmatik. Tübingen: Stauffenburg.
4) Nord, Ch. (2009). Textanalyse und Übersetzen. Tübingen: Julius Groos.
5) Roelcke, Th. (2010). Fachsprachen. Berlin: Erich Schmidt.
Teaching method
The postgraduate seminars are both theoretical and practical with a strong interactive component on the part of the students. The teaching methodologies are based on three main areas: 1) exercises (application of key concepts on pragmatic texts, after they have been explained in class); 2) commented translations of previously prepared pragmatic texts (justifying translational options); and 3) commented translation of a pragmatic text of average difficulty (final individual work).
Evaluation method
Assessment will be ongoing, with no final examination, involving real participation in the work. Items 1), 2) and 3) above mentioned have identical weighting in the final mark, that is, 30%, 30% and 40% respectively.