Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Translation Practice in Social Sciences and Humanities (English/Portuguese) - 2nd semester

Code

711121055

Academic unit

Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas

Department

Línguas, Culturas e Literaturas Modernas, Secção de Estudos Ingleses e Norte-Americanos

Credits

6

Teacher in charge

Miguel Alarcão

Weekly hours

4

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

a) To improve the linguistic and cultural knowledge of different (con)texts in Social Sciences and Humanities.
b) To develop practical translation skills in the above-mentioned field.
c) To enhance the ability to evaluate critically different translations of one same source language text.




Prerequisites

n.a.

Subject matter

1. General problems met when translating texts pertaining the Social Sciences and Humanities.
2. Translation of source language texts from the above-mentioned field.
3. Critical assessment and analysis of lexical/vocabulary choices, style, pragmatics, etc.

Bibliography

Pasta com textos seleccionados de Ciências Sociais e Humanas (disponível na loja NOVA CÓPIA).
- BAKER, Mona (1992). Coursebook on Translation. London/New York: Routledge.
- KATAN, David (1999). Translating Cultures: An Introduction for Translators, Interpreters and Mediators. Manchester: St. Jerome Publishing.
- NEWMARK, Peter (2003). A Textbook of Translation. Essex: Longman.
- WALLERSTEIN, Immanuel (1981). Concepts in the Social Sciences: Problems of Translation. In Translation Spectrum: Essays in Theory and Practice. Ed. M.G. Rose. Albany: State University of New York Press, 88-98.


Teaching method

Presentation of the Social Sciences and Humanities to be explored; regular translation practice, identifying the problems raised by each text; comparative analysis of different translations/versions, including, whenever possible, those published in Portuguese.

Evaluation method

Translations done in class without prior preparation; oral presentation of translations of previously assigned texts (50%); a written test, done in class (50%).

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