Translation

The course aims at developing students' language skills in translation at C1 level, thus enabling them to achieve the learning outcomes provided for the subject.

The aim of the course is to translate texts from English into Polish and from Polish into English by transferring the meaning of the original into the target language and paying special attention to extralinguistic factors. The topics of the texts may include tourism and architecture, current affairs, instruction manuals, literature, culture-related events, sport, business, law, medicine. The text types represented may be news articles, reports, academic papers, manuals, weebsites, brochures and promotional materials. Topics discussed may cover dealing with cultural issues, register, humour, language exercises, CATs, machine translation and postediting. Due to time constraints not all topics may be covered during the semester and may be updated to address students' needs. The list of topics will be discussed with the students and announced at Class 1.

Required:

1. Belczyk, Arkadiusz. Poradnik tłumacza. Z angielskiego na nasze. Wydawnictwo Idea. Kraków 2002.

Optional:

Selected chapters from:

Pisarska, Alicja. Tomaszkiewicz, Teresa. Współczesne tendencje przekładoznawcze. Podręcznik dla studentów neofilologii. Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM. Poznań, 1996.

Dzierżanowska, Halina. Przekład tekstów nieliterackich na przykładzie języka angielskiego. PWN. Warszawa, 1998.

Tomaszkiewicz, Teresa (tłum.). Terminologia tłumaczenia. Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM. Poznań, 2006.

Hejwowski, Krzysztof. Kognitywno-komunikacyjna teoria przekładu. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. Warszawa, 2004.

Wolański, Adam. Edycja tekstów. Praktyczny poradnik. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. Warszawa 2008.

Jak pisać i redagować? Poradnik redaktora. Wzory tekstów użytkowych. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA. Warszawa 2009.

recommended websites

REGULAR CLASSES

Learning materials will be uploaded to the Moodle platform. The student will be obliged to study them, complete topic-related assignments and upload them to Moodle by the agreed deadline.

Assessment methods:

1) in-class and home assignments, collected into a portfolio - after each class, a student should collect all pertinent materials in a paper or electronic portfolio, made available to the teacher at the end of the semester; the tasks will not be individually graded (unless in exceptional situations like a borderline final grade); however, if they are completed in a neglectful manner, exhibiting less than C1+ command of English and lack of adequate research, the student's final grade will be lowered. (W1, W2, W6, U1, U6, U7)

2) presentation [15%] (pair or group work, around 20 minutes + exercise) covering issues arising in the translation of a text assigned as homework, with:

- specific examples of translation problems,

- suggested solutions,

- useful resources on which the solutions are based),

- related translation exercise for the classmates.

or a translation-related topic discussed in class, with:

- relevant terms and concepts (bibliography and resources where possible),

- examples of situations in which a given issue may arise,

- related exercises for the classmates: terms to explain, real/hypothetical scenarios to discuss

(W3, W5, W7, W8, U5, U6, K1, K2, K3)

3) graded in-class translations - two per semester [30% each], dates agreed with students at one of the first two meetings, translation of brief texts (about 200 words, each): one from English into Polish, the other from Polish into English. If failed, the assignment may be re-taken once. (W1, W2, W6, U7,

4) project - [25%] translation of one text of student’s choice (1800 characters, spaced; any topic) – from English into Polish or from Polish into English, plus translation diary. If failed, the project may be re-taken once (translation of a new text). (W1, W2, W4, U6, U7, K1, K2)

5) activity during the class (understood as asking pertinent questions or expressing opinions) - The activity as such will not be graded; however, if the student fails to contribute to the class, their final grade may be lowered. (W4, U1, U2, U3, U4, U5, U8, K4)

Assessment criteria:

- home, classroom and online assignments – teacher’s monitoring and notes;

- portfolio (printed or electronic) of in-class and home assignments – after each class, the student should collect the materials connected therewith; teacher’s monitoring and notes;

- graded in-class translations (two pers emester),

- presentation; evaluated by the classmates and the teacher,

- project: translation of one text of student’s choice (English-Polish, Polish-English) + translation diary; the translation is graded,

- activity, understood as student's contribution to the class, teacher’s monitoring and notes,

‘Teacher’s monitoring and notes’ means that the teacher will record whether and how the student completed a given assignment.

2- 0-59%

3 – 60-69%

3+ – 70-75%

4 – 76-85%

4+ - 86-90%

5 – 91-100%

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(in the event of) ONLINE CLASSES

Learning materials will be uploaded to the Moodle platform. The student will be obliged to study them, complete topic-related assignments and upload answer sheets to Moodle by the deadline (usually a week of the publication of materials). Online meetings via MsTeams will be held regularly, in which case the student will be obliged to have access to the platform.

Assessment methods:

- tests - two per semester (30% each), dates agreed with students at the first meeting, involving the translation of two brief texts (about 200 words, each): one from English into Polish, the other from Polish into English. If failed, a test may be re-taken once.

- project (25%) - translation of one text of student’s choice (1800 characters, spaced; any topic) – from English into Polish or from Polish into English, plus translation diary. If failed, the project may be re-taken once (translation of a new text).

- presentation (15%) of a translation task completed at home or a translation-related issue researched at home

- group assignments - translating and proofreading; the students will have a week to upload their assignments. The tasks will not be graded (unless in exceptional situations like a borderline final grade); however, if they are completed in a neglectful manner or uploaded after the deadline, the student's final grade may be lowered.

The teacher may refuse to give the student the final grade if the student persistently fails to complete the tasks assigned.