MELA47730: Translation Practica

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• To introduce modern translation practices which are used in the present-day translation industry and intercultural projects.

• The module will feature the practice of a variety of kinds of interlingual, intralingual and intersemiotic transfer, such as, localisation, transcreation, audio-visual translation, editing, precis writing, gist translation, translation-compilation, plain language, terminology management and cultural consultation.

Subject-specific Knowledge:

• By the end of this module students will acquire:
• An up-to-date perspective on modern translation practices
• A deeper understanding of translation and related practices in today's world
• A rich and realistic vision of how interlingual translation interacts with related practices of working with texts
• An understanding of what transferrable translation skills are and how they can use them in their future career

Subject-specific Skills:

• By the end of this module, students will acquire the ability to:
• Gain skills in various operations with source texts going beyond full-text interlingual translation.
• Work towards a variety of tasks involving translational practices both intralingually, interlingually and across different sign systems and media.
• Use their knowledge of the cultures involved in an intercultural project.
• Analyse and explain the skopos of a translational/intercultural project

Key Skills:

• By the end of this module, students will acquire the ability to:
• Design intercultural consultancy scenarios.
• Analyse and explain to stake-holders relevant working techniques
• Make use of transferrable skills in real-life situations.

• The module is taught through classes combining lectures and seminars in which students are introduced to translational/intercultural practices and implementing them individually and in groups.
• The module is assessed by means of one essay of 5,000 words on one or several modern translational/intercultural practices.

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