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Translation Practice: Social and Human Sciences (English to 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 be able to evaluate critically and comparatively different translations of the same source language text.

General characterization

Code

711121055

Credits

6.0

Responsible teacher

Miguel Nuno Mercês de Mello de Alarcão e Silva

Hours

Weekly - 4

Total - 168

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

Available soon

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, pp. 88-98.

Teaching method

Presentation of the Social Sciences and Humanities to be explored;
Regular translation practice, identifying the problems raised by each text.

Evaluation method

Método de avaliação - A written test, done in class(50%), Oral presentation of translations of previously assigned texts(50%)

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.