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G R A D U A T E D E G R E E P R O G R A M M E : E N G L I S H S T U D I E S<br />
Quality<br />
assurance<br />
methods<br />
Student feedback via questionnaires and surveys.<br />
Lecturers responsible for the same subject area collaborate closely and<br />
monitor each other’s work.<br />
Course title<br />
Course code<br />
Translation Methodology – Theory and Practice<br />
HZE708<br />
Type of course Lecture + Seminar / Advisory hours<br />
Core course (Elective course in 3.1.1.)<br />
Level of course Specialised level course<br />
Year of study First Semester Two<br />
ECTS<br />
6 ECTS credits<br />
(Number of Contact hours (30 lectures + 25 seminars + 5 advisory hours) = 2 credits.<br />
credits allocated) Student study time (135 hours) = 4 credits.<br />
Name of lecturer Prof Dr Zjena Čulić<br />
Ivana Petrović, Assistant<br />
Learning The objective of the course is translator competence rather than translation<br />
outcomes and competence wherein the emphasis is placed on the complex nature of the<br />
competences professional translator’s task and the non-linguistic skills that are required;<br />
thus it is possible to distinguish between the more general types of native<br />
and foreign language communicative competence and the translation skills<br />
that are specific to professional translation.<br />
After the student has successfully completed specialized translator<br />
education s/he should be able to translate difficult scientific and technical<br />
texts from source language into a foreign language (even under time<br />
pressure) so that the result is perfect with respect to both content and<br />
language. S/he should be able to interpret specialized conversations and<br />
conferences quickly and without error.<br />
After the completion of this course, translator competences will include the<br />
interlingual transfer ability and the research skills, the ability to write in the<br />
native language, creative thinking, and the skills and understandings implied<br />
by the word professional.<br />
The learning outcome of translation methodology is to build a<br />
communicative competence focusing on grammatical, sociolinguistic,<br />
discourse, and strategic competences.<br />
Prerequisites Competences and skills acquired after the completion of the third year<br />
undergraduate study programme; the student's grade point average should<br />
be at least 3.5.<br />
Course contents The course is based on the assumption that translation is not an exclusively<br />
linguistic operation of transcoding the source text into the target language<br />
but a process which includes cultural, social, cognitive and communication<br />
components and the respective skills/competences.<br />
The aim of the course is to enable the learner to translate specialised texts<br />
and to translate, consecutively and simultaneously lectures and speeches at<br />
conferences. Consequently the course combines sound translation pedagogy<br />
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