Unit name | Translating in a Professional Context |
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Unit code | MODL30010 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Fricker |
Open unit status | Not open |
Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) |
None |
Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) |
None |
Units you may not take alongside this one |
None |
School/department | School of Modern Languages |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit will introduce final-year students to the different contexts in which professional translation takes place. The unit will focus on three themes: i) the professional context(s) of translation; ii) the translation brief; iii) criteria for the evaluation of translation.
Aims: To introduce students to a significant body of knowledge of a complexity appropriate to final year level. The content will include linguistic terminology relevant to translation; translation theory; translation analysis; translation technologies. To enhance students’ capacity to reflect effectively on their own translation practice. To develop further skills of synthesis, analysis and independent research, building on the skills acquired in units at level I. To equip students with skills relevant to professional practice or postgraduate study in translation.
Successful students will demonstrate
Teaching will be delivered through a conbination of synchronous sessions and asynchronous activities, including seminars, lectures, and collaborative as well as self-directed learning opportunities supported by tutor consultation.
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How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the Faculty workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. If you have self-certificated your absence from an
assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any extenuating circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.