Principles of Text Linguistics&Translation

361 Eng

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Course Outline & Distribution

 

Course Title: Text-linguistics and Translation                          Course Tutor: Omar Jabak

Contact Hours: 3 per week                                                           Level 5 – 1430H

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Week 1 : What is Translation

• Kinds of Translation
• Translation Strategies
• Unit of Translation
• Translation Shifts

Week 2: Analysis of Meaning

• Concept of Equivalence
• Approaches to Equivalence

Week 3: Text-linguistics and Translation

• Standards of Textuality
• Context Vs Discourse

Week 4: Text-typology

Week 5: Common Mistakes in Translating into English

(Linguistic Mistakes)

Week 6: Common Mistakes in Translating into English

(Cultural Mistakes)

Week 7: Common Mistakes in Translating into Arabic

Week 8: Mid-term Test

Week 9: Text Register

Week 10: Translation and Culture

• Venuti's Concept of Foreignization and Domestication
• Ivir's Strategies of Translating Cultural References

Week 11: Relevance Theory

• Grice's Maxims

Week 12: Medieval Arabic Translation

• Arabs' Role in Translation

Week 13:General Translation Vs Specialized/Technical Translation

• General Translation Practice

Week 14:Arabic Translation of Technical Texts

• Scientific Text
• Medical Text

Week 15:Extended Practice of Technical Translation

• Legal Text
• Political Text

Week 16: Course Revision & Students' Feedback on the Course

Week 17: End-of-the-term Exam

References:

Baker. M 1995 In Other Words: A coursebook on translation, Routledge: London & New York.

Basil Hatim and Jeremy Munday2004 Translation: An advanced resource book, Oxen: Routledge.

Darwish. Ali  http://www.at-turjuman.com/

Dickins J et al 2002 Thinking Arabic Translation: A course in translation method: Arabic to English, Oxon: Routledge.

Jacobson. R 2001 'On Linguistic Aspects of Translation', in: L Venuti (ed), The Translation Studies Reader, Routledge: London & New York, pp

Lawrence Venuti, ed 2000 The Traslation Studies Reader, Routledge.

Newmark.P 1981/1988 Approaches to Translation, Hemel Hempstead: Prentice Hall.

Omar Jabak 2009 The ABC of Translation, Saudi Arabia, Sharqan Alghamdi.