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FR3319:06

Theory and Practice of Translation

Townsville, Cairns

HECS Band 1

26 hours tutorials, 13 hours major translation assignment in Self-access centre. Full year.

Staff:

Dr C Mann.

Translation theory and practice including cross-cultural considerations and the role of translators.

Learning Objectives:

to make explicit some of the major differences between English and French e.g. in the ordering of elements within complex sentences, in the linking of sentences and paragraphs, in levels of abstraction;

to make explicit the importance of cultural values in the comprehension of a text;

to give students practice in applying the above in practical translating.

Assessment by end-of-semester examination (50%); assignments (50%).