Undergraduate Course: Literary Translation in Practice (Portuguese to English) (ELCH10056)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course will offer students the opportunity to produce translations of a range of literary texts in Portuguese, including extracts of novels, poetry and complete short stories. Students will be required to produce original translations and write commentaries on these, as well as analyse and comment on published translations. They will be introduced to some of the core theories of translation practice, and the course will also make extensive use of peer reviewing processes and negotiated group translation as the students hone their skills. Assessment will consist of a portfolio of 2x translations with accompanying commentaries (50%) and a time-limited final translation and commentary (50%), scheduled during the exam period. |
| Course description |
This course offers students the opportunity to produce translations of a range of literary texts in Portuguese, including extracts of novels, poetry and complete short stories. Students will be required to produce original translations and write commentaries on these, as well as critically analyse and comment on published translations. The course will be delivered over 10 weeks, with 2-hour seminars each week. Students will be introduced to some of the core theories of translation practice, and the course will also make extensive use of peer reviewing processes and negotiated group translation to hone skills. Assessment will consist of a portfolio of 2x translations with accompanying commentaries (50%) and a time-limited final translation and commentary (50%), scheduled during the exam period.
Topics covered may include:
- What is literary translation? How to evaluate translations?
- Eugene Nida and the idea of equivalence
- Hans Vermeer and SKOPOS theory
- Lawrence Venuti and domestication/foreignisation
- Translating complex syntax
- Translating context
- The industry of literary translation
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Entry to Portuguese Hons required |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2022/23, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 22 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
196 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Coursework 100%:
Porfolio of translations with commentaries (50%): 2x translations with accompanying critical commentaries (800 words; +10%) [one formative; one summative; best mark carried over]
Time-limited final assessment (50%): One translation and a 1000-word (+10%) commentary on it, produced over a defined time lapse during the exam diet. |
| Feedback |
Feedback on formative and summative assessment will be provided |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate a detailed understanding of the process of translating literary texts from Portuguese into English.
- Apply a range of translation strategies and approaches which can be adapted to the needs of a given translation situation and to the demands of a given text.
- Discern nuanced shifts in register, genre, and tone in the practice of literary translation.
- Critically evaluate their own translation practice, as well as that of others.
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Reading List
These texts which form the theoretical basis of the course are suggested readings. Compulsory readings will be available on Learn.
David Bellos, "Translating Literary Texts", in Is that a Fish in Your Ear? (London: Particular Books, 2001), pp. 302-311.
Jeremy Munday, "Translation variation and its link to attitude", in Evaluation in Translation: Critical Points of Translator Decision-making (New York: Routledge, 2012), pp. 131-154.
Susan Basnett, "Specific problems of literary translation", in Translation Studies, rev. edn. (London: Routledge, 1991), pp. 76-119.
Jeremy Munday. "Issues in translation studies", in The Routledge Companion to Translation Studies (Abingdon: Routledge, 2009), pp. 1-19.
Francis R. Jones, "Chapter 1: Introduction" in Poetry Translating as Expert Action (Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing, 2011), pp. 1-15.
Recommended
J. Levý, "1.4. Literary methodology", The Art of Translation, trans. by Patrick Corness (Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamin Publishing Company, 2011), pp. 13-21; and J. Levý, "Original verse and translated verse", The Art of Translation, trans. by Patrick Corness (Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamin Publishing Company, 2011), pp. 189-203.
Juliane House, "Equivalence in translation" and "Views on evaluating translations", Translation (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009), pp. 29-42 and pp. 47-57.
Federico M. Federici, "Introduction: Dialects, idiolects, sociolects: Translation problems or creative stimuli?", in Translating Dialects and Languages of Minorities: Challenges and Solutions, ed. by Federico M. Federici (Bern: Peter Lang, 2011), pp. 1-20.
Hans J. Vermeer, "Skopos and Commission in Translational Action", trans. by Andrew Chesterman, in The Translation Studies Reader, ed. by Lawrence Venuti (London: Routledge, 2000), pp. 1989-232. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | DELC Lit Translation |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Charlotte Gleghorn
Tel: (0131 6)51 3237
Email: Charlotte.Gleghorn@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Gillian Paterson
Tel: (0131 6)50 3646
Email: Gillian.Paterson@ed.ac.uk |
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