Course: Academic Text Translation

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Course title Academic Text Translation
Course code KNJ/PRODT
Organizational form of instruction Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Wagnerová Lucie, prof. PhDr. DrSc.
Course content
1. Taxes 2. Market 3. Consumption 4. Distribution channels 5. Environment 6. Banks 7. Stock exchange 8. Foreign trade 9. Goods 10. Current status of the Czech economy 11. Final test

Learning activities and teaching methods
Interactive lecture, Practicum
  • Contact hours - 20 hours per semester
  • Preparation for formative assessments (2-20) - 20 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 20 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to have knowledge of German language at the level B2+ and higher
to have a general overview (history, politics, sport, technology, etc.)
learning outcomes
to deepen professional vocabulary (factual content of terms, knowledge of the issue)
Skills
to apply techniques of translation of various kinds of technical texts
to communicate about professional issues
teaching methods
Knowledge
Interactive lecture
Practicum
assessment methods
Test
Skills
Skills demonstration during practicum
Continuous assessment
Recommended literature
  • 15x o překladu. Praha JPT, 1999.
  • Höppnerová, Věra; Kernerová, Jaroslava. Němčina v hospodářství. 3., přeprac. vyd. Praha : Ekopress, 2004. ISBN 80-86119-80-7.
  • Hrdlička, Milan. Translatologický slovník : výběr z českých a slovenských prací z teorie překladu. Vyd. 1. Praha : Jednota tlumočníků a překladatelů, 1998. ISBN 80-902208-9-4.
  • Hugo Siebenschein a kol. Velký německo-český a česko německý slovník. Lada, 2006. ISBN 80-7335-012-2.
  • Josef Berger. Německo-český hospodářský slovník. Nakladatelství Fraus k.s., Plzeň, 1997. ISBN 80-85784-28-9.
  • Ulrich Kauz. Handbuch des Übersetzens und Dolmetschens. Goetheinstitut 2000. ISBN 3-89129-449-2.


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