Introduction to Translation
Introduction to Translation
Readings, individual research projects, and group translation activities. How the translation profession works. Developing the ability to translate general financial and legal texts. Learning to read texts critically.
| Hours | 3.0 Credit, 3.0 Lecture, 0.0 Lab |
| Prerequisites | PORT 321 |
| Taught | Fall, Winter |
| Programs | Containing PORT 360 |
Course Outcomes:
Vocabulary development
Students will produce a log of their own malapropisms and false cognates (minimum 100 words or conjugational parts).
Professional level translations
Students will produce, after several edited iterations, a legible translation of a professional treatise or work of fiction, appropriate to the social register of their audience.