Guía docente 2011_12 Facultad de Letras

Contenidos

tema	Subtema
Linguistic and non-linguistic aspects of translation	1. Introduction: translation as a human activity, main modes of this activity. 2. The translation process: factors, participants and tools. 3. Text type as a factor: functional categories. 4. Dictionaries and their limitations. 5. The cultural factor: problems, parameters and solutions. 6. Lexical problems: synonymy, metaphors and frequency of use.
Analysis of specific translation procedures at the micro-level (in text segments) in samples of translation	The language pair involved will be English-Catalan and/or English-Spanish
Translation practice from English into Catalan or Spanish	The Source Texcts will be Journalistic and Technical (specialised)