2008_09
Educational guide 
Facultat de Lletres
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Filologia Anglesa (2001)
 Subjects
  TRADUCCIÓ ANGLESA I
   Contents
Topic Sub-topic
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 1. Value of this type of anallysis.
2. Automatic procedures.
3. Non-automatic procedures.
Translation practice from English into Catalan or Spanish 1. Jounalistic Text
2. Specialised Text