Introduction to Translation Studies 1.2.5-EC-ITS

The concept of translation; History and current state of translation research.
Interdisciplinary foundations of translation studies; Participants in the act of translational communication; The position of the translator in the translation system.
Transcoding and interpretation; The concept of translational equivalence; Basic types of equivalence; Types of equivalence according to Kohler; The concept of formal and dynamic equivalence; The concept of equivalence levels - Kommisarov.
Untranslatability as a principle; Arguments for untranslatability; Limits of translatability; Untranslatable text types.
Lexis without equivalents - concept and types; Methods of translating non-equivalent lexis; The concept of names of realities and their importance for translation; Types of names of realities; Ways of translating the names of realities.
Proper names as a translation problem; Ways of translating proper names.
Phraseologisms and methods of their translation.
Types of translation transformations; Reasons for translation transformations; Lexical changes as a type of transformation; Adding information in the translation text as a type of transformation and its causes.
Classification of text types for translation purposes; Criteria for classifying text types.
Literary translation; Basic differences between literary and functional translation; Poetic translation and translation of poetry; Types of poetic translation.
Translation techniques; Differences between oral and written translation; Required skills and predispositions of an interpreter; Simultaneous interpreting - its phases and pace; Varieties of simultaneous interpreting; Consecutive interpreting - essence and phases.
Division of specialized texts; Translation of legal and legal texts; Judicial translation (sworn).
Translation of texts in the form of captions; Dubbing as a type of text translated for cinematography.
Translation errors; The so-called false friends of the translator; Dictionary as a translator's tool.
Test.