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Academic Year/course: 2017/18

416 - Degree in English

27845 - Contrastive Linguistics Applied to Translation


Syllabus Information

Academic Year:
2017/18
Subject:
27845 - Contrastive Linguistics Applied to Translation
Faculty / School:
103 - Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
Degree:
416 - Degree in English
ECTS:
6.0
Year:
4 and 3
Semester:
First semester
Subject Type:
Optional
Module:
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5.1. Methodological overview

See "Learning activities " and "Syllabus".

More information will be provided on the first day of class.

5.2. Learning tasks

  • Theoretical lectures.
  • Practical lectures.
  • Individual work.
  • Personal study.
  • Assessment activities.

5.3. Syllabus

(27845) Contrastive Linguistics Applied to Translation

I- The domain of translation (English-Spanish):

1. Introduction. Defining translation.

2. Textual unity and discourse diversity: text-types, registers and genres.

3. The translator’s tools: dictionaries, reference books and new technologies.

4. Translation strategies: transposition, modulation, adaptation and others.

II- The domain of Contrastive Linguistics (English-Spanish):

5. Lexicogrammatical equivalence. Contrastive analysis of English and Spanish at word and phraseological level: interlinguistic transfer.

6. Translation problems beyond the sentence: the pragmatic and discoursal level. Exploring the notion of context.

7. Revising translations. Avoiding interlinguistic transfer: a linguistic taxonomy of errors.

5.4. Course planning and calendar

See the academic calendar of the University of Zaragoza (http://academico.unizar.es/calendario-academico/calendario) and the website of the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts (Schedule of classes: https://fyl.unizar.es/horario-de-clases#overlay-context=horario-de-clases; Examination schedule: https://fyl.unizar.es/calendario-de-examenes#overlay-context=)

More information will be provided on the first day of class.

5.5. Bibliography and recommended resources

 BB Baker, Mona. In other words : a coursebook on translation / Mona Baker . - [1st.ed.] London ; New York : Routledge, 1992
BB Mackenzie, J. Lachlan. Compare and contrast : an english grammar for speakers of spanish / J. Lachlan Mackenzie and Elena Martinez Caro . 1a ed. Granada : Comares, 2012
BB Rojo, Ana. Step by step : a course in contrastice linguistics and translation / Ana Rojo. Oxford, etc. : Peter Lang, cop. 2009
BC Agencia EFE. Diccionario de español urgente / Agencia EFE. Madrid : SM, 2001
BC Collins COBUILD English dictionary / [editor in chief John Sinclair] . - reimp. London : HarperCollins, 2000
BC García Izquierdo, Isabel. Análisis textual aplicado a la traducción / Isabel García Izquierdo, Universitat Jaume I Valencia : Tirant lo blanch, 2000
BC García Yebra, Valentín. Teoría y práctica de la traducción / Valentín García Yebra ; Prólogo de Dámaso Alonso . 3a. ed. rev. Madrid : Gredos, 1997
BC Gómez Torrego, Leonardo. Ortografía de uso del español actual / Leonardo Gómez Torrego Madrid : SM, D.L. 2000
BC Harvey, Sándor G. J.. Thinking Spanish translation : a course in translation method: Spanish to English / Sándor Harvey, Ian Higgins, Louise M. Haywood . London : Routledge, 1995
BC Longman dictionary of English language and culture. - 3rd ed., 2nd imp. Harlow, England : Longman, 2005
BC López Guix, Juán Gabriel. Manual de traducción Inglés-Castellano : teoría y práctica / por Juan Gabriel López Guix, Jacqueline Minett Wilkinson . - 1ª ed. Barcelona : Gedisa, 1997
BC Martínez de Sousa, José. Diccionario de redacción y estilo / José Martínez de Sousa . 3a. ed. Madrid : Pirámide, 2003
BC Martínez de Sousa, José. Diccionario de usos y dudas del español actual / José Martínez de Sousa . - 2a. ed. Barcelona : Biblograf, 1998
BC Newmark, Peter. A textbook of translation / Peter Newmark . - [1st ed.] New York [etc.] : Prentice Hall, 1988
BC Newmark, Peter. More paragraphs on translation / Peter Newmark Clevedon : Multilingual Matters, cop. 1998
BC Newmark, Peter. Paragraphs on translation / Peter Newmark. Clevedon : Multilingual Matters, 1995
BC Oxford English dictionary. The Compact edition of the Oxford English dictionary : complete text reproduced micrographically . - 1st ed., 15th repr. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1977
BC Rabadán, Rosa. La traducción inglés-español : fundamentos, herramientas, aplicaciones / Rosa Rabadán, Purificación Fernández Nistal León : Universidad de León, 2002
BC Roget, Peter Mark. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases / new edition prepared by Susan M. Lloyd . - New ed., impr. Harlow : Longman, 1985
BC Smith, Colin. Collins diccionario español-inglés, inglés-español = Collins Spanish-English, English-Spanish dictionary / por Colin Smith ; en colaboraciòn con Diarmuid Bradley... [et al.] . - 3a ed. = 3rd. ed. [1st. reprint] Barcelona : Grijalbo ; Glasgow : HarperCollins, 1993
BC Zaro, Juan Jesús. Manual de traducción = a manual of translation : textos españoles e ingleses traducidos y comentados / J.J. Zaro, M. Truman . - 1a. ed. Madrid : SGEL, 1999