COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TRANSLATION OF MEDICAL TEXTS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IMT 3104 TRANSLATION OF MEDICAL TEXTS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies (English)

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ALEV TISON

Offered to

Department of Translation and Interpreting Studies (English)
English Translation and Interpreting

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to introduce the terminology of medical texts either in source or in target language, and translate various medical texts into English and Turkish.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students can analyze the texts on medicine and pharmacology in the terminological and textual levels.
2   Students can translate the medical terminology into Turkish and/or English.
3   Students can translate medical texts in different types and genres into Turkish and/or English.
4   Students can excel in finding solutions to terminological and stylistic problems encountered in the translation process.
5   Students can use effectively electronic or printed resources for medical translation.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 General overview on the terminological and textual characteristics of medical and pharmacological texts.
3 General characteristics of medical translation
4 Human Anatomy
5 Body systems: Nervous System
6 Body systems: Respiratory System
7 Mid-term
8 Translation practice: popular medical texts, encyclopedic description of diseases
9 Translation practice: prospectuses
10 Body systems: Skeletal and Muscular System
11 Body systems: Urinary System
12 Body systems: Circulatory System
13 Body systems: Reproduciton System
14 Body systems: Digestive System

Recomended or Required Reading

Vicent Montalt , Maria González-Davies: Medical Translation Step by Step, Learning by Drafting

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Face to face and interactive courses. Students are expected to come class having translated the texts that are assigned to them weekly and to participate in class discussions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 +ASG * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.30 +FCG * 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. One midterm exam and one final exam will be given throughout the term.
2. Students are expected to come class translated the texts that are assigned to them weekly and to participate in class discussions and practices. Students are also expected to submit two homeworks based on invidual research.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Attendance is required
2. Any kind of plagiarism will be subject to disciplinary action.
3. Homework must be handed in on the due date.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparing assignments 5 5 25
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 112

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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