COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CRITICAL APPROACHES TO TRANSLATION PRACTIES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MÜI 5049 CRITICAL APPROACHES TO TRANSLATION PRACTIES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

ENGLISH TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ATALAY GÜNDÜZ

Offered to

ENGLISH TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to evaluate students' translation works with a critical approach based on theoretical background, and to understand the scientific criteria of critical approach by analyzing different translation criticism methods.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will recognize the characteristics of a scientific criticism by linking theoretical approaches to translation criticism and practice.
2   Students will be able to use the concepts of translation studies within the scope of translation criticism.
3   Students will be able to discuss different criticism methods on concrete examples.
4   Students will be able to complete an independent critique.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Current practices and controversial issues in translation criticism
3 Linguistic Translation Criticism Methods
4 Linguistic Translation Criticism Methods
5 Target-oriented Translation Criticism Methods
6 Target-oriented Translation Criticism Methods
7 Midterm Exam
8 Sociological Translation Criticism Methods
9 Sociological Translation Criticism Methods
10 Sociological Translation Criticism Methods
11 Student Presentations
12 Student Presentations
13 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

BAKER, Mona. 2001. Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies (ed.). (I. Basım: 1998). London/New York: Routledge.
BROECK, Raymond van den. 1985. Second Thoughts on Translation Criticism: A Model for its Analytic Function . The Manipulation of Literature (ed. Theo Hermans). London: Croom Helm. 54-62.
REISS, Katharine. 2000. Translation Criticism. The Potentials and Limitations. Manchester: Saint Jerome Publishing.
ROSE, Marilyn Gaddis. 1997. Translation and Literary Criticism: Translation as Analysis. Manchester: Saint Jerome Publishing.
Heson, Lance. 2011. An Approach to Translation Criticism. John Benjamins.
RIFAT, Mehmet (yay. haz.) 1996. Eleştiri ve Eleştiri Kuramı Üstüne Söylemler. Istanbul: Düzlem Yayınları.
PAKER, Saliha. 1983. Çeviride Yanlış/Doğru Sorunu ve Şiir Çevirisinin Değerlendirilmesi . Yazko Çeviri. 13. 131-139.
PAKER, Saliha. 1988. Çeviri Eleştirisinin Kuramla Ilişkisi Üzerine Bazı Düşünceler . Metis Çeviri. 4. 116-121.
KARANTAY, Suat.1993. Çeviri Eleştirisinin Bilimsel Konumu Üzerine Eleştirel Görüşler ve Bir Model Önerisi . Dilbilim Araştırmaları. Ankara: Hitit Yayınevi. 17-24.
KARADAĞ, Ayşe Banu. 1997. From Impossibility to Possibility in Poetry Translation: A New Insight for Translation Criticism. Unpublished M.A. Thesis. Boğaziçi University.
GÖKTÜRK, Akşit. 2000. Çeviri Eleştirisi . Çeviri: Dillerin Dili (1st edition: 1998). Istanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları. 80-91.
BENGI-ÖNER, Işın 2001. Çeviri Kuramlarını Düşünürken. Istanbul: Sel Yayıncılık.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dr. Gülfer Tunalı

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 2 20 40
Midterm 1 10 10
Final 1 10 10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 192

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.154355
LO.235
LO.345244
LO.4534

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