COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GERMAN TRANSLATION IN SPECIAL FIELDS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IMT 4138 GERMAN TRANSLATION IN SPECIAL FIELDS 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

AYŞEGÜL KAPLAN

Offered to

Course Objective

The course aims to help students acquire knowledge and skills that are necessary for translating short passages from various fields from German into Turkish.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able to understand and interpret written texts of various types, in source language
2   Be able to translate these texts into target language, according to their meanings and functions
3   Be able to solve translational problems
4   Be able to evaluate and criticize translations

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Textuality criteria and text types
2 Textuality criteria and text types
3 Informative texts and translation examples
4 Translation practice
5 Scientific texts and translation examples
6 Translation practice
7 Comparative translation practices
8 Mid-term
9 Translation in special fields: Tourism
10 Translation in special fields: Business
11 Translation in special fields: Diplomacy
12 Translation in special fields: Law
13 Translation in special fields: Medicine
14 General review

Recomended or Required Reading

Texts of various types, from different sources

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Face-to-face, interactive method

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.40


*** 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

German

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

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
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 112

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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