COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FRENCH-TURKISH TRANSLATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FRA 3005 FRENCH-TURKISH TRANSLATION COMPULSORY 2 0 0 4

Offered By

French Language Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DUYGU ÖZTIN PASSERAT

Offered to

French Language Teacher Education

Course Objective

Providing the prospective teachers with the knowledge, skills and attitudes which will let them translate different types of French texts into Turkish.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knowing the translation act.
2   Being able to explain the cognitive and linguistic stages of translation act.
3   Being able to explain the basic concepts of translation.
4   Being able to use dictionary and other supplementary resources.
5   Being able to use suitable translation techniques and strategies.
6   Being able to understand and comment different types of source texts and transfer them, appropriately to their meanings and functions, into the target language.
7   Being able to identify the translation issues and finding solutions to them.
8   Being able to evaluate and criticize a translation.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition of translation, its formation process and components.
2 Basic terms and concepts of translation: Verbal translation, free translation, equivalence, loss of meaning and style in translation
3 Correct and efficient use of dictionaries and other sources
4 Translation exercise: Informative text translation passages of news extracted from newspapers and magazines
5 Translation exercise: Informative text translation (continued)
6 Translation exercise: Scientific text translation
7 Translation exercise: Scientific text translation (continued)
8 General review, Course evaluation, Midterm exam
9 Translation exercise: Literary text translation Short story
10 Translation exercise: Literary text translation (continued) Novel
11 Translation exercise: Literary text translation (continued) Theatre
12 Translation exercise: Literary text translation (continued) Poetry
13 Translation exercise: Translation evaluation Prose
14 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1. M. Ballard (dir.), La traduction à l'université, Recherches et propositions didactiques, Presses Universitaires de Lille.1993
2. J. Delisle, La traduction raisonnée, Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa, 1993.
3. E. Lavault, Fonctions de la traduction en didactique des langues, Didier-Erudition, 1985.
4. A. Göktürk, Çeviri : Dillerin Dili, YKY, 2006

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Translation practice with texts, discussion, evaluation, forming mutual texts.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

French

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

duygu.oztin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
In-class practices 1 8 8
Preparing presentations 1 8 8
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 88

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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