COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO TRANSLATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MÜA 5034 INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO TRANSLATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

GERMAN TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

GERMAN TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING

Course Objective

This course gives students opportunity to analyse translation through the perspectives of other disciplines such as cultural studies, sociology, semiotics, media studies, philosophy, history, and politics. Interdisciplinary and cross methodological approaches along with traditional translation theories and models are questioned and redefined.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students understand the relationship between scientific autonomy and interdisciplinarity.
2   Students develop awareness for interdisciplinary nature of translation.
3   Students evaluate the relationship between translation and other disciplines from the viewpoint of interdisciplinarity
4   Students can evaluate and discuss translation problems from the viewpoint of other disciplines.
5   Students can use the theoretical, historical, and critical information and skills acquired from various disciplines in translation training.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Theoretical approaches to translation
3 Transaltion Studies and Interdisciplinarity
4 Translation and cultural studies I
5 Translation and cultural studies II
6 Translation and semiotics I
7 Translation and semiotics II
8 Midterm
9 Translation and Philosophy I
10 Translation and Philosophy II
11 Translation and Sociology I
12 Translation and Sociology II
13 Translation and History/Politics I
14 Translation and History/Politics II
15 Translation and media studies
16 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): WILLS, Wolfram (2000) Interdisziplinarität: ein neues Ubersetzungswissenschaftliches Paradigma " Schmitt, Peter (ed.) Paradigmenwechsel in der Translation. Festschrift für Albrecht Neubert zum 70.Geburtstag.Tübingen: Stauffenburg s. 265-278.

Supplementary Book(s): Kaindl, K. (2009) Übersetzung als gesellschaftliches Phaenomen: Soziologische Ansaetze in der Übersetzungswissenschaft. Kalverkaemper, H., Schippel, L. Translation zwischen Text und Welt. Translationswissenschaftals historische Disziplin zwischen Moderne und Zukunft. Berlin: Frank&Timme S. 155-167.
Bachmann-Medick, Doris (2006) Cultural Turns. Neuorientierungen in den Kulturwissenschaften. Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt (2. Aufl. 2007)
Buden, B., Mennel, B. Nowotny S. (ed.) (2013 ) Translating Beyond Europe
Zur politischen Aufgabe der Übersetzung. Berlin/Wien: Turia + Kant.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecturing 2. Problem Solving 3. Discussion 4. Demonstration 5. Preparation and/or presentation of reports

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


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)

Dr. Sevdiye Köksal sevdiye.koksal@deu.edu.tr

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 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 5 5 25
Preparing presentations 3 5 15
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 169

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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