MODL5302M Extended Translations
30 Credits Class Size: 150
Module manager: Elisabetta Adami
Email: e.adami@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: 1 Jan to 31 Aug View Timetable
Year running
2024/25
Mutually Exclusive
This module is not approved as an Elective
Objectives
This module is designed to provide students with experience in producing medium-length translation of a professional standard from one or two languages into English; it is also intended to increase participants' awareness of what the translation process involves.
Syllabus
Students will be expected to produce two translations of significant length, each with a commentary. The specific texts to be translated will be chosen by the individual student, although subject to the agreement of his or her supervisor and the programme directors. The two translations should relate to different subject fields (although these may fall within a single text-type); for students offering two foreign languages one translation should normally be from language I into English and the other from language II into English. Students who are doing any module involving translation out of English (e.g. MODL5111M, MODL5112M or MODL5116M) may elect to do one translation out of English in place of one of these translations. In exceptional circumstances, other students may also do one of their extended translations out of English, subject to the approval of the programme directors.
Teaching Methods
| Delivery type |
Number |
Length hours |
Student hours |
| Supervision |
2 |
1 |
2 |
| Lecture |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Private study hours |
296 |
| Total Contact hours |
4 |
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) |
300 |
Private study
Research for and translation of two texts
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
Through supervision sessions with supervisors
Methods of Assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type |
Notes |
% of formal assessment |
| Project |
1 x 4,000-5,000 word translations or equivalent in character-based languages, each with a commentary to be submitted at the end of August |
50 |
| Project |
1 x 4,000-5,000 word translations or equivalent in character-based languages, each with a commentary to be submitted at the end of August |
50 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) |
100 |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Reading List
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Last updated: 13/05/2024
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