ETI 319 | Course Introduction and Application Information - Department of English Translation and Interpreting

Course Name

Translation Theory

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
ETI 319	Fall	3	0	3	6

Prerequisites	None
Course Language	English
Course Type	Required
Course Level	First Cycle
Mode of Delivery	face to face
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course	Discussion Q&A Lecture / Presentation
National Occupation Classification	-
Course Coordinator	-
Course Lecturer(s)	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Gülden TANER YAVUZ
Assistant(s)	-

Course Objectives	The primary objective of the course is to enable students to acquire the body of theoretical literature on translation, to train students on problem-solving and critical thinking in the in-depth translation practices, and to apply the acquired theoretical knowledge in the translational act.
Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; describe the basic theories and approaches of translation; apply these theories and approaches in the translation of various texts in English and Turkish; identify the decisions made by the translator using theoretical terminology while analyzing translated texts in both languages; explain the problems encountered during translational act and criticism using specialized terminology of translation theory; discuss the relationship between translation/translators and socio-cultural/political events.
Course Description	This course treats the art of translation from the dual perspectives of theory and practice. In the course, various theoretical topics influencing the translator's choices will be addressed and students' abilities of problem-solving and critical thinking will be improved via various translation activities.
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Course Category	Core Courses
	Major Area Courses	X
	Supportive Courses
	Media and Management Skills Courses
	Transferable Skill Courses

Week	Subjects	Related Preparation
1	Introduction
2	What is theory? What is translation theory?	Chesterman, A. (2007), On the idea of a theory, Across Languages and Cultures, 8(1), 1–16. ISSN: 1585-19231585-1923
3	The Scope Of Translation Theory	Jeremy Munday, “Main Issues in Translation Studies”, chap. 1 in Introducing Translation Studies. Theories and Applications, (London: Routledge, 2001), 8-28. ISBN 10: 0415229278.
4	A Brief History of Translation Studies & Turkish Tradition in Translation	Jeremy Munday, “Translation theory before 20th Century”, chap. 2 in Introducing Translation Studies. Theories and Applications, (London: Routledge, 2001), 29-40. ISBN 10: 0415229278. Berk-Albachten, Ö. (2006), Translating the “West”: The Position of Translated Western Literature within the Turkish Literary Polysystem, RiLUnE, 4, 1-18. ISSN: 0968-1361; Paker, S. (1998), Turkish Tradition. In Encyclopedia of Translation Studies, (ed.) Mona Baker & Gabriela Saldanha, London & New York: Routledge, 571-582.
5	Memes of Translation	Andrew Chesterman, “Survival Machine for memes”, chap. 1 in Memes of Translation: The Spread of Ideas in Translation Theory, (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: J. Benjamins, 1997), 5-18. ISBN: 9789027283092 Andrew Chesterman, “The Evolution of translation memes”, chap. 2 in Memes of Translation: The Spread of Ideas in Translation Theory, (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: J. Benjamins, 1997), 19-50. ISBN: 9789027283092
6	Equivalence	Jeremy Munday, “Equivalence and equivalent effect”, chap. 3 in Introducing Translation Studies, Theories and Applications, (London: Routledge, 2001), 35-49. ISBN 10: 0415229278.
7	Types of Translation – Jakobson’s Semiotic Classification (Intralingual, Interlingual, and Intersemiotic Translation	Reuben Brower (ed.), On Translation, (New York: OUP, 1959), 23-29. ISBN: 9780674731615.
8	Pragmatic Translation Strategies	Jeremy Munday, “Functional Theories of Translation”, chap. 5 in Introducing Translation Studies, Theories and Applications, (London: Routledge, 2001), 72-81. ISBN 10: 0415229278.
9	Midterm
10	Contemporary Translation Theories- Descriptive Translation Studies, Polysystem Theory and Norm Theory	Jeremy Munday, “System Theories”, chap. 7 in Introducing Translation Studies, Theories and Applications, (London: Routledge, 2001), 108-125. ISBN 10: 0415229278.
11	Translation and Culture, The concept of cultural turn, Realia, The concept of shifts in translation	Jeremy Munday, “Varieties of Cultural Studies”, chap. 8 in Introducing Translation Studies, Theories and Applications, (London: Routledge, 2001), 126-138. ISBN 10: 0415229278.
12	Translator’s Visibility, undocumented status of translators, employment conditions	Jeremy Munday, “Translating the foreign: the (in)visibility of translator”, chap. 9 in Introducing Translation Studies, Theories and Applications, (London: Routledge, 2001), 144-156. ISBN 10: 0415229278.
13	Flipped Class: Student perspectives on theory	Theoretical discussions on the materials brought by the students - video presentations
14	Flipped Class: Student perspectives on theory	Theoretical discussions on the materials brought by the students - video presentations
15	Semester Review
16	Final Exam

Course Notes/Textbooks

Jeremy Munday, “Introducing Translation Studies, Theories and Applications”, (London: Routledge, 2001). ISBN 10: 0415229278.

Andrew Chesterman, “Memes of Translation: The Spread of Ideas in Translation Theory”, (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: J. Benjamins, 1997). ISBN: 9789027283092.

Suggested Readings/Materials

Susan Bassnett, Andre Lefevere (eds), “Translation, History and Culture”, (London/New York: Pinter Publishers, 1990). ISBN 0-86187-100-6.

Mona Baker, “In Other Words: A Coursebook on Translation”, (London/New York: Routledge, 1992). ISBN-10: 0415467543.

Edwin Gentzler, “Contemporary Translation Theories”, (London/New York: Routledge, 1993). ISBN-10: 0415091721.

Berrin Aksoy, “Geçmişten Günümüze Yazın Çevirisi”, (Ankara: İmge Yayıncılık, 2002). ISBN: 9755333711.

Özlem Berk, “Kuramlar Işığında Açıklamalı Çeviribilim Terimcesi”, (İstanbul: Multilingual, 2005). ISBN: 9756542624.

Şehnaz Tahir Gürçağlar, “Çevirinin ABC’si”, (İstanbul: Say Yayınları, 2011). ISBN: 6050200084

Semester Activities	Number	Weigthing
Participation	1	10
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments	1	5
Presentation / Jury	1	10
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm	1	30
Final Exam	1	45
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade	4	55
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade	1	45
Total

Semester Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)	16	3	48
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)	16		0
Study Hours Out of Class	14	3	42
Field Work			0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques			0
Portfolio			0
Homework / Assignments	1	10	10
Presentation / Jury	1	15	15
Project			0
Seminar / Workshop			0
Oral Exam			0
Midterms	1	25	25
Final Exam	1	40	40
		Total	180

#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	* Contribution Level
#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	To be able to use advanced, field-specific conceptual, theoretical, and practical knowledge acquired,	-	-	-	-	X
2	To be able to analyze and research field-specific concepts and ideas and to interpret data individually or as a team using scientific methods,	-	-	X	-	-
3	To be able to understand and use grammatical and semantic structures of the source and target languages,	-	-	-	-	-
4	To be able to obtain information about social, cultural, and historical approaches within the source and target languages and to use this information for textual analysis and production,	-	-	-	-	-
5	To be able to understand and interpret written and oral texts in the source language and to transfer these texts into the target language using a semantically and functionally appropriate language,	-	-	-	-	-
6	To be able to produce creative translations and assess the translation products critically by defining the steps, strategies and problems in the translation process in the light of field-specific theoretical knowledge and skills acquired,	-	-	-	-	X
7	To be able to transfer the theoretical knowledge and research skills within different areas of expertise to translational act,	-	-	-	-	-
8	To be able to use computer-assisted translation tools and machine translation effectively at each step of the translation process, and to follow the theoretical and practical developments in these fields,	-	-	-	-	-
9	To be able to gain awareness of the translator’s social role, job profile, and professional ethical values and to acquire workload management skills for individual or team work,	-	X	-	-	-
10	To be able to access necessary sources to improve quality at each step of the translation process and to assess the target text in accordance with the quality objectives by using these sources,	-	-	-	-	-
11	To be able to establish effective oral and written communication skills both in English and Turkish, to be able to speak a second foreign language at a good level, to be able to use a third foreign language at intermediate level,	-	-	-	-	-
12	To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise.	-	-	-	-	-