Unit THEORY AND TECHNIQUE OF TRANSLATION
- Course
- Languages, comparative literatures and intercultural translation
- Study-unit Code
- GP005174
- Curriculum
- Lingue e studi sulla traduzione
- Teacher
- Diana Peppoloni
- Teachers
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- Diana Peppoloni
- Hours
- 36 ore - Diana Peppoloni
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2021
- Offered
- 2022/23
- Learning activities
- Affine/integrativa
- Area
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- Academic discipline
- L-LIN/02
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- The course aims to provide the epistemological, technical and cultural foundations of the Theory of Translation, with particular reference to the different fields of professional translation, the history of the theory and the translation techniques used in the various professional fields, as well as useful technologies in the current array of this discipline.
In this way, the complex multidisciplinary framework on which the translation practice rests, ranging from the challenges of electronic translation to the ethics of the translator, will be defined in a diachronic and synchronic trajectory. We will also try to highlight the importance, for the translator, of possessing, and improving over time, the knowledge of a syntactic and pragmatic order, both in the target language and in one's mother tongue, so as to be able to manage the complexity of the text, supporting its communicative effectiveness.
The primary purpose of the course remains, however, the development of critical and responsible thinking and the autonomy of the subject with respect to interpretative and professional potential. - Reference texts
- Nergaard, S. (Ed.), La teoria della traduzione nella storia, Bompiani, 2002
Diadori, P., Teoria e tecnica della traduzione. Strategie, testi e contesti, Le Monnier Università, 2012
Bibliographic information will be provided during the course, available on the course page in Unistudium (https://unistudium.unipg.it/).
Students with disabilities and/or with SLD, after consultation with the teacher, can request any didactic materials in accessible formats (presentations, handouts, exercises), provided if necessary in advance of the lessons, as well as the use of other facilitating technological tools in the study phase. For general information, consult the University Services on the page https://lettere.unipg.it/home/disabilita-e-dsa and contact the Department Coordinator. - Educational objectives
- The course provides the essential notions for practicing the translation activity or getting to know its theoretical, technical and applied aspects. This is to ensure that students have the parameters and techniques to deal with texts referring to different textual genres and with different degrees of difficulty, regardless of the working languages, and are able with experience to develop a systematic approach to translation.
At the end of the course, students must be able to:
- recognize the characteristics of a text and of textual genres, with particular reference to the languages ¿¿studied and to Italian;
- identify the nodal points and critical elements of a potentially complex text from a translation point of view (e.g., anaphoras, ellipses, collocations, nominalizations, etc.);
- know the most diffused IT tools to support the translator's work (e.g., corpora, electronic dictionaries, glossaries, translation memories). - Prerequisites
- Linguistic and textual analysis skills.
- Teaching methods
- Lessons and exercises on selected texts.
- Other information
- For any question or doubt, please contact the teacher at the following email address: diana.peppoloni@unipg.it
For additional information on lessons and exams, please consult the website http://lettere.unipg.it/ and the specific course page in Unistudium (https://unistudium.unipg.it/).
Attendance at the course is highly recommended.
Working or non-attending students must contact the teacher to get insights on exam preparation.
Students with disabilities and/or SLD: for any information on the University's services, see the page https://lettere.unipg.it/home/disabilita-e-dsa and contact the Department contact person. - Learning verification modality
- Oral examination.
Working or non-attending students must contact the teacher to get insights on exam preparation.
Students with disabilities and/or with SLD: for the modality of carrying out the verification tests, students can take advantage of inclusive technologies, compensatory tools and dispensatory measures provided for by the legislation. Technologies, tools and measures must be requested and agreed with the teacher well in advance of the tests. For general information, consult the University Services on the page https://lettere.unipg.it/home/disabilita-e-dsa and contact the Department Coordinator. - Extended program
- The course is divided into two modules.
The first module concerns the main theories elaborated during the history of translation and which constitute the methodological basis of translation practice.
The second module concerns the current most diffused theories of translation and the different techniques adopted according to the type of text to be translated. Theoretical reflections and practical examples are proposed, guiding the student to identify some of the main problems in translation.