This course is open to exchange students whose first language is Spanish. This course runs in Term 1 only.

Non-native speakers who have an advanced knowledge of Spanish should consider Spanish through Translation (LL294)

This module is designed to meet the needs of undergraduates who wish to acquire basic translation skills and develop their language proficiency.

Students will work on translation from both Spanish to English and English to Spanish. The module is built around translating and discussing the translation of a variety of texts in both languages, to enable students to develop their translation skills, and in doing so to reach a high level of language proficiency. Furthermore, students acquire basic concepts about Translation Studies, which enable them to reflect upon and justify their own translations.

Course Text

No textbook is required. Selected texts will be provided. These are drawn on a variety of sources of texts in Spanish and in English (e.g. newspapers, novel excerpts, business correspondence, tourist literature, audiovisual fragments, etc.)

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the module, students will be able to:

· Demonstrate a high level of language proficiency by writing clear, well-structured translations of a variety of texts in Spanish and in English.

· Demonstrate an extended knowledge of English grammatical, lexical and idiomatic structures by applying a high level of analytical, reading and writing skills.

· Appreciate distinctions of style and register in written texts and select appropriate style and register in their own translations, taking into account their target readers.

· Show a higher degree of intercultural awareness by recognising and identifying elements, values and references proper to the cultures represented in the written documents studied.

· Evaluate and present critical analyses of linguistic and cultural issues and debate questions of style, register, syntax and vocabulary in a variety of written documents.

Tutors

Dr Mónica Martín-Castaño and Peter O'Sullivan