Basic Translation: Written & Sight - 4 credits

This is an introductory course in translation, covering a variety of registers: commercial, journalistic, legal, literary, medical, and technical. Students learn to apply text analysis, text typology, and contrastive analysis of their working languages to identify, analyze, and resolve translation problems while independently developing an efficient and rational approach to the process of translation. In addition, course assignments include practice and graded exercises in translation and sight translation, utilizing authentic texts drawn from an extensive variety of text categories that include, but are not limited to, current events, general political economy, general legal documents, and scientific and technical topics for general audiences. Language Specific. Prerequisite: MODL 4701 Theory & Practice of Translation and Interpretation and admission to the Certificate of Advanced Study in Translation Studies.