Technical and Scientific Translation German_Portuguese

Code:

MTSL033

Acronym:

TTCAP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Language Sciences - Translation

Instance: 2022/2023 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Germanic Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Master of Arts in Translation and Language Services

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MTSL	4	Study plan	1	-	3	21,5	81

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Continuing the work carried out in other courses in the field of translation, this course aims to familiarize students with different knowledge and skill requirements of the professional translation of various types of text. Apart from the work of more practical nature, students will also develop fundamental scientific research skills to enable justification of strategies and solutions, using the most appropriate metalanguage.

Learning outcomes and competences

Students who successfully complete this class will: be able to analyse scientific and technical texts of various types; be able to choose the most adequate translation strategy and solution; be able to justify their choices; be able to carefully select and make effective use of the multiple resources: information provided by experts in different fields, the Internet, databases, CAT tools, electronic corpora, Machine Translation; be able to specialize in different areas, i.e., be autonomous learners of specialized languages; be fully familiar with all the different phases of a professional translation project; be able to work in a translation team and to network with other language service professionals; be aware of the need to implement a quality assurance plan adapted to each translation project.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Various text types of different domains (academic texts, abstracts, contracts, medical texts, etc..) will be analyzed (collocations, phraseology, terminology, structure, style and register) and translated in form of a translation project. The project will include different steps: the preparation of a budget, the analysis of the necessary documentation, the distribution of translation tasks, the selection of the most appropriate tools to pursue the project, the terminology research and the delivery of the translation product to the client.

Mandatory literature

Gõpferich, Susanne; Textsorten in Naturwissenschaften und Technick. ISBN: 3-8233-4538-9

Complementary Bibliography

Gõpferich, Susanne; Interkulturelles Tecnical Writing. ISBN: 3-8233-4760-8

Teaching methods and learning activities

Depending on class size, students will be divided into groups of 3 or 4 and will form their own Translation Companies. Each company will be responsible for: - creating their own image (through a webpage and Power Point presentations); - deciding on each partner’s specific responsibilities (project management, translation, revision, overall quality control, etc.); - managing each translation job in a professional manner (from answering requests for quotation and planning the project to delivering the final product and invoicing the client); Feedback will be provided on each job, which will have to be revised following the comments and suggestions received.

Software

SDL Trados Translation Studio 2011

keywords

Humanities > language sciences > Linguistics
Humanities > language sciences > Languages

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	40,00
Teste	60,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	34,50
Frequência das aulas	21,50
Trabalho de investigação	25,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

Students are expected to attend 75% of classes, unless otherwise agreed.

Calculation formula of final grade

Attendance and conclusion of individual tasks of translation and translation projects in a group: 40%
Written Test: 60%

Classification improvement

Students wishing to improve their final grade will repeat the written test.

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