General Translation I Spanish_Portuguese

Code:

LA026

Acronym:

TGEP1

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Language Sciences

Instance: 2024/2025 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Applied Languages

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LA	11	Study plan	2	-	6	41	162

Teaching language

Portuguese and Spanish

Objectives

This course intention is to provide the possibility of putting two Romance languages in contrast: Spanish and the Portuguese, through the management of texts belonging to these two languages through the initiation in the technique of the philological commentary (analysis of the socio-historical, literary, cultural, and linguistic context), with Spanish texts of different characteristics.

The course will help students to acquire an explicit knowledge of the problems arising in the different linguistic levels among the languages involved and to appreciate the relevance of the linguistic research for the theory and practice of translation, as well as to understand and become familiar with the use of the most common strategies used to solve them.

On a practical level the intention is to analyze texts and translate them by applying the most appropriate to each context translation strategies and discuss critically translated texts.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the semester, the student will be capable of:

1. Acquire appropriate principles of translation

2. Learn to analyze a text regarding to its translation

3. Know how to properly use the documentation procedures

4. Learn to apply the concept of equivalence in translation

5. Learn about some of the procedures and methods of translation

6. Review and grade translations

Working method

Presencial

Program

1.General concepts of translation

2. Types of texts and language levels

3.Procedures and basic problems in the practice of translation

3.1 The equivalence at Word level

3.2 Phraseological units.

3.3. The grammatical equivalence.

3.4 Cultural aspects

4.Translation tools: computer material, dictionaries, CDs, general and specific sources of documentation, translation memories, resources in the internet, etc.

Mandatory literature

GIL DE CARRASCO, A. y HICKEY, L.; Aproximaciones a la traducción, Instituto Cervantes, 1999
BARRENTO, J.; O Poço de Babel. Para uma poética da tradução literária, Relógio de Água , 2002
GARCÍA IZQUIERDO, I. ; Análisis textual aplicado a la traducción., Tirant Lo Blanch., 2000
NEWMARK, Peter; Manual de Traducción, Cátedra, S.A, 1992
GONZALO GARCÍA, Consuelo y GARCÍA YEBRA, Valentín.; Documentación,terminología y traducción., Síntesis, S.A., 2000

Complementary Bibliography

CUNHA, C. & LINDLEY CINTRA, L.F.; Nova gramática do português contemporâneo, J. Sá da Costa, 1986
DOMÍNGUEZ GONZÁLEZ, P., MORERA PÉREZ, M. y ORTEGA OJEDA, G.; El español idiomático. Frases y modismos del español, Ariel, 1995
Real Academia Española; Diccionario de la Lengua Española, 22.ª edición, Espasa Calpe, 2001
MACHADO, J.P.; Dicionário Etimológico da Língua Portuguesa, Livros Horizonte, 1977

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes, practical classes

Software

http://www.rae.es
http://www.traduccion.rediris.es
http://www.cvc.cervantes.es/trujaman
http://www.translatortips.com
http://www.priberam.pt/dlpo/dlpo.aspx

keywords

Humanities > language sciences > Languages > Modern languages > European languages > Romance languages

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho de campo	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	121,00
Frequência das aulas	41,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Attending 75% of classes, unless established otherwise by law.

As it is a practical course, students will need to complete several assessment tests throughout the semester, with the first three worth 12 points each and the last one worth 8 points. Failure to complete any of the translation assignments for grading will result in the student failing the course.

Calculation formula of final grade

Class Works 100%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Students must perform translations during the semester being some of them evaluated.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

Students may raise the first text translated  during the semester.