Tradução Técnica e Científica Português_Inglês

Código:

MTSL042

Sigla:

TTCPI

Áreas Científicas
Classificação	Área Científica
OFICIAL	Ciências da Linguagem - Tradução

Ocorrência: 2013/2014 - 1S

Ativa?	Sim
Página Web:	http://web.letras.up.pt/egalvao
Unidade Responsável:	Departamento de Estudos Anglo-Americanos
Curso/CE Responsável:	Mestrado em Tradução e Serviços Linguísticos

Ciclos de Estudo/Cursos

Sigla	Nº de Estudantes	Plano de Estudos	Anos Curriculares	Créditos UCN	Créditos ECTS	Horas de Contacto	Horas Totais
MTSL	24	MTSL - Plano de Estudos	2	-	3	30	81

Língua de trabalho

Inglês

Objetivos

This class is designed to help students achieve a good level of autonomy when translating into their second language (English) and to reflect upon their translation-related activities using the appropriate metalanguage.

Resultados de aprendizagem e competências

Students who successfully complete this class will:

• be able to analyse scientific and technical texts of various types (academic, industrial, promotional) paying special attention to terminology, phraseology, information structure, register and style;

• be able to carefully select and make effective use of the multiple resources used by professional translators: 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, with emphasis on personal preferences and interest in a specific scientific and/or technical field;

• be fully familiar with all the different phases of a professional translation project;

• be able to adapt their translations to the specific needs and objectives of the target audience;

• be able to select the appropriate translation strategy at macro level and the most adequate translation solution at micro level and to justify these choices using the correct metalanguage;

• be able to work in a translation team and to network with other language service professionals with a view to achieving better translation solutions.

• be aware of the need to implement a quality assurance plan adapted to each translation project.

Modo de trabalho

Presencial

Pré-requisitos (conhecimentos prévios) e co-requisitos (conhecimentos simultâneos)

Excellent knowledge of the working languages.

Text analysis skills, translation skills.

Programa

Given that the expression “scientific and technical translation" covers an extremely vast range of text types and areas of knowledge, the focus of this class will be on helping students acquire and develop the skills that will enable them to specialize in one or more areas of their own choice. In-class work will be based on different text types (Power Point presentations, academic articles, abstracts, reports, etc.) relating to the same topic, such as, for instance, renewable energy. The guided discovery on how to deal with these translation projects, from the pre-translation and research phase to the production and post-translation phase, will then serve as a model for students' own projects in other fields.

Bibliografia Obrigatória

Cabré, Teresa; Terminology. Theory, Methdos and Applications, Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1999
Scarpa, Federica; La Traduzione Specializzata. Lingue speciali e mediazione linguistica, Milano:Hoepli, 2001
Sager, Juan; A Practical Course in Terminology Processing, Amsterdam and Philadelphia: Benjamins Publishing Company, 1990
GOUADEC, Daniel. ; Translation as a Profession, Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2007
NORD, Christiane; Translating as a Purposeful Activity, Manchester: St.Jerome Publishing, 1997

Observações Bibliográficas

Students should regularly consult the class planning document on Sigarra for information about the course, projects, homework, useful links, etc.

Métodos de ensino e atividades de aprendizagem

Short presentations (15 minutes) by teacher and students on specific texts (translation-oriented functional analysis; translation proposal; translation criticism).

In-class translation practice (both individual and group).

In-class peer revision.

Individual and group tutorials.

Software

Online translation and terminology resources
SDL TRADOS 2007
All classes will take place in a computer room, where each student will work at a computer using a variety of software and the Internet
MS Word

Tipo de avaliação

Avaliação distribuída sem exame final

Componentes de Avaliação

Designação	Peso (%)
Participação presencial	10,00
Teste	90,00
Total:	100,00

Componentes de Ocupação

Designação	Tempo (Horas)
Estudo autónomo	30,00
Frequência das aulas	28,00
Trabalho de investigação	23,00
Total:	81,00

Obtenção de frequência

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

Fórmula de cálculo da classificação final

1 midterm test: 40%

1 final test: 50%

class participation and presentation of translated texts: 10%

Provas e trabalhos especiais

Not applicable.

Trabalho de estágio/projeto

Not applicable.

Avaliação especial (TE, DA, ...)

To be agreed upon between teacher and students at the beginning of the semester.

Melhoria de classificação

Students wishing to improve their final grade will have to repeat some of the assessment components.

Observações

Language of instruction: English.