The course aims to further enhance students’ ability to translate general texts from English into Greek, building and extending on the course General Translation III. Through weekly translation tasks, students practice on texts of gradual challenge, across a variety of genres, with a focus on identifying the challenges and characteristics of particular text types. There is emphasis on genre analysis and the identification of the communicative purpose of the source text and the similarities or differences with the target text. The students expand their awareness of morphosyntactic, semantic, stylistic and pragmatic elements of the texts to be translated and they refine their abilities to deal with challenges and make appropriate decisions

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

• successfully translate short texts written for a general audience
• assess and evaluate their translation decisions
• reflect on the processes and results/effects of the translation act
• identify and evaluate translation challenges that arise through the search of equivalence across all the levels of meaning
• evaluate translation challenges and propose suitable solutions taking into account the purpose and audience of the target text
• identify and establish translation priorities based on the brief and skopos of the source text and the target text
• gain the required knowledge that will allow them to undertake translation projects as future professionals

Week 1:

Presentation of the course structure and learning objectives, as well as the student assessment methods.

Assignment 1: Translation of a tourism text.

Week 2:

Discussion of the translations submitted in Week 1. Translation errors and translation techniques.

Introduction to overt and covert translation.

Assignment 2: Translation of a tourism text.

Week 3:

Discussion of the translations submitted in Week 2. Translation errors and translation techniques.

Assignment 3: Translation of a tourism text.

Week 4:

Discussion of the translations submitted in Week 3. Translation errors and translation techniques.

Assignment 4: Translation of an informative text (newspaper article).

Week 5:

Discussion of the translations submitted in Week 4. Translation errors and translation techniques.

Assignment 5: Translation of an informative text (newspaper article).

Week 6:

Discussion of the translations submitted in Week 5. Translation errors and translation techniques.

Week 7:

Introduction to official translations and the Hague Apostille.

Assignment 6: Official translation of a certificate.

Week 8:

Discussion of the translations submitted in Week 7. Translation errors and translation techniques.

Assignment 7: Official translation of a certificate bearing an Apostille.

Week 9:

Translation and transliteration.

Discussion of the translations submitted in Week 8. Translation errors and translation techniques.

Week 10:

Presentation of the ISO 17100 standard.

Assignment 8: Official translation of a certificate bearing an Apostille.

Week 11:

Discussion of the translations submitted in Week 10. Translation errors and translation techniques.

Introduction to localisation and transcreation.

Assignment 9: Transcreation of an advertisement.

Week 12:

In-class presentations and discussion of the assignments submitted in Week 11.

Week 13:

Revision session. Course summary, clarification of questions, and exam preparation.

Munday, J. (2004) Μεταφραστικές Σπουδές, Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Μεταίχμιο.

Baker, Mona (ed). 1998. Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies. London: Routledge.

Bassnett, Susan. 1980. Translation Studies. London: Methuen.

Newmark, Peter. 1994. A Textbook of Translation. London: Prentice Hall

Robinson, Douglas. 1997. Becoming A Translator. London: Manchester.

The course is delivered in a workshop format with in-class discussion of the students’ translations. Short translation tasks targeting difference genres provide opportunities for student engagement and discussion. There are also opportunities for teamwork in in-class translation activities.

Use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools are not used extensively.

The course is assessed through a written examination involving the translation of a text of approximately 300 words.