Università Roma Tre

The course aims to extend the translation student’s knowledge of the theoretical and practical aspects of translation, including issues of intercultural and intermedial translation, terminology, use of corpora in translation, and specialized translation. Specialized, academic and literary texts will provide the basis for translation practice.
Translation theory: language and cultural aspects in varied text types; analysis of translation strategies and problem-solving procedures. Terminology and translation; terminological records. Key issues in literary translation. Text analysis applied to specialized and literary texts.
Translation practice (English to Italian): text analysis and translation techniques; training in the application of translation strategies and problem-solving procedures; further training in terminology; training in sight translation (intermediate level) and consecutive translation (pre¬-intermediate level). Online resources; corpus analysis and related software (lab classes).
Classroom activities include: frontal lesson; power point presentation; dictation; sight translation; consecutive translation training; group work on texts; terminological activities.

When taking the English-Italian Translation exam exchange/Erasmus students are allowed to use the following dictionaries: English-mother tongue; English-Italian; mother tongue-Italian. Though the course is mainly in English, a fairly good knowledge of the Italian language (“expected” level: B2→C1, written and oral) is a prerequisite to be able to sit for the exam.

12 credits will be credited on successful completion of the following examination tests:
 Language test (C1). Information about our language training modules and assessments at http://host.uniroma3.it/linguisti/lcs-ingles/Roma3/Welcome.html
 Formal written exam:
- English-Italian translation (about 200 words, English-Italian dictionary allowed);
- Theory: open ended questions on programme topics.
 The written exam will be complemented by the oral translation of a written text (sight translation). Please consult website for further details.

Prescribed texts
P. Faini, Tradurre. Manuale teorico e pratico, Carocci, 2008 (chs 7-8).
P. Faini, Terminology Management and the Translator. From Project Planning to Database Creation, Tangram, Trento, 2014 (free library consultation)
F. Scarpa, La traduzione specializzata, Hoepli, 2001 (ch. 2, 27-66) (free library consultation)
Practice materials and resources are posted weekly on teacher’s website.

Reference works
(texts not included in the programme but useful to non-attending students)
J. Delisle, H. Lee Jahnke, M.C. Cormier, Terminologia della traduzione, M. Ulrych ed., Hoepli, 2002
M. Gotti, Investigating Specialized Discourse, Peter Lang, 2005
P. Newmark, La traduzione. Problemi e metodi, Garzanti
S. Cavagnoli, La comunicazione specialistica, Carocci, 2007
R. Quirk, S. Greenbaum, A University Grammar of English, Longman
L. Serianni, Italiano, Garzanti