Università Roma Tre

The course aims to introduce students into Spanish Phonetics, Ortography, Morfology and Sintaxt from contrastive approach (Spanish/Italian), and it gives a survey of the main theoretical approaches to translation of comedies. The history of translation from the origins to XVIIIth Century. Guided by the teacher, students will also explore Spanish translation from a linguistic and cultural perspective, will practice different kinds of excercises and learn to use fundamental bibliographical struments (grammars, diccionaries, lexical databases, etc.) for Spanish/Italian translation.

Textbooks and critical essays
Torre, Esteban, Teoría de la traducción literaria, Madrid, Síntesis, 2014.
Cuenca, María Josep, Gramática del texto, Madrid, Arco Libros 2018.
Bassnett, Susan, La traduzione. Teorie e pratica, Milano, Bompiani, 1993, pp. 148-163.
Diadori, Pierangela, Teoria e tecnica della traduzione. Strategie, testi e contesti, Milano, Mondadori, 2012, pp. 162-176.
Boselli, Stefano, «La traduzione teatrale», Testo a Fronte, nº 15, 15 ottobre 1996, pp. 625-642.
Instituto Cervantes, El libro del español correcto. Claves para hablar y escribir bien en español, Barcelona, Espasa, 2014.
Eventual other bibliographical references will be provided during the course.
Texts
Selection of texts (download from teacher’s website) for practice exercises and translation during the course.
Alonso de Santos, José Luis, La sombra del Tenorio, Castalia, Madrid, 2013.
One of following books:
Miguel Mihura, Melocotón en almíbar, Madrid, Austral, 2010.
Antonio Buero Vallejo, En la ardiente oscuridad, Madrid, Austral, 2013.

Additional mandatory material for students who have failed their final tests and for non attending students:
Eco, Umberto, Dire quasi la stessa cosa, Milano, Bompiani, 2013 (or Spanish traslation: Decir casi lo mismo, Barcelona, Debolsillo, 2015).
Bertazzoli, Raffaella, La traduzione: teoria e metodi, Roma, Carocci, 2015.