Undergraduate Course: Portuguese 4 Language Paper 2 (ELCH10055)
Course Outline
School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
Summary | This is a course in translation from Portuguese into English. Each week, students will translate a text, or an extract from a text sourced from a range of periods and genres (literary, journalistic, didactic, technical, commercial, etc.) and therefore in differing registers. Classes typically focus on a short set translation, prepared in advance, and the tutor works with the students to consider different lexical options, inconsistencies, challenges, idea of translation strategy, target readership, etc., during the tutorial. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites | None |
High Demand Course? |
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Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- translate competently from Portuguese in a variety of styles and registers and in a range of genres
- deal effectively with cultural and linguistic differences between texts in Portuguese and English;
- engage successfully with register, idiom, rhythm, nuance and ambiguity in translation;
- demonstrate competence in the identification, analysis and evaluation of the translation problems that the texts raise with reflection upon process.
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Additional Information
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Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Charlotte Gleghorn
Tel: (0131 6)51 3237
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Course secretary | Miss Kat Zabecka
Tel: (0131 6)50 4026
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