Translation 1 (5cr)
Course unit code: KVI0105A26H
General information
- Credits
- 5 cr
- Teaching language
- Finnish
Objective
Students
- identify and use basic concepts of translation
- describe translation as a communication process
- identify the theoretical starting points of translation and use common translation strategies and methods
- identify and analyse the stages of the translation process
- identify culture-specific meanings and render them into the target language and culture
- recognise the responsibility of translators and the possibilities and challenges of digital translation
Content
- basic concepts of translation
- basic theories and strategies of translation
- the stages of the translation process
- cultural specificities and intercultural comparison in translation
- the translator’s responsibility
- translation assignments
- digital translation solutions