EL320 COURSE CALENDAR First Semester 2015/2016 Study Week Text Units Support Material Assessment Week 1 beginning (3/10/2015) Unit 1: Introduction: • Translation History. • Translation Definitions & Main Types: Word-for-Word; Literal; and Literar

EL320 COURSE CALENDAR First Semester 2015/2016

Study Week Text Units Support Material
Assessment


Week 1
beginning
(3/10/2015) Unit 1: Introduction:
• Translation History.
• Translation Definitions & Main Types: Word-for-Word; Literal; and Literary (rank-free)

Weeks 2 – 3
beginning
(10/10/2015) Unit 2: Translation at the Level of Word & Phrase:
• Articles & Demonstratives in English and Arabic.
• Loan words.
• Similarity in Form
• Style; Collocation; and Connotation in English and Arabic.
• Number and gender in English and Arabic.
• Culture-specific Word
• Exercises In-class TMA I (=Quizz 5%)
Weeks 4 – 5
beginning
(24/10/2015) Unit 3: Translation at the Level of Sentence:
• Word-order in English and Arabic
• Tense and Aspect in English and Arabic
• Passive and Active Voice in English and Arabic
• Exercises
Week 6
beginning
(7/11/2015) Unit 4: Translation, Culture , Idioms and Proverbs
• What is culture, and how is it related to language and translation?
• Similar and Different idioms and proverbs in English and Arabic.
In-class TMA 2 (=Quizz 5%)
Week 7
beginning
(14/11/2015) Unit 5: Translating Journalistic Texts:
What are the main characteristics of newspaper headlines and media news stories?

Week 8
beginning
(21/11/2015) Unit 6: Translating Political Texts:
What are the main characteristics of newspaper headlines, media news stories, and Political Texts?

Week 9
beginning
(28/11/2015) Unit 7: Translating Science Texts:
1. What are the main characteristics of scientific register?
2. How do different science scientific disciplines differ as genres?
MTA (30%)
Weeks 10-11
beginning
(5/12/2015) Unit 8: Translating Business texts:
What are the main characteristics of business register in English?
TMA (10%)
Weeks 12-13
beginning
(19/12/2015) Unit 9: Translating literary texts:
1. What are the main characteristics of literary texts (in contrast to scientific ones)?
2. What are the characteristics of narrative?

Week 14
beginning
(2/1/2016) Unit 10: Translating Advertisements:
What are the main characteristics of advertisements?


Week 15
beginning
(9/1/2016) Revision and Overview and Discussion of students’ translation TMA-assignments (Students’ Translation Projects of texts selected in coordination with their tutors.

Final Exam (50%)