Selected Topics in Translation for Professionals

TRAN 8038ABF

Course Guide

專業翻譯專題

TRAN 8038ABF

Course Guide

專業翻譯專題

Course Start Date

Sum 2025

Course Level

Postgraduate

Length in Terms

1 term

Credits

3

Language

Chin & Eng

Fees ($) (including lab fees)

Details

Future Terms

Quota and Schedule

Course Start Date	Course Level	Length in Terms	Credits	Language	Fees ($) (including lab fees)	Future Terms
Sum 2025	Postgraduate	1 term	3	Chin & Eng	Details

Quota and Schedule

Course Coordinator:

Dr Teresa Wang, BA (University of California, Riverside); MA in Translation (CUHK); PhD (HKBU)

Aims

This course emphasises translation in the practical spectrum, such as business, media, etc. It provides students with an opportunity to analyse original texts and produce quality translation work, and to solve various problems encountered in the course of translation in different fields using appropriate linguistic and rhetorical strategies.

Contents

Subtitle translation: An introduction
The basics of subtitle translation
Case 1: Comedy
Case 2: Romance
Case 3: Special topic (e.g. documentary)
Business translation: An introduction
The general principles of business translation
Case 1: Business proposals
Case 2: Business correspondences
Case 3: Tourism texts

Learning support

Face-to-face teaching in the evening or weekends, spread out throughout the term, totalling 32 hours.

Assessment

Assignment 1 (20%)
Assignment 2 (20%)
Class participation (20%)
Quiz (40%).