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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 ($) (including lab fees)
Future Terms
Quota and Schedule
Course Start Date
Course LevelLength in TermsCredits
Language
Fees ($) (including lab fees)
Future Terms
Sum 2025
Postgraduate1 term3
Chin & Eng

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%).