Using the example
of a specialist newspaper text, I will introduce some of the central concepts
and approaches of translation theory. I will highlight two aspects of
functional approaches to translation that are particularly important to the
practice of specialist translation:
I will then
take you through the various steps needed to prepare the translation of the
text under discussion (i.e. the translation process).
Of equal
importance to the practice of translation are research skills and aids to
specialist translation. These will be discussed in the next session.
Assignment: Read the assigned text.
Do the preliminary exercises (file1,
file2),
then translate the assigned text into English.