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Contributing chiefly to the Nankai-Glasgow Translation Studies programme, this course offers training in advanced translation practice from English to Mandarin across a wide range of text types and genres, including technical (legal, medical, manuals), literary (prose and poetry) and marketing and media texts (news articles, press releases and advertising).

10 x 2 hour tutorials

Standard entry to Masters at College level.

Candidates for the course should have native or near native competence in Mandarin, a good Honours degree (2.1 or better) and be able to demonstrate competence in English equivalent to European Common Framework C1.

MODLANG5001 and MODLANG5002

None

The standard assessments for this course are:

■ Time-limited translation exercise of 600 words to be completed over an 8-hour period - 50%

■ Portfolio of work comprised as follows (50%):

■ 2 translations of 500-700 words each, chosen from 7 submitted throughout the semester (all unrevised following class discussions) - 20% (10% each)

■ Revised translation of 500-700 words (also chosen from the 7) - 10%

■ 1,500-word translation commentary to accompany the revised piece - 20%

If required, for instance where a disability prevents a student from undertaking a specific method of assessment, the following alternatives are available:

■ There is no alternative to the Time-limited Translation Exercise but additional time can be offered as reasonable adjustment (students should follow the usual process for examination adjustments).

■ There is no alternative to the portfolio exercises but extensions to the deadlines can be offered as reasonable adjustment (students should follow the usual process for extensions).

Further reasonably adjustments may be provided where necessary. Students are encouraged to consult with the course convenor.

This course aims to:

■ provide students with a solid grounding and training in translating independently from English into Mandarin

■ examine and situate a range of registers and varieties of English expanding on the range covered in ATLS 1

■ consider the application of translation methodologies

■ explore and illustrate the use of language-area specific reference and support materials

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ analyse a range of registers, sociolects, specialist discourses and other varieties of English relative to material covered in ATLS 1

■ render these appropriately in Mandarin, considering the stylistic and linguistic differences between the languages

■ apply translation strategies and concepts in stylistics relevant to English and Mandarin, advancing skills developed in ATLS 1

■ explore and employ standard reference tools and other resources to build upon skills acquired in ATLS1

■ cultivate communication, presentational and IT skills appropriate to the course