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340093 UE Business Translation: Italian (2022S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 34 - Translationswissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work
MIXED

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 30 participants
Language: Italian

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Classes are planned in mixed mode, i.e. until 1 May online, and from 1 May - after the Easter holidays and the so-called Prüfungswoche - in face-to-face form, subject to the development of the pandemic and the instructions of the University of Vienna.

  • Thursday 10.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 3 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Thursday 17.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 3 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Thursday 24.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 3 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Thursday 31.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 3 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Thursday 07.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 3 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Thursday 05.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 3 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Thursday 12.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 3 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Thursday 19.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 3 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Thursday 02.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 3 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Thursday 09.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 3 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Thursday 23.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 3 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Thursday 30.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 3 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Translation of selected economic texts of different topics from German into Italian and vice-versa (parallel texts).

Assessment and permitted materials

• 30% (15% German-Italian and 15% Italian-German) simulated handwritten shortened Modul exam, 1900 characters without spaces, without any auxiliary means, 1.5 h working time
• 20% group assignment (10% German-Italian, 10% Italian-German)
• 20% permanent control, assignments and group work on the platform
• final test 30% (15% German-Italian, 15% Italian-German) 90' working time for both directions, all auxiliary means are allowed

Deregistration prior to 31st March 2022

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The objectives of this course consist in comparing German and Italian parallel texts and in finding optimal strategic approaches to these texts in order to generate a translation adequate to a hypothetic commission, taking into account the conditions of a real working situation.

Examination topics

A particular topic will be treated in group work (tandems, peer-to-peer) - first approach to the topic, reports, terminological research, discussion of the different ways of translation and linguistic problems.
Students should work also on the e-platform (application, papers and general information ecc.).

Reading list

Will be given on the platform.

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Su 23.01.2022 16:49