Courses / Module

• Recognise and employ basic theories of translation.
• Identify the linguistic and stylistic differences between literary and journalistic texts written in English.
• Interpret an English text and reproduce its content in appropriate and correct German.
• Modify the German translation so that reads coherently and reflects appropriately the style of the original English text.
• Compare and critique various German translations of English-language texts.

• 12 contact hours

• Module Graded (numeric value) or Ungraded (Pass/Not Passed): Graded
• Continuous Assessment detail(s): Continuous Assessment only: 50% homework, 50% class test.

• Pass standard: 40%
• Could the result of this module be capped? No
• 40%
• Penalties: See German Department Students' Handbook.

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