Week
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Date
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Topic/Class Activity
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Required Readings
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Assignment
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1
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Sept. 14
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Introduction
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Introduction
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Texts to Translate / Chapter to study
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2
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Sept. 21
|
Multiplicity in
Translation
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(Quiz)
Chapter 1 + Homework Discussion
Transliteration systems (Wade-Giles)
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Texts to Translate / Chapter to study
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3
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Sept. 28
|
Multiplicity in
Translation
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(Quiz)
Chapter 2 + Homework Discussion
Translation Comparison: English Poems
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Texts to Translate / Chapter to study
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4
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Oct. 5
|
Standards in
Translation
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(Quiz)
Chapter 3 + Homework Discussion
Translation Comparison: French Poems
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Texts to Translate / Chapter to study
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5
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Oct. 12
|
Creativity in Translation
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(Quiz)
Examples of Creative or Impossible Translation to be shared and discussed
|
Texts to Translate / Chapter to study
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6
|
Oct. 19
|
Critical Consciousness
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(Quiz)
Chapter 4 + Homework Discussion
Theory: John Dryden
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Texts to Translate / Chapter to study
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7
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Oct. 26
|
Judgement of
Translation
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(Quiz)
Chapter 5 + Homework Discussion
Theory: Matthew Arnold
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Texts to Translate / Chapter to study
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8
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Nov. 2
|
Equivalence and Fidelity
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(Quiz)
Chapter 6 + Homework Discussion
Theory: Eugene Nida
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Texts to Translate / Chapter to study
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9
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Nov. 9
|
Mid-term Exam
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Mid-term Exam Oral Presentation [handout and insight] + Discussion and Feedback
|
Mid-term Exam
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10
|
Nov. 16
|
Workshop 1
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(Quiz)
Chapter 7 + Homework Discussion
Workshop: Chinese-English Essay Translation
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Texts to Translate / Chapter to study
|
11
|
Nov. 23
|
Workshop 2
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(Quiz)
Chapter 8 + Homework Discussion
Workshop: Chinese-English Poem Translation
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Texts to Translate / Chapter to study
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12
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Nov. 30
|
Visibility vs. Invisibility
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(Quiz)
Chapter 9 + Homework Discussion
Theory: Lawrence Venuti
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Texts to Translate / Chapter to study
|
13
|
Dec. 7
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Translatability vs. Untranslatability
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(Quiz)
Chapter 11 + Homework Discussion
Theory: Walter Benjamin
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Texts to Translate / Chapter to study
|
14
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Dec. 14
|
Linguistics and Translation
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(Quiz)
Chapter 12 + Homework Discussion
Theory: Roman Jakobson
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Texts to Translate / Chapter to study
|
15
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Dec. 21
|
Politics and Translation
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(Quiz)
Chapter 13 + Homework Discussion
Theory: Gayatri Spivak
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Texts to Translate / Chapter to study
|
16
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Dec. 28
|
Oral Presentation
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Presentation on the main points of an online talk related to translation that you attended + handouts/PPT
|
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17
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Jan. 4
|
Online Talk
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“John Minford: Translation Without Rules” or other talks on the art of literary translation
|
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18
|
Jan. 11
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Final Paper [10 pp.]
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Submission of final research paper/project and one-on-one conference
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Final Paper / Project
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