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. 2
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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. 9
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Multiplicity in
Translation
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(Quiz)
Chapter 1 + Homework Discussion
Transliteration systems
(Wade-Giles vs. Hanyu Pinin)
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Texts to Translate / Chapter to study
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3
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Sept. 16
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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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Sept. 23
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Standards of
Translation
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(Quiz)
Chapter 3 + Homework Discussion
Translation Comparison: French Poems
[AI in poetry translation]
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Texts to Translate / Chapter to study
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5
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Sept. 30
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Creativity in Translation
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(Quiz)
Examples of Creative or Impossible Translation to be shared and discussed
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Texts to Translate / Chapter to study
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6
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Oct. 7
|
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. 14
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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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Oct. 21
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Mid-term Exam
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Oral Presentation on the term translation project [handout and insight] + Discussion and Feedback
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Mid-term Exam
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9
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Oct. 28
|
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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10
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Nov. 4
|
Visibility vs. Invisibility
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(Quiz)
Chapter 7 + Homework Discussion
Theory: Lawrence Venuti
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Texts to Translate / Chapter to study
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11
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Nov. 11
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Translatability vs. Untranslatability
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(Quiz)
Chapter 8 + Homework Discussion
Theory: Walter Benjamin
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Texts to Translate / Chapter to study
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12
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Nov. 18
|
Linguistics and Translation
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(Quiz)
Chapter 9 + Homework Discussion
Theory: Roman Jakobson
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Texts to Translate / Chapter to study
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13
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Nov. 25
|
Politics and Translation
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(Quiz)
Chapter 11 + Homework Discussion
Theory: Gayatri Spivak
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Texts to Translate / Chapter to study
|
14
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Dec. 2
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Workshop
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Chapter 12 + Homework Discussion
Workshop:
- Poetry Translation
- AI-assisted translation
- AI experience sharing
- Idiom translation and discussion
- Difficulties in the research project/paper
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Texts to Translate / Chapter to study
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15
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Dec. 9
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Writing Week
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Writing the final translation project/paper
|
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16
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Dec. 16
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One-on-one Conference and Final Paper [10-20 pp.]
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Submission of final translation project or research paper + one-on-one conference [How can I help you?]
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Final Paper / Project due
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