Faculty of Translation and Interpreting Course syllabus Year 20152016 Translation and Journalism (20296) Degree/studies: Bachelor's Degree in Translation and Interpreting Year: fourth Term: first Number of ECTS credits: 4 ECTS Student dedication time: 100 hours Course type: elective Teacher: Magí Camps Language of instruction: Catalan 1. Course presentation and requirements This coursed is focused on the translator's role in the media, specially the written press; it analyses the news media's writing and language in Catalan and Spanish and multilingual editing. This is the reason why the students must be proficient in both Catalan and Spanish. 2. Competencies to be attained: Upon completing the degree programme a host of skills should be attained and this subject addresses the following general (G) and specific (S) skills defined in the form of learning outcomes: ● Documentary and research sources search (G.4): ● ● Knowing the documentary resources for news writing style. Using these resources in study cases. ● Oral and written communication in one’s own languages (G.10): ● ● Analysing the Catalan and Spanish journalistic style. Reformulating a journalistic text taking into account the needs of the target context. ● ● ● Excellence in the written and oral proficiency of the native language(s): Knowing the journalism genres. Having and accurate, summarised, concise writing with an easy, simple and straightforward style. Writing texts to be read out loud. ● ● Specialised knowledge in one or more specific fields (S.5): knowing specific concepts, especially about the press, but also about television, radio and Internet in all of the ways it is displayed and broadcasted. ● Efficiency in conducting reviews and quality controls in linguistic mediation (S.14): practicing translation revision and quality controlling habits and techniques. 3. Contents ● ● Introduction to journalistic genres. ● ● Writing and journalistic language. Analysing the media's style guides. Resources for translation and writing of opinion and news texts. Translation and journalistic publishing. 4. Evaluation and reassessment Evaluation Percentage of the final mark Reassessment Reassessme nt type Writing of a report and translation into the other language (individual assignment) 30 % Yes 30 % New assignment or revising and improving the existent. Theoretical knowledge and writing and translating news extracts (exam) 30 % Yes 30 % New exam 40 % New assignment or revising and improving the existent. Analysis and comparison of news in bilingual newspapers (group assignment) 40 % Yes 5. Methodology: training activities Plenary sessions: 15 % Seminars: 10 % Tutoring sessions: 5 % Group work: 30 % Individual work: 1030 % Percentage of the final mark Requirements and remarks: Students must pass the individual assignment in order for it to account for the final mark. Students must pass the exam in order for it to account for the final mark. Students must pass the group assignment in order for it to account for the final mark. Personal study: 1030 % 6. Basic course bibliography and resources MESTRES, J.M. et. al. Manual d’estil. La redacció i l’edició de textos. (2007) Vic / Barcelona: Eumo/UB/UPF/Rosa Sensat. La Vanguardia. Libro de redacción (Coordinador: Magí Camps). (2004, Barcelona: Ariel El Periódico de Catalunya. Llibre d’estil (Coordinador: Ricard Fité). (2002, Barcelona: Ed. Primera Plana Manual de español urgente de la Agencia Efe. (2015) Madrid: Cátedra. Llibre d’estil de la CCMA [en línia]. Generalitat de Catalunya: Corporació Catalana de mitjans audiovisuals: < http://www.ccma.cat/llibredestil/ >. Web de consultes És a Dir < http://esadir.cat/ > Complementary bibliography El País. Libro de estilo [en línia]. < http://blogs.elpais.com/files/manualdeestilodeelpaís.pdf > El Periódico de Catalunya. Libro de estilo. (coord. Joan Busquet). (2007, Barcelona: Ed. Primera Plana SA. El 9 nou. Manual de redacció i estil. (Eusebi Coromina). (2008) Vic: Premsa d’Osona. GRIJELMO, Álex. El estilo del periodista. (2014) Madrid : Taurus.
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