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Instructors: Martin Müller
Event type:
online: Practice class
Displayed in timetable as:
06.649.0594
Credits:
3,0
Language of instruction:
Mehrsprachig
Min. | Max. participants:
- | 30
Requirements / organisational issues:
This course was designed for students with Chinese as (one of) their foreign language(s).
There is no huge amount of knowledge or understanding of technology required for this course, although it would be helpful, of course. However, what is expected from students is a definite willingness to engage in the search for terms and translation solutions with tenacity, not just on "the internet" but also in other media, including technical books.
A good command of German is a prerequisite for participation in this course as we are going to translate from Chinese into German.
Contents:
In this course we are going to translate texts of various kinds about motor vehicles and their subsystems as well as texts about other technical things. (There are students who suggested we could translate, for example, texts about medical engineering.) To manage the technical terms encountered in our texts, we shall develop a glossary together.
The kinds of texts we shall look at will most probably include: popular introductions to technical contents, user manuals, repair and maintenance manuals as well as product descriptions.
Recommended reading list:
- Arntz, Reiner; Picht, Heribert; Schmitz, Klaus-Dirk. Einführung in die Terminologiearbeit. 7., vollst. überarb. und aktualisierte Aufl. (Hildesheim: Olms, 2014)
- Horn-Helf, Brigitte. Technisches Übersetzen in Theorie und Praxis. (Tübingen/Basel: Francke, 1999)
- Neudörfer, Alfred. Konstruieren sicherheitsgerechter Produkte: Methoden und systematische Lösungssammlungen zur EG-Maschinenrichtlinie. 7., aktualisierte Auflage (Berlin, Heidelberg: Imprint: Springer Vieweg, 2016; Online-Ressource)
- Schmitz, Klaus-Dirk. Normen für Übersetzer und Technische Redakteure. 1. Auflage, Stand der abgedruckten Normen: Dezember 2016 (Berlin: Beuth, [2017])
Additional information:
Students who choose this course under the module-part number ("LV-Nr.") 06.649.0595 of module number M.06.649.0594 are expected to prepare a commented translation or a portfolio towards the end of the term. Fulfilling this requirement helps you to prepare for the final examination of this module.
Erasmus students who want to take part are expected to have a HSK certificate of level 5 or an equivalent, and to contact Dr. Schindelin of the Chinese Department before choosing this course.
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