Translation Strategies

Catalog description

In this course, students will develop linguistic competencies required in translation, including reading comprehension, summary writing, text analysis and use of mono- and bilingual dictionaries. Students will learn some basic electronic tools and word processing skills for translators and practice several types of translation, including direct translation, inverse translation and back translation. This course fulfills the College of Arts and Letters writing-intensive requirement for the major. Instruction is in English and German.