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Dutch to English Translation Course

Course
2014-2015

Admission requirements

Students should be sufficiently proficient in English and Dutch. This course is part of the minor Translation and cannot be taken separately.

Description

It is a common misconception that any native speaker of Dutch who has a reasonable working knowledge of the English language is qualified to be a translator. The aim of this introductory course on translation is to familiarize its participants with the challenges a translator faces. In tutorial, we discuss the translations and editing assignments you have prepared at home. There will be two written translation examinations: one in the Reading Week and one at the end of the course.

Course objectives

  • course objective 1: ability to translate reasonably complex English texts that do not contain specialist information or terminology into grammatically and stylistically correct Dutch – with the aid of dictionaries and thesauri

  • course objective 2: ability to edit Dutch texts

Timetable

The timetable will be available by June 1st on the website

Mode of instruction

  • Seminar

Course Load

The course load of this course is 280 hours.

  • 28 hours: attending seminars;

  • 28 hours: studying compulsory literature;

  • 224 hours: preparation for the exams, primarily by doing translation assignments.

Assessment method

  • midterm translation test (40%)

  • end-of-term translation test (60%)

A minimum of a 5.0 for each component needs to be obtained.

Attendance is compulsory. Unauthorized absence will mean that you cannot take part in the relevant exam(s).

Blackboard

Blackboard will be used to provide students with an overview of current affairs, as well as specific information about (components of) the course.

Reading list

  • Reader Introduction to Translation English to Dutch. Blackboard.

  • Renkema, J. (2012). Schrijfwijzer. Den Haag: Sdu Uitgevers.

Registration

Enrollement trough uSis is mandatory. If you have any questions, please contact the departmental office, tel. 071 5272144 or mail: english@hum.leidenuniv.nl.

Registration Studeren à la carte and Contractonderwijs

Studeren à la carte.
Contractonderwijs.

Contact details

English Language and Culture student administration, P.N. van Eyckhof 4, room 102C. Tel. 071 5272144; english@hum.leidenuniv.nl.
Coordinator of studies: Ms T.D. Obbens, MA, P.N. van Eyckhof 4, room 103C.