| Course ID: |
3200-M1-2BT |
| Erasmus code / ISCED: |
(unknown)
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| Course title: |
Terminology databases and translation tools |
| Name in Polish: |
Bazy terminologiczne i narzędzia pracy tłumacza |
| Organizational unit: |
Faculty of Applied Linguistics |
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| ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
(not available)
Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: - the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
- the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
- 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
- weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
- work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
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| Language: |
Polish
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| Type of course: |
obligatory courses
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| Prerequisites (description): |
The student should be able to operate the computer to a degree that will allow them to learn to operate new software and have fundamental knowledge in the areas of translation studies and terminology.
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| Mode: |
Classroom
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| Short description: |
The aim of the course is to familiarise the students with the practical use of CAT tools so that they acquire and develop their skills in creating and managing terminological databases.
The course content will concern among others the following subject areas:
characteristics of the process of computer-assisted translation
typology of CAT and terminological tools
principles of creating terminological databases for the purposes of a translation project
creating terminological databases on the basis of translation projects with the use of term extraction functionalities, parallel text corpora and non-commercial tools
managing terminological databases as parts of a translation project
practical aspects of sharing translation resources
online resources for translatos and the methods of their verification
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| Full description: |
The objective of the course is to familiarise the students with the process of computer-assisted translation and to develop competences needed by translators and terminologists who cooperate with institutions which manage their own terminologies.
In the course of the classes, the instructor will:
present various types of terminological databases and typical translation memories as well as universally available bilingual corpora,
describe the principles of operation of typical CAT tools,
show how to use independent terminological databases and create and manage terminology in databases embedded in CAT tools,
discuss the principles of using and the effectiveness of machine translation,
show how to use memoQ software (filling in and confirming segments, using translation memory suggestions, using concordance, adding files to the project, using the statistics, aligning files, performing quality assurance and cooperating with other project participants),
present the principles of cooperation with a translation agency.
Theoretical presentations will be supplemented with extensive demonstrations of the discussed software, functionalities and operations in the form of PowerPoint presentations and direct demonstrations of the software with the use of a laptop and an overhead projector. Moreover, the students will develop their skills by performing tasks in the software themselves.
Student workload:
Classroom activities: 30 h = 1 ECTS
Self-study: 20 h = 1 ECTS
including:
5 h for preparing for classes
10 h for studying for the final test
10 h for doing the final project
total: 50 h = 2 ECTS
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| Bibliography: |
Bogucki, Łukasz. 2009. Tłumaczenie wspomagane komputerowo. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN: Warszawa.
Grabowski, Łukasz, i Tadeusz Piotrowski (eds.). 2015. The Translator and the Computer 2: Proceedings of a Conference Held in Wrocław, October 25–26, 2014, Organized by the Philological School of Higher Education and C&M Localization Centre.Wrocław: Wydawnictwo Wyższej Szkoły Filologicznej.
ISO PN-EN ISO 17100:2015-06.
O’Brien, Sharon et al. (ed.) 2014. Post-editing of Machine Translation: Processes and Applications. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
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| Learning outcomes: |
At the end of the course, the student is expected to:
(KNOWLEDGE)
knows and understands the terminology of the disciplines of translation studies and terminology (K2_W02)
knows the chief trends and the major research achievements at the meeting of translation studies and terminology (K2_W06)
knows and understands in detail the research methods employed in translation studies and terminology (K2_W07)
knows and understands the mutual relations between translation studies and terminology and other disciplines (K2_W09)
knows the major research centres specialising in translation studies and terminology (K2_W10, S2.3_W06),
knows and understands the basic principles of creating and developing various forms of business on the translation market and of the translator and the terminologist’s functioning in those forms on the domestic and international market (K2_W13, S2.3_W10)
knows and understands the key concepts used by translation studies and terminology, in particular the concepts of the terminological database and CAT tools, and knows the structure of languages A and B (S2.3_W01)
knows and understands the chief development tendencies in terminology (from traditional dictionaries to multilingual terminological databases) and translation studies (from the beginnings, i.e. translations and interpretations performed for current purposes, up to the contemporary roles played by translators and interpreters, such as those of the terminologist, verifies, translator of specialist texts, CAT specialist, and from transatiosn of general texts up to the translation of highly specialised texts) (S2.3_W02)
knows and understands the principles of intellectual property and copyright protection with regard to translation and terminological work (S2.3_W07)
is familiar with the working environment of the translator and the terminologist as well as the process of translation (S2.3_W09)
(SKILLS)
has advanced skills of searching, analysing, assessing and selecting information in their mother tongue and in foreign languages with the use of state-of-the-art information technologies (K2_U03)
is able to use on their own advanced researchtools typical for applied linguistics, including to choose methods and IT tools in order to solve translation problems (K2_U04)
is able to communicate with the use of various communication channels and methods with linguists and laypeople in their native and foreign languages in typical as well as non-standard professional situations which require familiarity with techniques, strategies and various communication channels; is able to prevent conflicts by using language as a communication tool (K2_U05)
is able to cooperate and work in a group in various roles (including the roles of the translator and the terminologist) (K2_U09)
is able to acquire on their own knowledge in the area of linguistics (translation studies and terminology) and assess the usefulness of the familiar methods, practices and procedures in their own professional activity (K2_U11)
is able to independently plan and carry out on lifelong learning with the use of command of foreign languages (K2_U12)
is able to use acquired knowledge in the fields of translation studies and terminology (S2.3_U01)
is able to define and solve complex and untypical translation and terminological problems and creatively perform tasks in not entirely predictable conditions by means of selecting and employing appropriate methods and tools, including advanced information technologies (S2.3_U02)
is able to define and solve problems and perform tasks that are typical for the professional translation and terminological activity (S2.3_U04)
is able to direct the work of a team, cooperate with others in a team and take the leading role in a team (S2.3_U08)
is able to translate a text with the use of terminological databases (S2.3_U10)
is able to create terminological entries for terminological databases as well as compile terminological glossaries in languages A and B (S2.3_U12)
(SOCIAL COMPETENCES)
is ready to acknowledge the significance of most current knowledge and to critically assess content, in particular studies and publications in the areas of translation studies and terminology (K2_K01)
is ready to adequately identify and solve problems concerning interlingual communication (K2_K03)
is ready to do the job of the translator or terminologist and follow the principles of work ethics (K2_K05)
is ready to recognise the significance of expertise in solving cognitive and practical problems and of asking the advice of experts in the event of difficulties with solving a problem on their own (K2_K06)
is ready to initiate activities in the social interest and efficiently use their knowledge in the areas of translation studies and terminology (K2_K07)
is ready to apply adequate, academically proven criteria of translation assessment (K2_K08)
is ready to think and act in a resourceful manner when performing translation and terminological projects (K2_K09)
is ready to critically assess possessed knowledge and received content in the areas of terminology, corpus linguistics and specialist translation theory (S2.3_K01)
is ready to recognise the significance of knowledge in the areas of terminology, lexicography and corpus linguistics in solving theoretical and pracxtical translation problems and the need to ask the advice of experts in the event of difficulties with solving them on their own (S2.3_K02)
is ready to fulfil social obligations and act in social interest and efficiently use their expertise in the areas of terminology, lexicography and corpus linguistics in their translation practice (S2.3_K03)
is ready to initiate activities in social interest and efficiently use their expertise in the areas of terminology, lexicography and corpus linguistics in their translation practice (S2.3_K04)
is ready to actively participate in academic and cultural life, accurately assess the significance of new phenomena in various areas of life for the translation and terminological theory and practice (S2.3_K06)
is ready to constantly develop and perfect their terminological, terminographic and specialist translation skills (S2.3_K08)
is ready to think and act in a resourceful manner when performing translation and terminological projects and in their related individual activities on the domestic and the international market (S2.3_K09)
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