SPAN 2277 - The Art and Skill of Translation

Institution:

Central New Mexico Community College

Subject:

Description:

Introduces the art and profession of translation with a focus on practical translation problems in Spanish. Studies texts from the area of journalism, law, business and literature for translation from Spanish to English and from English to Spanish. This course provides an introduction to the art of translation and an overall view of this field. Students will sharpen their insight on linguistic issues, vocabulary and grammatical structures of Spanish and English, and they will develop analytical thinking into the nature of translation. This course will examine basic techniques in translation, and will develop student's competence in solving translation problems through practical examples. Throughout the course students will translate numerous text from Spanish to English and English to Spanish from the fields of: journalism, business, law, computer science and medicine.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

SPAN 2120 or department approval

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Class conducted in Spanish.

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.cnm.edu

Phone Number:

(505) 224-3000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Trimester

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