Legal and forensic translation from Polish to foreign language 09-TPSJO-KTP-13
The subject has practical character and relays od praktical translation of various types of legal documents (administrative, cicvil and criminal law) as well as commercial and business documents from Polish to foreign language. The practical exercise are preceded with tehoretical introduction when the teacher explains context and patterns of the documents to be translated as well as the teacher expalins methods which are usable to translate the document to foreigmn language in certain communicative situation.
Module learning aims
Major
Learning outcomes
The student gains a practical ability to translate various documents belonging to administrative, civil and criminal law, as well as business and commercial document from Polish to foreign language.
Assessment criteria
Notes of practical tasks (classworks and homeworks), Semestral notes, all-year notes, final annual examination.
Practical placement
Not applied.
Bibliography
Bibliography:
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Burukina, O. A. 2001. Gender Aspects of Legal Translation. Towards a New Age of Human
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Cardiff University http://www.cf.ac.uk/encap/clcr/janetcotterill/forensiclinguistics/ postgrad.html
Chaffey, P. N. 1997. Language, Law and Reality. On the Practice of Legal and Specialised
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Dolata-Zaród, Anna. 2000. O przekładzie tekstu specjalistycznego. O nauczaniu przekładu. Warszawa: TEPIS Publishing House, p. 86-91.
Kielar B. Z. 1996. Na manowcach tłumaczenia tekstu prawnego: prawdopodobieństwo wywołania szoku kulturowego. F. Grucza, K. Chomicz-Jung (eds). Problemy komunikacji interkulturowej. Jedna Europa - wiele języków i wiele kultur. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, p. 135-141.
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Vermeer, H. J. 2001. Skopos and Commission in Translational Action. The Translation Studies Reader, L. Venuti and M. Baker (eds). London/New York: Routlege, p. 221-232.
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