Course: Translation analysis and text formation

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Course title Translation analysis and text formation
Course code KSU/7ALT
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech, Ukrainian
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Merzová Radana, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
The following topics, illustrated with specific text examples: Linguistic differences between Ukrainian and Czech Stylistic layers and their rendering in Czech Analysis of a Ukrainian text prior to translation Identification of layers of meaning and motifs Translation challenges: idioms and cultural references Translation strategies: equivalence, adaptation, compensation Commented reflection on translation decisions Revision and editing of the translation, comparison of variants

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Homework for Teaching - 90 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to improve the translation of professional texts from Ukrainian into English and vice versa The emphasis is on understanding the text, its analysis and subsequent translation of individual sentence segments. Attention is paid to the development of vocabulary/phraseology/professional terminology...
Ability to analyze scientific text with regard to the phenomena of morpho-syntactic plan with emphasis on the comparison with Czech.
Prerequisites
improving language proficiency, analytical and translation skills, and finding appropriate technical or literary translation solutions, depending on the nature of the text - creating source materials in Ukrainian based on Ukrainian templates - translating and preparing appropriate documents in Czech - preparing a document in Ukrainian (translation from Czech to Ukrainian)

Assessment methods and criteria
Dialog

Active participation, maximum two absences, credit test (translation)
Recommended literature
  • Hrynčyšyn, D., Kapeljušnyj, A. ta in. (2004). Slovnyk-dovidnyk z kul´tury ukrajinskoji movy. . Kyjiv.
  • Kočan, I. M. Linhvystyčnyj analyz tekstu. Navčalnyj posibnyk. Kyjiv. 2008.
  • Kolomijec, I. interpretacija chudižňoho textu kriz pryzmu linhvosmyslovoho analyzu. .
  • Koval´, A.P. (1987). Praktyčna stylistyka syčasnoji ukrajins´koji movy. . Kyjiv.
  • Ponomariv, O. (2002). Kul´tura slova. Movnostylistyčni porady.. Kyjiv.
  • Ponomariv, O. Stylistyka syčasnoji ukrajinskoji movy. Ternopil. 2000.
  • Serbens´ka, O.A. (2004). Kul´tura usnoho movlennja.. Kyjiv.
  • Ševčuk, S., Loboda, T. (2004). Ukrajinska mova na ščodeň, na ščomyť. . Kyjiv.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Ukrainian Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Ukrainian Philology Aimed at Translation and Business (2019) Category: Philological sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Ukrainian Philology (2025) Category: Philological sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Ukrainian Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Ukrainian Philology Aimed at Translation and Business (2025) Category: Philological sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Ukrainian Philology (2019) Category: Philological sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -