About Translation and Interpretation
This course treats the art of translation from the dual perspectives of theory and practice. We shall look at various theoretical issues that impact on the choices translators make and spend much of class time practicing various translation strategies and honing particular techniques. The course also gives emphasis to language and culture as they impinge on the process of translation and familiarizes students with a variety of strategies for dealing with mismatches between source and target languages and cultures. Topics covered include textual and contextual meaning; genres and text types; dialect and register in translation; translating culture-specific references; wordplay, metaphor and puns.