| Course description: | (Formerly SPAN 203) 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 form English to Spanish. This course introduces 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 texts from Spanish to English and English to Spanish from the fields of journalism, business, law, computer science, and medicine. Prerequisite or concurrent enrollment: SPAN 2120 or SPAN 2220 or placement test. (F) |
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