110-430 Advanced Chinese Translation

Admission to the postgraduate diploma or fourth-year honours in Chinese.

In this subject students will learn to translate from Chinese to English. The selection of texts will be limited to modern literature and to documents and news items on politics and international affairs because students can be expected to have gained previous experience in the reading and translating of material of these two genres. In their translations students will learn to focus on accuracy as well as stylistic appropriateness and will be encouraged to submit both individual and group work.

• acquire written communication skills through essay and assignment preparation and writing;

• show attention to detail through close reading;

• acquire time management and planning skills through managing and organising workloads for required reading and assignment completion.

Class work totalling 1000 words 20% (due weekly in class), four written translations totalling 2000 words 40% (due at intervals during semester) and a 2-hour examination 40% (due during the examination period).

Materials supplied by the Institute.