ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND ARTS DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND ARTS EDUCATION Course : Translating Literary Works
Code : IG 473
Credits : 2 credit hours
Instructors : Translating Literary Works Course Team Bachrudin Musthafa, Ph.D.
Susi Septaviana R., M.Pd. M. Handi Gunawan, M.Pd.
Description:
This course provides students with basic knowledge of theory and practice of translating in literary works that can lead to their understanding and skills in functioning as translators. Therefore, the course will focus on skills development in text-specific and genre-specific.
Goals:
By the end of the course students will have
1. The knowledge of literature as a genre of text
2. The knowledge of and skills in translation techniques for literary works
Contents:
Review of translating theory Read short stories
Translating short stories Read poems
Translating poems Translation project Learning Activities:
Lecture and classroom discussion Group work and project work Practice using resources (text )
Prerequisite: Practice and Theory of Translating, Translating. Prescribe books:
Saint-Exupéry. A. (1943) The Little Prince. English Version translated by Howard, R. (2009)
Evaluation:
Assessment 1 : Classroom participation (20%) Assessment 2 : Review of learnings (35%)
Assessment 3 : Translation products (45%) to be submitted at the end of the course.
Grading:
Please keep in mind the following scale:
85 - 100 = A Exceptional work (student exceeds expectations ) 75 – 84 = B Very good work; above average
65 – 74 = C Average work; at grade level (student meets expectations )
55 - 64 = D Below average
< 45 = E Work fails to meet minimum standards
Sessio
ns Topics Objectives ActivitiesLearning Evaluation Sources
1
Introduction to the course (aims, outline, content) and procedures and pre-test
Students understand the aims of the course and its procedures
Presentation Syllabus
2
Overview of translation theory and its relation to translating literary works. Practice of translation of a short story
Students understand the basis of translating literary works and can
produce good
translation of a short story
Lecture, classroom discussion, (happiness, taken from the Expat Stories)
3
Practice of Translating a
short story Students can produce agood quality translation of a short story
classroom
Short story (Lonely no more
short story Students can produce agood quality translation of a short story
classroom
selected short story
5 Review of learnings
6
Practice of Translating a poem “West Wind” by Mary Oliver
Students understand and appreciate the poem, thus can produce a good quality translation of a poem
classroom
Housden, R. (2003) p.15
7 Practice of Translating a poem “Saint Francis and The Sow” by Galway Kinnell
Students understand and appreciate the poem, thus can produce a good quality
classroom
translation of a poem
8
Practice of Translating a poem “Love” by Czeslaw Milosz
Students understand and appreciate the poem, thus can produce a good quality translation of a poem
classroom
Housden, R. (2003) p. 57
9
Practice of Translating a poem “Kindness” by Naomi Shihab Nye
Students understand and appreciate the poem, thus can produce a good quality translation of a poem
classroom
Housden, R. (2003) p. 67
10
Practice of Translating a poem “The Love Sonnet LXXXIX” by Pablo Neruda
Students understand and appreciate the poem, thus can produce a good quality translation of a poem
classroom
Housden, R. (2003) p. 91
Students understand and appreciate the poem, thus can produce a good quality translation of a poem
classroom
Housden, R. (2003) p. 47
12
Practice of Translating a poem “Bouyancy” by Rumi
Students understand and appreciate the poem, thus can produce a good quality translation of a poem
classroom
Housden, R. (2003) p. 115
13 Review of learnings
14 Overview of the
translation project Students understandthe outline of the project and divide
for the selected materials
15
Discussion of the
translation project Students get a deeperunderstanding of how to conduct translation project
classroom discussion, students’ presentation
Products, students’ participati on
“The Little Prince”
16
Submission of the translation project and discussion of students’ reflection of the course and on their experience.
Students can produce a sound quality of translation of literary works.
classroom discussion, students’ presentation
Products, students’ participati on
“The Little Prince”
1) A poem is called “poem” not because of what it says but because of what it does 2) A good poem makes a good essay
