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TL4002: DISSERTATION/EXTENDED TRANSLATION (2022-2023)

Last modified: 31 Jul 2023 11:19


Course Overview

The Dissertation will enable students to research, plan, structure and coherently present a sustained piece of writing; It will also enable students to acquire the scholarly and academic skills needed to present their findings in the appropriate forms.

The Extended Translation will give students the opportunity to translate a lengthy, (semi-)specialised text. Students will also have to write a commentary, in which the analyse translation problems and present the solutions they have found to them. In addition, students compile a translator’s glossary and present a bibliography of sources consulted. Students may choose to translate from French/ German/ Spanish into English or vice versa.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 4
Session Full Year Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Zhu Zhu

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

This course will provide students with the experience of carrying out a sustained piece of work. This course will also develop research skills and the ability to plan and manage a research dissertation/translation over a sustained period of time.


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2023 for 1st half-session courses and 22 December 2023 for 2nd half-session courses.

Summative Assessments

Dissertation/Extended Translation

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
Assessment Weeks 35 Feedback Weeks 42

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Dissertation: 8,000-10,000 Extended Translation; 4,000-6,000 comentary

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
FactualUnderstandTo develop research skills in order to acquire knowledge of a specialised domain for purposes of translation
ReflectionCreateExperience of carrying out a sustained piece of writing

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Dissertation/Extended Translation

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
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Dissertation 8,000-10,000 Extended Translation, 4,000-6,000 commentary

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ReflectionCreateExperience of carrying out a sustained piece of writing
FactualUnderstandTo develop research skills in order to acquire knowledge of a specialised domain for purposes of translation

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