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CHINESE LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION II Single discipline educational activity
Course Sheet Academic Year of enrolment:
Disciplinary Sector:
Languages and Literature of China and South East Asia
Professor and Collaborators:
Hours of classroom activity:
Prerequisites:
- Fair knowledge of syntax of written Chinese and, in general, of the formal register of the language.
- Good mastery of basic level vocabulary of business Chinese.
Objectives
Contents The course aims at providing students with knowledge of terminology and syntactic structures (both written and spoken) of Chinese texts related to specific economic fields
Extended Syllabus In this course business-related Chinese texts of high difficulty level will be analyzed and translated. The texts will be concerning specific economic fields (e.g. automotive, telecommunications, hi-tech, job market etc.) and the related leader enterprises in China and the world. General notions of micro-economics such as sales, purchasing, reports etc. as well as specific terminology of the above mentioned sectors will be subject of teaching.
Recommended Bibliography - Zhang Mi & Pan Yuanwen, Discorsi economico-commerciali italiano-cinese, cinese-italiano, Pechino: University of International Business and Economics Press 2013
- Further materials will be provided by the teacher during classes.
Teaching Methods Classes (54 hours including mid-term tests); practice of text translating, reflection upon and memorization of rather complex and specific sectorial lexicon. Related homework will be regularly assigned.
Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
- Mid-term test: Translation into Italian of a Chinese text of about 700 characters concerning one of the economic sectors analyzed during the course.
- Final test. The written test, of the duration of two hours, consists in translating into Italian a Chinese text of 700-850 characters concerning one of the economic sectors studied during classes (use of both paper and electronic dictionaries is permitted). The oral part includes lexical and syntactic analysis of texts studied during the course and translation at first sight of briefer and simpler texts. In order to be admitted to the oral examination, students must have passed the written one. For the purposes of the final result (i.e. grade) of the exam, the written and oral parts are of equal importance. The final result, which is determined the end of the oral exam, is expressed with a 30-point scale ranging from a passing grade of 18 to a maximum of 30 cum laude.
Contacts/More Information It is highly recommended that students attend classes. Beside that, the teacher will set weekly consultation hours (office hours) for students who need clarifications or assistance with their study (i.e. information about: program, examinations, thesis, etc.)