LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION FROM ITALIAN INTO ENGLISH AND FROM ENGLISH INTO ITALIAN

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Alphabetic division AK-LZ

Course Sheet

Course code:

L0860

Academic Year of enrolment:

2022

Year of supply:

2023/2024

Divisions:

Cognomi M-Z

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 1st Cycle Degree in LINGUISTIC MEDIATION AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION

Disciplinary Sector:

English Language and Translation

Is part of:

LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION FROM ITALIAN INTO ENGLISH AND FROM ENGLISH INTO ITALIAN

Location:

PESCARA

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

SASSO Eleonora

PAPILE DORIANA

Cycle:

Single Annual Cycle

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

228

Prerequisites:

English Language I

Objectives

The aim of the course, which helps to reach the learning objectives of
the undergraduate degree course in “Linguistic Mediation and
Intercultural Communication”, is to provide students with a thorough
grounding in the basics of discourse analysis, Global English and corpus
linguistics. The topics covered in the language part provide a basis for
translation and interpreting jobs in the private or public sectors, as well
as to train students as linguistic and intercultural mediators in
Government Ministeries.
The translation part aims at providing students with tools and methods
for analysing and translating texts about tourism (tourism, art, cultural
heritage, etc.) from English into Italian, and from Italian into English in
order to highlight styles and communication strategies. A particular focus
will be on determining the most appropriate translation strategies for the
communication functions of the texts and on their lexical, terminological,
pragmatic and stylistic features.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Applying knowledge and understanding.
At the end of the course students will be expected to have:
- acquired the ability to describe and apply reading and writing strategies
related to cohesion and coherence;
- acquired the skills to use different types of media languages;
- acquired the ability to create a corpus and describe the linguistic
features in a corpus.
- acquired the ability to translate tourist texts from English into Italian
and from Italian into English.
Making judgements
At the end of the course students will be expected to have:
- acquired the ability to connect theoretical and practical issues in
discourse analysis;
- acquired the ability to explain the differences between varieties of
English used in different media;
- acquired the ability to make judgments on corpus linguistics:
- acquired the ability to comment on different strategies to apply in
translating tourist texts;
Communication skills
At the end of the course students will be able to:
-provide technincal and practical information about discourse analysis
both to specialists and non-specialists;
- use English for the media;
- discuss the different features of a corpus.

Contents

The course aims at introducing students to the fundamentals of discourse
analysis, defined as the analysis of language “beyond the sentence”.
With their illuminating researches, Austin, Grice, Halliday and Leech have
promoted the rapid development of discourse analysis concerned with
language use in social contexts, and in particular with interaction or
dialogue between speakers. The course will also focus on global English
and the media by providing an insight on how the press, radio,
advertising and especially television must have influenced the growth of
world English.
Special attention will be paid to corpus linguistics seen as a resource for
increasing the students’ competence and capacity, thereby developing
reading and writing skills, providing communicative practice, increasing
linguistic awareness, and developing learning autonomy.
The translation part aims to develop the linguistic, analytical and
translation tools needed to address the translation of various types of
texts in the field of tourist communication.
Different types of texts and different levels of difficulty will be presented
to students to discuss the best translation strategies to apply to each
individual case. The genre and the textual function will be examined, and
each piece will be thoroughly analysed from a content and linguistic point
of view in preparation for passive or active translation. Particular emphasis will be placed on tools, including technology, to support
terminology research and stylistic analysis. Students will be also given
some fundamental theoretical concepts to set the analysis of the
preliminary text for translation.

Extended Syllabus

The course aims at introducing students to the fundamentals of discourse
analysis, defined as the analysis of language “beyond the sentence”.
With their illuminating researches, Austin, Grice, Halliday and Leech have
promoted the rapid development of discourse analysis concerned with
language use in social contexts, and in particular with interaction or
dialogue between speakers. The aspects of the context known as field,
tenor and mode, as well as the notions of speech acts, and performative
verbs will be closely investigated. The course will also focus on global
English and the media by providing an insight on how the press, radio, advertising and especially television must have influenced the growth of
world English.
According to David Crystal, English is the dominant language in world
media and communications. For this reason, the language of the media
(the press, advertising, broadcasting, cinema and the Web) will be
examined in their linguistic and cultural peculiarities. Special attention
will be devoted to corpus linguistics seen as a resource for increasing the
students’ competence and capacity, developing reading and writing
skills, providing communicative practice, increasing linguistic awareness,
and developing learning autonomy. The process of compiling and
analysing corpus data will be explained by introducing the most
important existing English corpora.
The translation part aims to develop the linguistic, analytical and
translation tools needed to address the translation of various types of
texts in the field of tourist communication.
Different types of texts and different levels of difficulty (eg tourist guides,
brochures, websites and so forth) will be presented to students to discuss
the best translation strategies to apply to each individual case. The genre
and the textual function will be examined, and each piece will be
thoroughly analyzed from a content and linguistic point of view in
preparation for passive or active translation. Particular emphasis will be
placed on tools, including technology, to support terminology research
and stylistic analysis. Students will be also given some fundamental
theoretical concepts to set the analysis of the preliminary text for
translation.

Recommended Bibliography

Language module (6 credits - Prof. Eleonora Sasso) for attending
students:
- Brian Paltridge, Discourse Analysis: An Introduction, London, Continuum,
2006 (Chapters 1, 3, 6);
- M. Grazia Busà, Introducing the Language of the News, Abingdon,
Routledge, 2004 (Ch. 2,pp. 25-36; Ch. 6 , pp. 80-95);
- David Crystal, English As a Global Language, Cambridge, Cambridge
University Press 2003 (Ch. 1, pp. 1-28; ch. 4: pp. 86-104);
- David Crystal, Language and the Internet, Cambridge, Cambridge
University Press, 2004 (Chapters 2, 4, 7, 8);
- Susan Hunston, Corpora in Applied Linguistics, Cambridge, Cambridge
University Press, 2002 (Chapters 1, 4).

Language module (6 credits - Prof. Eleonora Sasso) for non-attending
students:
- Brian Paltridge, Discourse Analysis: An Introduction, London, Continuum,
2006 (Chapters 1, 3, 6, 7);
- David Crystal, English As a Global Language, Cambridge, Cambridge
University Press 2003 (Ch. 1, pp. 1-28; ch. 4: pp. 86-104);
- M. Grazia Busà, Introducing the Language of the News, Abingdon,
Routledge, 2004 (Ch. 2,pp. 25-36; Ch. 6 , pp. 80-95);
- David Crystal, Language and the Internet, Cambridge, Cambridge
University Press, 2004 (Chapters 2, 4, 7, 8);
- Susan Hunston, Corpora in Applied Linguistics, Cambridge, Cambridge
University Press, 2002 (Chapters 1, 3, 4).

Translation Module (6 credits - Contract Professor) for attending and
nonattending students.
- Gambier, Yves, van Doorslaer, Luc (eds.), Handbook of Translation Studies, Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. Vol. 1 (2010): Computer-aided translation, pp. 60-65; Corpora, pp. 80-86; Journalism and translation, pp. 180-184; Localization and translation, pp. 209-214. Vol 5 (2021): Museums and translation, pp. 159-164; NGOs and translation, pp. 165-170; Postediting, pp. 177-184; Tourism and translation, pp. 213-220 (written exam).
- Sulaiman, M. Zain, Wilson, Rita, Translation and Tourism. Strategies for Effective Cross-Cultural Promotion, Singapore: Springer: 2019 (pp. 3-63, written exam).
- Taylor, Christopher, Language to Language. A practical and theoretical guide for Italian/English translators, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999 (Part 1: pp. 116-147; Part 2: pp. 195-210; 288-310, written exam).

Teaching Methods

It is a 36-hour course of in-class instructor-led lectures arranged in 2-hour
lessons held two times weekly. The course is devoted to teach discourse
analysis, English for the media, corpus linguistics and translation of
tourist texts from English into Italian and from Italian into English.
Lessons, and seminars will be followed by activities and exercises aimed
at developing writing skills (cohesion and coherence), English for the
media and translating skills.
Course attendance is not compulsory but strongly recommended and the
written exam will be the same for both attending and non-attending
students.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

The course grade will be determined by aggregating the grade points
obtained by the students in both the written and oral exams.
The language written exam is comprised of multiple-choice questions on
discourse analysis, an exercise of cohesion and coherence and an
exercise of text linguistics;
The translation written exam is comprised of two translations of tourist
texts from English into Italian and from Italian into English.
Multiple- choice questions/exercises will deal with discourse analysis in
order to get students reflect on the importance of register, cohesion and
coherence in communication in private and public sectors.
By aggregating the three grades points obtained in the written exam
(language part and 2 translations) with the oral exam’s grade point, the
overall grade point average for the course can be determined.
Access to the oral exam is only possible once a student has passed all the
individual components of the written exam (18/30). The student who has
not passed one or more of the components of the written exam, will only
repeat the failed part.
The final assessment will also take into account the didactic supporting
activities conducted by native-speaking lectors throughout the academic
year.
The oral exam, conducted in English, will test the knowledge and
comprehension of discourse analysis, English for the media, and corpus
linguistics.
In order to pass the exam, students must use specialised terminology and
express him/herself in a coherent and clear way demonstrating logic skills
that connect different aspects of discourse analysis, English for the Media
and corpus linguistics.
The use of bilingual/monolingual dictionaries will be allowed.

Contacts/More Information

Further didactic material and worksheets will be available at the
photocopy store as well as on Microsoft Teams.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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