RUSS 474

Spring 2012 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 17-May 2

Russian Literary Translation

Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

Theory and practice of literary translation in Russia from the eighteenth century to the present; "literal" versus "creative" translation; and practical work in translation into English of various Russian literary texts.

3 undergraduate hours. 3 or 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: RUSS 302 or equivalent.

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RUSS 474 class schedule data for spring 2012
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	48158	Lecture-Discussion	2G	9:30AM -10:50AM	TR	English Building	McCoy, E Lakhtikova, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/12-05/02/12 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: THE PRACTICE OF RUSSIAN TRANSLATION. This course is for professionally-oriented students who are interested in academic, government, NGO, or private sector careers and/or who are planning to be in contact with Russian-speaking countries or use Russian in the course of their careers. The students will enhance their professional skills by learning to translate in workshop format primarily into their native language. The students will also work with documents that are vital for their career development and relevant for their field of study, such as CVs, business letters, academic articles, government documents, manuals, etc. The students will explore cultural, linguistic and technical differences in a number of written discourses in commercial, literary, political or technical idioms. Instruction will be differentiated for native Russian, heritage Russian, and American Russian language learners. Three real-life translation assignments and daily translation exercises. Conducted in English and Russian. Meets with LAS 490, REES 496, and REES 596.
	48156	Lecture-Discussion	2U	9:30AM -10:50AM	TR	English Building	McCoy, E Lakhtikova, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/17/12-05/02/12 Credit: 3 hours Section Info: THE PRACTICE OF RUSSIAN TRANSLATION. This course is for professionally-oriented students who are interested in academic, government, NGO, or private sector careers and/or who are planning to be in contact with Russian-speaking countries or use Russian in the course of their careers. The students will enhance their professional skills by learning to translate in workshop format primarily into their native language. The students will also work with documents that are vital for their career development and relevant for their field of study, such as CVs, business letters, academic articles, government documents, manuals, etc. The students will explore cultural, linguistic and technical differences in a number of written discourses in commercial, literary, political or technical idioms. Instruction will be differentiated for native Russian, heritage Russian, and American Russian language learners. Three real-life translation assignments and daily translation exercises. Conducted in English and Russian. Meets with LAS 490, REES 496, and REES 596.