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Undergraduate Handbook 2006-2007 (archived)

Module EAST3361: TRANSLATING MODERN JAPANESE TEXTS II

Department: East Asian Studies

EAST3361: TRANSLATING MODERN JAPANESE TEXTS II

Type	Level	Credits	Availability	Module Cap	Location
Tied	3	20	Available in 2006/2007	None.	Durham

Tied To

Pre-requisites

(EAST2411) Translating Modern Japanese Texts.

Corequisites

(EAST3071) Advanced Japanese.

Excluded Combinations

(EAST2341,2431, 2451,Japanese Options I,II,III)

Aims

To build on the basics of Japanese-English translation studied in EAST 2411 to provide more advanced expertise in translating across the disciplines of modern Japanese history, literature and Japanese society and culture, using a more sophisticated range of source texts.

Content

The texts used for translation will be high-level literacy and academic writing in Japanese on literature, history and society.
Short introductions by the teacher will introduce the broader concepts to which the Japanese language texts are related.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge

students will have progressed from third-year translation by being able to: Read academic material in Japanese at an advanced level.
translate smoothly, fluently and accurately from Japanese to English.
present their work in an appropriate format.
use their own translations to support their independent learning, for example, final honours dissertation research.

Subject-specific Skills

Key Skills

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

Classes will take the form of student-led seminars at which students will present set translations (given in advance) on the three themes to the class for comment and feedback from their peers and teacher in order to develop more effective methods of translation and presentation, and locate the subject matter in the broader context of the corresponding discipline through the use of secondary readings.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity	Number	Frequency	Duration	Total Hours
Seminars	44	2 per week	One hour	44
Preparation and Reading				156
Total				200

Summative Assessment

Component	Component Weighting	Element	Length/Duration	Element Weighting	Resit Opportunity
Examination	100%	Examination	3 hours	100%

Formative Assessment

Draft translations by students presented in class.

Students who do not attend monitored activities shown under Teaching Methods and Learning Hours, or who fail to complete the summative or formative assessment(s) specified above, may be subject to the Academic Progress procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University.