SS 2011: exam translation (advanced)
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Begin: May 3, 2011 Time: Tuesday, 12:15 - 13:45 Room: KH: 1.014
THE ART OF TRANSLATION:
A
few books that might help you (to) master the ART OF
TRANSLATION:
1) Friedrich,
Wolf. Technik des Übersetzens. Englisch und Deutsch. Hueber. Ismaning.
1977.
http://books.google.de/books?id=_6tY7g8JFhYC&pg=PA11&lpg=PA11&dq=Wolf+Technik+des+%C3%9Cbersetzens
+Hueber+Verlag&source=web&ots=dMALFo5ww3&sig=OcOPPc69rlAsg2SFpKU5b3WrAes&hl=de#PPP1,M1
2)
Königs, Karin. Übersetzen Englisch – Deutsch. Oldenbourg. München. 22004.
3) Hohenadel,
Christa und Will, Renate. Into German. Ein systematisches Übersetzungstraining
Englisch – Deutsch.
Hueber. Ismaning. 1994.
4) plus: Dieter
Herms, englisch-
deutsche übersetzung. Ein Arbeitsbuch für Studenten (broschiert). Hueber.
Ismaning 1990.
more
at
Amazon!
SOME USEFUL LINKS: LINKS, LINKS, LINKS plus: http://www.christina-sanchez.de/
SOME
ONLINE DICTIONARIES:
1)
www.leo.org 2) www.dict.cc/ 3)
http://woerterbuch.reverso.net/
4)
www.woerterbuch.info/?l=en 5) www.linguee.de/ 6)
www.businessdictionary.com/
7) http://dict.uni-leipzig.de 8)
www.phrasen.com/ 9) www.phrases.org.uk/meanings 10) http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/ 11)
http://odge.de/
12) www.e-woerterbuch.de 13) www.onelook.com
14) http://dictionary.cambridge.org 15) www.peevish.co.uk/slang/index.htm
16) www.etymonline.com/
17) http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Main_Page 18) http://falsefriends-mcsquared.blogspot.com/ 19) http://translator.ibes.org/start.htm
AND, FINALLY: www.erlangerliste.de/ressourc/lex.html
(online dictionaries GALORE!)
ONLINE TRANSLATIONS:
1) http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/tr 2) www.freetranslation.com 3) http://www.online-translator.com/text.asp?lang=en 4) http://translation.babylon.com/
5)
http://translate.google.com/#
["google"]
6) http://translation2.paralink.com/
7) http://www.translation.net/instrans.html
TEXTS: all texts - apart from [0] and [00] - are "genuine" former Staatsexamen texts
[a) text # 0: a fairly easy text that might strike you as familiar! b1) word list b2) full word list c) model answer]
[a) text #00: not yet vertieft, just to get you started! b1) word list b2) full word list c) model answer]
May 03, 2011: a) text #1 = state exam 1989 (autumn) b1) word list b2) full word list c) model answer
May 10, 2011: a) text #2 = state exam 1995 (autumn) b1) word list b2) full word list c) model answer
May 17, 2011: a) text #3 = state exam 1998 (autumn) b1) word list b2) full word list c) model answer
May 24, 2011: a) text #4 = state exam 1999 (spring) b1) word list b2) full word list c) model answer
May 31, 2011: a) text #5 = state exam 2003 (spring) b1) word list b2) full word list c) model answer
June 07, 2011: a) text #6 = state exam 2004 (autumn) b1) word list b2) full word list c) model answer
NO SESSIONS
on the following two dates, but those who feel like it can tackle the following
two texts:
[June 14, 2011 "KERWA": a) additional
text #1 = state exam 2005 (autumn) b1) word
list b2) full word
list * c) model
answer *
[June 21, 2010 "W.E.P. not in ER": a) additional
text #2 = state exam 2006 (spring) b1)
word list b2)
full word list *
c) model answer *
MORE ADDITIONAL TEXTS, particularly for those who attended one of my
earlier "Oberstufe"courses:
state exam 2003 (autumn) a) additional text #3
b1)
word list b2) full word list *
c) model answer *
state exam 2004 (spring) a) additional text #4
b1)
word list b2) full word list *
c) model answer *
state exam 2007 (spring): a) additional text #5
b1)
word list b2) full word list *
c) model answer *
state exam 2007 (autumn): a) additional text #6
b1)
word list b2) full word list *
c) model answer *
state exam 2008 (spring): a) additional text
#7 b1)
word list b2) full word
list *
c) model answer *
*
Beginning with our 7th session on June 28, the full
word list and the model
answer will no longer be posted
on "wepsite". Both items will only
be made available to those who actually attend the respective sessions
in person. Those attending will receive a
"hard copy" of the full
word list and the model answer
in class.
They will also be sent - via e-mail - a digital
version of both items in the afternoon of the very day they attend.
* The same policy
will apply to the seven "additional
texts" above!
June 28, 2011: a) text 7 = state exam 2009 (autumn) b1) word list b2) full word list * c) model answer *
July 05, 2011: a) text 8 = state exam 2010 (spring) b1) word list b2) full word list * c) model answer *
July 12, 2011: a) text 9 = state exam 2010 (autumn) b1) word list b2) full word list * c) model answer *
July 19, 2011: text 10 * = "MOCK EXAM"/KLAUSUR: state exam 2011 (spring) [Now the cat's out of the bag! (July 20, 2011)]
July 26,
2011: RETURN
OF "MOCK EXAM"/KLAUSUR: Yes, the mock exam was indeed returned
today! (July 26, 2011)
In case #21312718 and #21240134 are
interested in the the mock exam including the model answer, just get in touch
with me.
EXTRA (1): THE ART OF
TRANSLATING:
a) The Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook:
·
b)
More Monty Python
links
c)
Bryce
Canyon Rodeo d)
English gone awry e)
"Life by Gorgeous" f)
a joke
g1) online
translations1, Der Spiegel g2)
online translations 2, Süddeutsche
Zeitung
EXTRA
(2): "SCHOOL":
a) school [cartoons] b)
grade school students (33
types) c) high school
student (81 types) d) 9
types
of college teachers
e) 2 extra
translation texts: 1)
school [translation
(gke) plus model answer ]
2)
school
[translation (LKE) plus model answer]
f) school
[public school] h)
Malvern College:
www.malvern-college.co.uk/
g) Xsound: Fatal Beatings.mp3
text: Fatal
Beatings (Rowan Atkinson) ·
h) ·
i) First
sentence of text #1 "translated" with the
help of 7 free online translation services (VERY
WEIRD!!!)
EXTRA
(3): "WHEELSPOKE"(sic):
ENGLISH
AS SHE IS WHEELSPOKE (sic), Punch
1) WHEELSPOKE
(01-20), 2) WHEELSPOKE
(21-40), 3)
WHEELSPOKE (41-60), 4) WHEELSPOKE
(61-80), 5)
WHEELSPOKE (81-100),
6) WHEELSPOKE
(101-120), 7)
WHEELSPOKE (121-140)
EXTRA
(4): "SOUND FILES"
X
sound: Eurovision Song Contest.mp3 text: Eurovision
Song Contest
X
sound: Noel Coward,The Stately Homes of England.mp3 text: The
Stately Homes of England
X
sound: Finest Hour(Churchill).mp3
text: Finest Hour
EXTRA (5): "TABLOID SPECIAL"
To finish off: "Fork Handles/Four Candles": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu9MptWyCB8
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