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THECHINESEUNIVERSITYOFHONGKONG

DEPARTMENTOFTRANSLATION

2009-2010

COURSEOUTLINE

COURSECODE/TITLE:TRA6008JournalisticTranslation

DESCRIPTION

Thiscourintroducestostudentstheprinciplesofandvariousapproachestojournalistic

nsivevarietyoftextsfromHongKongandMainlandChinaareudto

illustratecommonpill

beplacedoneverysinglestepintheprocessoftranslatingjournalisticwritings,includingtextual

analysis,glossarycompilation,terminologystandardization,editingandproof-reading.

TOPICSCOVERED

JournalisticWritingandtheNatureofTranslation

JournalisticTranslation:ProblemsandDifficulties

StructureofNews

DictionaryandRearchMethods

NewsTitlesandtheirTranslation

NewsLead:WritingandTranslation

QuotationandAttribution

SelectionandSynthesis

TranslationandEditing:Tranditing

PrinciplesandTechniquesofTranslatingforthePress:

BreakingNews

BroadcastingScripts

Editorial

Features

DocumentaryScripts

Advertorial

Real-timeOn-lineNews

Extensivepracticeintheareasisprovided

LEARNINGOUTCOMES

•Tobeconfirmed

LEARNINGACTIVITIES

LectureTutorialOthers:Pleaspecify

Hoursperweek

2hrs15minutes

Hoursperweek

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Hoursperweek

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2

ASSESSMENTSCHEME

TasknatureWeight

ClassParticipation

Mid-termTest

Assignments

10%

20%

70%

LEARNINGRESOURCESFORSTUDENTS

EsntialReading:

Bielsa,Esperanca.(2009).k:Routledge.

Cropp,Fritz&.(ed.)(2003).:IowaState

Press.

Itule,BruceD.&on.(2007).NewsWritingandReportingforToday’sMedia.

Boston:McGraw-Hill.

Rattu,:SurabhiPublications.

許明武著《新聞英語與翻譯》北京：中國對外翻譯出版社，2003年。

SupplementaryReading:

AssociatedPressStylebookandBriefingonMediaLaw.(2009).NewYork:BasicBooks.

Bagnall,Nicholas.(1993).:FocalPress.

Dixit,S.N.(2008).Journalism:Reporting,hi:PearlBooks.

Gambier,Yues&Giottlieb,Henrik(eds.)2001.MediaTranslation:Concepts,Practices

dam;Philadelphia:ins.

Prabhakar,Naval.(2007).Journalism:Editing,hi:

CommonwealthPublisher.

李林原著《新聞英語閱讀指導》台北：商務，1995年。

姚里軍著《中西新聞寫作比較》北京：中國廣播電視出版，2007年。

劉行芳著《新聞法治與新聞倫理》鄭州市：鄭州大學出版社，2007年。

桑義燐著《新聞報導學》杭州：浙江大學出版社，2004年。

Dictionaries:

陸谷孫編《英漢大詞典》(上、下卷)(上海：上海譯文出版社)

陸谷孫編《英漢大詞典》(香港：三聯書店)

吳光華編《漢英大辭典》(上、下卷)(上海：上海交通大學出版社)

m-Webster

CollinsCobuildAdvancedLearner’sEnglishDictionary:HardcoverwithCD-ROM.

McIntosh,Colin,BenFrancis&RichardPoole(ed.)OxfordCollocationsDictionary.2009.

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COURSESCHEDULE

DateTopicAssignmentDeadlinefor

Assignment

Week1

7/9

Introduction(1)ShortNews(E-C)

Week2

14/9

StructureofNewsReportingAssignment(1)

Week3

21/9

NewsLeadsandQuotations(2)NewsTranslation(C-E)

Week4

28/9

BroadcastingScriptsAssignment(2)

Week5

5/10

Features(3)Feature(C-E)

Week6

12/10

EditorialAssignment(3)

Week7

19/10

Tranditing(4)SynthesizingSeveral

DifferentSources(E-C)

Week8

26/10

HOLIDAY

Week9

2/11

Mid-TermTest

AnswerTwoquestions

E-C&C-E

Assignment(4)

Week10

9/11

FromNewsReleato

NewsReport

(5)RewritingofNews

Relea(C-E)

Week11

16/11

Advertorial

Week12

23/11

DocumentaryScriptsAssignment(5)

Week13

30/11

RealTimeOn-lineNews

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