Bachelor of Arts (BA) - The University of Hong Kong

110CHIN2312.Translation criticism II (Chinese-English) (3 credits)(This course is also offered to non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadening purposes.)Selected literary translations in English will be analyzed in terms of the specific problems encounteredin the process of translating. In some cases, different translations of the same original text will beexamined concurrently.Assessment: 50% coursework, 50% examination.CHIN2313.Language studies for translation II (6 credits)(This course is also offered to non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadening purposes.)This course considers the differences in grammar, semantics and pragmatics between Chinese andEnglish, paying special attention to problems of translating in these areas.Assessment: 50% coursework, 50% examination.CHIN2314.Translation in practice I (English-Chinese) (3 credits)(This course is also offered to non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadening purposes.)This course provides practical training in English-Chinese translation. Materials selected include boththe literary and the non-literary. The weekly lectures will be accompanied by written exercises andtutorials.Assessment: 50% coursework, 50% examination.CHIN2315.Translation in practice II (Chinese-English) (3 credits)(This course is also offered to non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadening purposes.)This course contains a critical element as well as a number of exercises in translation from Chinese intoEnglish. Texts of different stylistic types will be analysed, and the use of translation strategies forrendering such texts will be explored.Assessment: 50% coursework, 50% examination.CHIN2316.Translation theory (3 credits)(This course is also offered to non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadening purposes.)This course introduces leading theories in translation studies. Through studying on-going debates in thefield, students will acquire a theoretical and methodological knowledge indispensable to the procedureand evaluation of translation.Assessment: 100% coursework.CHIN2317.Translation criticism III (English-Chinese) (3 credits)(This course is also offered to non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadening purposes.)This is a sequel to Translation Criticism I. In this course, texts in different literary genres (poetry, theessay, the novel, drama) will be selected from English and American literature and discussed alongsidetheir Chinese translations. Students will be trained to develop a critical approach in evaluating thetranslator’s competence and the merits of the selected translations.Assessment: 50% coursework, 50% examination.