Translation Seminar I (ENG-SLO): Translation of Texts for Arts and Humanities I

The course will focus on the specifics of text-formation and translation of Slovene and English texts in the field of arts and humanities; cultural differences mirrored by genre differences; the differences between the author-orientedness of Slovene texts, and reader-orientedness of English texts; analysis of selected texts in the field, the importance of the knowledge on the subject matter which means that the texts used will be from areas that are closer to students' experience.

Students are expected to have access to various mono and bi-lingual dictionaries in electronic or paper form. Obligatory:
1. Bajec, A. et al., ur. 1970-1991. Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika I-IV. Ljubljana: DZS. COBISS.SI-ID – 5680645
2. Slovar kolokacij, npr.:/A collocation dictionary, e.g.: Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English. 2009. Oxford: OUP. COBISS.SI-ID – 12293945 2nd ed.
3. Enojezični EFL angleški slovar (približno 70.000 gesel) večje britanske ali ameriške založbe, npr.:/A monolingual EFL dictionary (approx. 70 000 entries) by one of the major British or American publishers, e.g.: Longman Group, Collins Publishers, Oxford University Press, Chambers etc.
4. Enozvezkovni enojezični angleški slovar (približno 170.000 gesel) večje britanske ali ameriške založbe, npr.:/A desk monolingual English dictionary (approx. 170 000 entries) of the major British or American publishers, e.g. Collins Publishers, Oxford University Press, Longman Group, Chambers, Merriam-Webster, Random House etc.?
5. For decoding tasksKrek, S. (ed.) 2005-6. Veliki angleško-slovenski slovar OXFORD®-DZS. Ljubljana: DZS. COBISS.SI-ID - 217361664
6. For encoding tasks: Drinovec Sever, N., Pogačnik, A., Žerak, A. (eds). 2010. Priročni angleško-slovenski in slovensko-angleški slovar. Ljubljana: DZS COBISS.SI-ID - 251196416, and optionally Grad, Anton, Henry Leeming. 1994. Slovensko-angleški slovar. Ljubljana, DZS. COBISS.SI-ID - 38260224

Optional: different specialised dictionaries, e.g. a dictionaries of false friends, Longman Language Activator, rhyming dictionaries, thesauri, dictionaries of synonyms, pictorial dictionaries, different encyclopaedias, terminological dictionaries, English-German, English-French, English-Italian, English-Spanish bilingual dictionaries.