Translation Seminar II (SLO-ENG): Translation of Promotional Texts

Various issues that often arise in the translation of promotional texts (e.g., tourism material, promotional material, promotional websites, etc.) are dealt with: translation of frequent word combinations, comparison of syntactic differences, comparative treatment of cohesive means in texts, translation of ambiguous word combinations or phrases, metaphorical meanings and idiomatic expressions, comparison of register differences and degrees of formality and the treatment of cultural differences between Slovenia and English-speaking countries.

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.