This introductory course considers the distinctive characteristics of Chinese and English and aims at highlighting the mechanics of translation as a process of linguistic transfer. Emphasis will be placed on developing in students an appreciation of language differences and helping them to arrive at critical language analysis competencies so that they are trained to approach translation issues from various angles of contrastive language structure and use.
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Year Taken: AY 16/17, Sem 2
Grade: B+Midterm (25%) – 64/100 [average: 75]
Class participation (10%)
Group Presentation (15%)
Final (50%)This module consists of a 2 hour lecture and 1 hour tutorial per week on the same day. I think this is the most interesting module I took for this semester! Many hilarious examples were shown during lectures and the lecturer encouraged us to read beyond what was required. The lessons are conducted in mandarin but the group presentation can be done in either English or Chinese. It was fun to compare the original and target text by looking at the different forms of words used. I learnt to look out for things that I have never noticed in sentences before!! Would definitely recommend this module.
For class participation, we had to complete 2 online activities that require the use of laptop webcam to answer a few short questions. And also to do the LAMS for any 3 lessons on NTUlearn.
For the group presentation, we were divided into groups and each group had to present the weekly tutorial answers at least once. I think all the groups really put in a lot of effort in preparing for the presentations, cos they looked so good that I was quite worried HAHA.
For midterm, the format would be similar to the pyps that the lecturer uploaded online, the main reason why I did so badly was because I forgot 中文的主导词是动词，英文的主导词是名词 (result of not studying enough haiz). Otherwise the test was not difficult.
For final, it actually was easier than mid term HAHA. ( use the oxford advanced learner’s english-chinese dictionary as 4 out of 6 sentences in the paper was found in the dictionary, yes, with the answer included) In fact I felt that I was like cheating, but theres no restriction to the types of dictionary you bring, as long as they are hard copies. So I guess it really depends on your luck~This review was reposted with the kind permission of Hairdryer. Originally published at https://ionhairdryer.blogspot.com/2017/06/ay201617-ntu-spms-cbc-y1s2.html
June 15, 2021
