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

- translation of various types of general texts
- practical application of theoretical knowledge
- active participation in the translation process with real-time problem solving
- translation of collocations
- translation of all parts of lexical meaning, style in particular
- comparison of cohesive elements in both languages
- degrees of formality.

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.
7. Grad, A., H. Leeming. 1994. Slovensko-angleški slovar. Ljubljana: DZS. COBISS.SI-ID - 38260224
8. Grad, A., R. Škerlj, N. Vitorovič. 2004. Veliki angleško-slovenski slovar. Ljubljana: DZS. COBISS.SI-ID – 215174400

Optional: different specialised dictionaries, e.g. a dictionaries of false friends, Longman Language Activator (1993), rhyming dictionaries, thesauri, dictionaries of synonyms, pictorial dictionaries, different encyclopaedias, terminological dictionaries, English-German, English-French, English-Italian, English-Spanish bilingual dictionaries.