Specialized discourse in English: analysis and translation of some written genres

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Specialized discourse in English analysis and
translation of some written genres

• Main aims
• To present the core characteristics of
  specialized discourse at the textual, syntactic
  and terminological levels
• To analyse and translate into Italian written
  texts from 5 main domains, which are
  representative of some of the students areas of
  specialization
• To become familiar with several resources to
  understand and translate texts, i.e. specialized
  dictionaries and glossaries, expert literature
  and corpora.

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MAIN FEATURES OF THE COURSE

• 60 HOURS, 10 CREDITS
• two tutors (dott. Molino and Dott. Piovaz)
  will help with some course activities.
• 4 hours of LETTORATO, in particular 2 hours to
  cover some basic business concepts which reflect
  the global aspect of modern-day business and to
  provide students with the essential vocabulary,
  writing, reading, listening, speaking and other
  skills necessary to function in English in the
  world of business. Students are encouraged to
  participate actively in the lessons by expressing
  opinions, taking decisions, participating in case
  studies, doing writing activities etc. There are
  video cassettes in CLIFU for further relevant
  practice. Course booksBUSINESS BENCHMARK Upper
  Intermediate  Student's Book, BEC Vantage
  edition, by Guy Brook-Hart, Cambridge, 2006 ISBN 
  0-521-67116-7 (Units 9 16)

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Obiettivi formativi Scienze della Mediazione
Linguistica

• formare laureati con solida base culturale e
  competenza linguistica in almeno due lingue
  straniere oltre litaliano e nelle relative
  culture, i quali potranno svolgere attività
  professionali nel campo dei rapporti
  internazionali (interpersonali e di impresa),
  della redazione di testi in lingua straniera,
  dellassistenza linguistica presso imprese e enti
  pubblici
• conoscenze fondamentali necessarie alla
  mediazione interlinguistica e interculturale
  lintroduzione alla traduzione, ai fini della
  mediazione linguistica scritta, di testi
  inerenti alle attività dellimpresa o
  dellistituzione
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  Guida ai corsi , p. 40

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SOME INTERESTING DOMAINS AND GENRES

• DEALT WITH IN THE COURSE
• THE PRESS (e.g. international news, from paper
  to electronic newspapers and journals)
• INSTITUTIONAL / SOCIAL COMMUNICATION (e.g.
  documents produced by national, international and
  non-profit organizations)
• SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL WRITING (e.g. a variety
  of subfields such as medicine, computing or
  automobiles)
• TOURISM (e.g. guidebooks and websites)
• ACADEMIC DISCOURSE (e.g. abstracts, academic
  guidelines and conventions)
• EXCLUDED FROM THE COURSE
• BUSINESS ( e.g. business correspondence and
  reports), see Lettorati
• DUBBING AND SUBTITLING (e.g. films and TV
  fiction)
• LEGAL LANGUAGE (e.g. contracts and laws)

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SYLLABUS AND TIMETABLE

• INTRODUCTION (23,24,25 February, 2,3,4 March
  2009) General English and specialized discourse.
  Main features and translation strategies of
  specialized discourse
• UNIT 1 (9,10,11,16,17,18 March 2009). The
  International Press
• UNIT 2 (23, 24, 25, 30,31 March 2009).
  Institutional and social communication
• UNIT 3 (1, 6,7, 8 April 2009). Scientific and
  technical writing
• NO LESSONS UNTIL 27 APRIL 2009
• UNIT 3 (27,28,29 April) Scientific and technical
  writing (follows)
• UNIT 4 (4, 5, 6 May 2009) Tourism
• UNIT 5 (11,12,13 May 2009) Academic discourse.
• CONCLUSION