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The course is connected to the following study programs

Teaching language

Norwegian

Prerequisites

At least 45 ECTS credits from the year abroad.

Learning outcomes

After completion of the course, students should be able to

  • identify and make decisions relating to specific translation problems in concrete situations involving translation between English and Norwegian
  • consider, choose and argue for appropriate translation strategies
  • produce adequate and correct translations from English into Norwegian

Contents

Focus will be on

  • the development of translation competence through practical exercises done alone and in groups
  • the linguistic, textual and cultural analysis of different text types and genres
  • identification and discussion of specific translation problems relating to cultural aspects, linguistics and text types in addition to terminology
  • translation of various general language texts into Norwegian
  • practicing information search techniques in relation to translation

Teaching and learning methods

Teaching will be in the form of lectures and student work. Students work with texts and terminology alone and in groups. Workload: 135 hours are required to complete the course.

Examination requirements

Six individual translations, including three with a reflective text of 300-600 words, must be approved.

At least two of the translations must be in the student’s secondary language form nynorsk, or bokmål.

Examinations

Four-hour written examination under supervision (translation of a general language text accompanied by a reflective text of 300-600 words). Graded assessment.

Student evaluation

The person responsible for the course, in consultation with the student representative, decides the method of evaluation and whether the courses will have a midterm- or end of term evaluation, see also the Quality System, section 4.1.

Admission for external candidates

No

Reduction of Credits

This course’s contents overlap with the following courses. A reduction of credits will occur if one of these courses is taken in addition:

Course Reduction of Credits
OF-306 – Translation English-Norwegian. 5
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