Exercises: 3.02.410 Ü Academic Discourse: Practical Translation - Great Cities - Details

Exercises: 3.02.410 Ü Academic Discourse: Practical Translation - Great Cities - Details

General information

Course name Exercises: 3.02.410 Ü Academic Discourse: Practical Translation - Great Cities
Subtitle
Course number 3.02.410
Semester SoSe2026
Current number of participants 16
maximum number of participants 11
Home institute Institute of English and American Studies
Courses type Exercises in category Teaching
First date Thursday, 09.04.26, 08:00 - 10:00 o'clock A06 5-531
Type/Form
Lehrsprache englisch

Rooms and times

A06 5-531

  • Thursday, 08:00 - 10:00, Weekly (from 09.04.26)

Module assignments

Comment/Description

“Practical translation” aims to heighten your awareness of the differences between German and English, and to enable you to circumnavigate common translation problems. We will begin by looking at different types of translation (from literal to free) and move on to scrutinizing common problems such as translating complex noun phrases, relative clauses, false friends, progressive / simple / perfective aspects as part of a topic-based unit on the course topic: Great cities. You will then be given the opportunity, in small groups, to select your own text to translate; political, a film review, tourism, education, news report, which will be presented in class for peer review. Practical translation thus focusses on fine-tuning your accuracy and use of idiomatic English as well as equipping you with the tools to edit and translate a variety of genres of text.

Admission settings

The course is part of admission "ang900 MM SpraPra".
The following rules apply for the admission:
  • A defined number of seats will be assigned to these courses.
    The seats in the affected courses have been assigned at 20.03.2026 on 08:00. Additional seats may be available via a waiting list.
  • The enrolment is possible from 16.03.2026, 06:00 to 31.05.2026, 23:59.
  • Enrolment is allowed for up to 1 courses of the admission set.
  • At least one of these conditions must be fulfilled for enrolment:
    • Field of study is English Studies
    • Field of study is Englisch
    • Degree is Anpassungslehrgang
Assignment of courses: