SPECIALISED SPANISH AND MEDIA TRANSLATION

The course of Specialised and Media Spanish Translation is held in the second year of a Master's degree course with a strong professional vocation in translation and interpreting. The course aims to consolidate written translation methodologies, with particular reference to the problems of specialised translation between cognate languages (Spanish/Italian). The concept of specialized translation will be dealt with as an act of interlinguistic and intercultural mediation. The main objective is to enable students to deal effectively with the translation process of specialised texts from Spanish into Italian and from Italian into Spanish. Translating practice will always be accompanied by accurate reflection both on the linguistic level and on the contrastive and translatological one. In the light of this, the teaching will have a strong practical-applicative character, always based on modern contemporary traduttological theories. In line with the course, the metalinguistic reflection and the interlinguistic comparison will be two central aspects in conducting the course also from the point of view of the linguistic affinity between Spanish and Italian. The course consists of a semester module of 30 hours.

The course of Specialised and Media Spanish Translation aims to strengthen students' translating skills in the light of the theory, methodology and practice of specialised translation between Spanish and Italian, with particular emphasis on linguistic aspects in a translator-oriented key. In this regard, more specialised notions of modern translation theory will be provided and then all the strategies that the translator has available to conduct the process of interlinguistic transposition of sectorial texts will be explained. The expected learning outcomes are as follows:

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
- - To arouse reflection on the linguistic contradiction between Spanish and Italian in a transformative key
- Recognising linguistic difficulties in the translation of specialist texts
- Reflect on translation issues related to text specialisation and demonstrate awareness in the use of translation techniques
- Familiarize yourself with the professional practice of the work of a translator (for institutions or freelance) and learn about the deontology of the profession
- Get to know the online tools useful in the field of specialist translation

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
- Internalize the strategies and methodological principles on which the translation process of specialist texts is based
- Identify and solve translation problems through a process of analysis relating to the various types of text, with particular reference to specialist texts
- Ability to write a linguistic and translatological comment
- Knowing how to adopt translation strategies suited to the thematic and terminological specificity of specialist texts
- Know your way around a professional translation engagement.
- Know how to revise specialist texts.
- Know how to sight-translate specialist texts

CAPACITY OF JUDGMENT
- Knowing how to reflect on the role of linguistic contrasts between Spanish and Italian in a transluctological key with reference to specialized texts.
- Know how to critically comment on your own translation choices

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
- Know how to deal with a specialist translation project

LEARNING ABILITY
- To be able to critically consult the reference bibliography as well as bilingual lexicographic repertoires, with particular reference to the specialist ones

Students must possess a C1 linguistic-communicative competence in Spanish according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Foreign Languages. Besides, students are expected to have passed the Spanish Language and Translation exam of the first year.

Professional and specialised translation. Specialised languages. Elements of Translation.
Characteristics of text functions: the importance of the thematic field and specific terminology. Types and textual genres of specialised languages. Conventions.
Advanced translation skills. Choice of translation methods suitable for specialised texts. Use of parallel texts and corpora.
Critical development and translation quality.
Professional and deontological aspects of the translator work.
The revision process during the translation process.
How to write a translatological commentary.

In addition, the course will be divided into the following modules:
MODULE 1 - The Spanish-Italian translation of political-institutional texts
MODULE 2 - The Spanish-Italian translation of technical-scientific texts
MODULE 3 - The Spanish-Italian translation of legal-administrative texts

For each module we will describe:
- the general and specific aspects of the textual typology;
- morphosyntactic and lexical characteristics
- the methodology and objectives of the translation
- the tools available to the translator

TESTI OBBLIGATORI

TROVATO, G. (2018). Lingüística española y traducción desde la contrastividad. Roma, Aracne.

TROVATO, G. (2019). Mediación lingüística y enseñanza de español LE. Madrid, ArcoLibros.

TESTI DI RIFERIMENTO E DI CONSULTAZIONE

BERTAZZOLI, R. (2006). La traduzione: teorie e metodi, Roma, Carocci.

CALVI, M. V., BORDONABA ZABALZA, C., MAPELLI, G., SANTOS LÓPEZ, J. (2009), Las lenguas de especialidad en español. Roma, Carocci.

DIADORI, Pierangela (2012). Teoria e Tecnica della traduzione. Milano, Mondadori Education

HURTADO ALBIR, A. (2011, quinta edición revisada), Traducción y traductología. Madrid, Cátedra.

LEFEVRE, M. (2015). La traduzione dallo spagnolo. Teoria e pratica. Roma, Carocci.

LEFEVRE, M., TESTAVERDE, T. (2011). Tradurre lo spagnolo. Roma, Carocci.

NEWMARK, P. (1995). Manual de traducción. Madrid, Cátedra.

SCARPA, F. (2008), La traduzione specializzata. Un approccio didattico professionale. Milano, Hoepli.

SUAU JIMÉNEZ, F. (2010). La traducción especializada (en inglés y español en géneros de economía y empresa). Madrid, ArcoLibros.

DIZIONARI MONOLINGUI

Manuel SECO, Olimpia ANDRÉS y Gabino RAMOS, Diccionario del español actual, Madrid, Aguilar, 1999.

María MOLINER, Diccionario de uso del español, Madrid, Gredos

AA.VV., CLAVE, Diccionario de uso del español actual, Madrid, SM, ultima ed.

Diccionario de la lengua española, REAL ACADEMIA ESPAÑOLA, Madrid, Espasa Calpe, 1992.

Diccionario de sinónimos y antónimos del español actual, Madrid, SM, 2002.

N. ZINGARELLI, Il nuovo Zingarelli, dizionario della lingua italiana, Bologna, Zanichelli, ultima edizione (con CD-ROM)

Dizionario dei sinonimi e contrari, Divisione UTET, Garzanti Linguistica, 2001


DIZIONARI BILINGUI

Arqués, R., Padoan A. (2012). Dizionario spagnolo-italiano, italiano-español. Bologna: Zanichelli.

Sañé, S., Schepisi G. (2005). VOX - Il dizionario di Spagnolo. Dizionario Spagnolo-Italiano Italiano-Spagnolo. Bologna: Zanichelli.

Sañé, S., Schepisi G. (2014). Dizionario spagnolo-italiano di frasi idiomatiche, colloquiali e gergali. Bologna: Zanichelli.

Seco, M., Andrés, O., Ramos, G. (2004). Diccionario fraseológico documentado del español actual. Madrid: Aguilar.

Tam, L. (2009). Grande dizionario di Spagnolo. Gran diccionario italiano-español. Milano: Hoepli.

VV.AA (2009). Grande dizionario di spagnolo. Spagnolo-Italiano Italiano-Spagnolo. Levis (TN): Garzanti Linguistica.

The exam consists of a written test which will be divided into 2 parts:

The first part will consist of the translation from Spanish into Italian of a text belonging to one of the textual typologies dealt with during the module, including a translatological commentary justifying the choices made and the techniques adopted, for a total of 20 points.
The second part will consist of a sort of composition of a topic related to Translation Studies, for a total of 10 points.
The exam is considered passed if the student has achieved the minimum score of 18/30.

Lectures will be held entirely in Spanish language and will have the form of seminars, with the help of a power point in order to deal with the theory and methodology of specialized translation. Participation and involvement of students will be encouraged through practical tests and translation projects aimed at simulating the professional practice of specialized translation.

Italian

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This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Human capital, health, education" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development