SPA 315: Intro to Translation SPA/ ENG
Students perform introductory translation assignments from Spanish to English and vice versa. They develop an understanding of translation theory through reading and class discussion and come to understand communicative translation and compare it to a direct, word-for-word approach. Problematic grammatical, discursive, and pragmatic issues are analyzed and the grammar of Spanish is reviewed in detail.
Course Reflective Narrative
This class meets the MLO 2 and 3 because to translate an advanced level of Spanish writing and speaking is needed. We talked about the beginnings of the translation and the first translated works, eg the Bible is one of them. This was my first time taking a class for translation and for me it was very interesting to learn different techniques of translation. In this class I learned a very important concept which says, "that there is no perfect translation." The important thing in translation is to convey the same message, it is a difficult skill to acquire. For half of the semester we had as mapping to translate a chapter of a book, I chose one in English and translated into Spanish. . The book I chose was a book whose title "Julia's Kitchen". Although I chose an easy book to read the translated was a challenge for me, because certain phrases in English had not felt in Spanish. In my view all these are complicated to understand either in Spanish or English, but still in Spanish are even more difficult because in Latin America there is a cultural diversity and each has its own sayings. I learned that it is important for a translator to identify the group that will manage and study a little about their culture to create a connection between the reader and the material translated. This class helped me to analyze and understand what kind of vocabulary in translating. By taking this class I acquired some knowledge about translation and I know that I now have the ability to do so.
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