Sumários

Translating in Europe in the 19th century

9 Novembro 2021, 09:30 • Zsófia Gombár

Mini-presentations:

Translating Shakespeare to/on the European Continent by Antonina Sofilkanych

Presentation slides:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1mYEnlYUcJpEqGHWTVyK_CC_cZa8IlRUS/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=100075190301153964789&rtpof=true&sd=true

Lawrence Venuti on Domestication and foreignization by Alexandra Almeida

Presentation slides:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wFmDhaoKmP7momrZZt_SIcBJeQmUHVQC/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=100075190301153964789&rtpof=true&sd=true

Video:

Sts watched the video on domestication and foreignization, created by Peter Constantine and Brian Sneeden from the University of Connecticut.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtKasLH6H0M

Sts were asked to answer the questions of the google quiz, which was also published on the blogspot ‘Tasks’ of our educational blog Translationhistory2021:

https://translationhistory2021.blogspot.com/2021/09/tasks.html

Quiz:

https://forms.gle/9ucQ1ZyS9HJ1sjuk6

The answers were displayed on PowerPoint slides and discussed together in class.

Pair work: Sts had to work in pairs and discuss the quiz question number 10: Which translation method do you think translators should use? A) Domestication, B) Foreignization, C) Both, D) Depends on the context.

The Age of Enlightenment

8 Novembro 2021, 09:30 • Zsófia Gombár

Presentations:

1) John Dryden on Translation by Inês Ramos and Patrícia Martins

Presentation slides:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-0n1jlTpJiZipFhT1wAT8gi3YMrLIeOO/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=100075190301153964789&rtpof=true&sd=true

Quiz:

https://create.kahoot.it/details/ca44548a-fe5f-40ec-8c3f-13b362705773

2) Alexander Pope: “Preface to the Iliad of Homer” by Magda Coelho and Inês Paz

Presentation slides:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1m_FgQqCFkCvJ7dW8mAm_uv77SC4HnK0x/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=100075190301153964789&rtpof=true&sd=true

The presentations were followed by class discussion.

Sense-for-Sense and Word-for-Word Translation and Imitation

2 Novembro 2021, 09:30 • Zsófia Gombár

Sts watched a short film on sense-for-sense literary translation, created by Peter Constantine and Brian Sneeden from the University of Connecticut.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg5wXDbA0WE

Then Sts took a short google form quiz related to the video and previous class material. They could work in pairs or individually.

https://forms.gle/Kco3CGaFruRc2iKg8

The answers were displayed on PowerPoint slides and discussed together in class.

Sts were divided into three groups:

The presentation templates were displayed on the blogspot ‘Tasks’ of our educational blog Translationhistory2021:

https://translationhistory2021.blogspot.com/2021/09/tasks.html

Group 1 word-for-word translation

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13Bf7WMvkllQFJDQWdnzQdqxkCjRgjIzO/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=103205810894348699591&rtpof=true&sd=true

Group 2 sense-for-sense translation

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/14UWVYJgNotm32SNd7zq_VHe4yQ22jQtp/edit#slide=id.p1

Group 3 adaptation

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1CoyqkO8afCAKPqxR2h2rq_nfVKcgn9rp/edit#slide=id.p1

Sts were asked to give a short definition, to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the method in question, and also when to use and not to use it.

Finally, the mini-presentations were delivered by the group leaders and discussed in class.

Translating the Bible: William Tyndale

26 Outubro 2021, 09:30 • Zsófia Gombár

As we did not have time for the last presentation yesterday (25/10/2021), Antonina Sofilkanych and Ana Sufrai presented Task4 on King Alfred’s text to the class.

PowerPoint slides:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/147jnowU5zyNzYY6DHjebdAOsu_xKJ0rI/edit#slide=id.p1

Class presentation:

William Tyndale: “Preface.” presented by Leandro José

Presentation slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ck2V_RsFDP47QRqD8qNn5xge7k223nzN/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=100075190301153964789&rtpof=true&sd=true

The presentation was followed by class discussion.

Translating in Antiquity and Medieval Europe

25 Outubro 2021, 09:30 • Zsófia Gombár

1) Mini presentation:

The History of the English Language by Carolina Batista

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1o2RqxVCSMVJtA0gOfpu6LsrQjWYcOAib/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=103205810894348699591&rtpof=true&sd=true

2) Homework was checked in class.

Quiz 1: https://forms.gle/u3M3TmMUXyZxyxVY9

Quiz 2: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSceoL2YkVhnS1EuC5seRrWro3qQrYNbOE15Vlh_b1NQjYkSdw/viewform

The correct answers were displayed on PowerPoint slides and discussed in class.

3) Group work: Sts were divided into four groups.

The task and the presentation template were displayed on the blogspot ‘Tasks’ of our educational blog:

https://translationhistory2021.blogspot.com/2021/09/tasks.html

Each group had to present the author of the text allotted to the group, summarise the excerpt by the author, and reflect on their own opinion concerning its content.

 Group 1/ Task 1 (Cicero: De Optimo Genere Oratorum)

Task 1

https://drive.google.com/file/d/15d6lPmXp3E3vNOPxxiicPvT2ZrIYEMdp/view

Presentation 1

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1OfN3LxZ_J4ju6c7stQ_6cMk7FtFoYhBJ/edit#slide=id.p1

 Group 2/ Task 2 (Horace: Art of Poetry)

Task 2

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZNaNgb6T5SlexhIHSOjemxLLol_pOeko/view

Presentation 2

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-FhSRqD78-qSpuwhzVOz0PnlH2-bnjGC/edit#slide=id.p1

 Group 3/ Task 3 (St Jerome: Chronicles of Eusebius 1-2)

Task 3