5.3.2.TranslationProject(40%)
Thetranslationprojectisanindividualtaskinvolvingananalyticalreport(30%)and
presentingresearchfindingsinfrontofyourclass(10%).
ProjectSubject:TargetingMistranslation10
ResearchInvestigationDay:Thisprojectisdesignedtoidentify,analyseandrevise
translationerrorsincludingdistortion,unjustifiedinsertion,unjustifiedomissionandnonidiomaticusage,etc.Studentsarerequiredtospendtimesearchingforerrorsintranslation
of,forexample,publicsigns,thenameofaplace,moviesubtitles,restaurantmenus,andso
forth.TherewillbenotutorialsduringtheResearchInvestigationWeek(week6),butyour
tutorswillstillbeavailableansweringquestionsrelatingtoyourresearchproject.When
doingtheproject,youareencouragedtoinvestigateandfindtranslationerrorsusingall
accessibleresourcesonlineand/oroffline.Eachstudentistoproduceareportonthebasisoftheirinvestigation.Inthereport,your
examinerswillexpecttoseethefollowing:
•detailsoffindings–eg.Whereandhowyoufindtheerrors,feelfreetoinsert
picturesforillustrationpurpose.
•problemsofthetranslation
•theoriesand/orcriteria
•analysisoftheerrors
•possiblealternativetranslations
•justificationofyouralternativetranslations
Thereisnolimittothenumberoferrorsthatyouarerequiredtofind,butyouneedto
identifyatleastoneerrorsomewhere.
COVIDSocialdistancing:StudentsmustobserveALLsocialdistancingrequirements
imposedbytheirlocalgovernmentatalltimes.Whererisksareidentifiedfordoing
investigationoutdoor,studentsareencouragedtouseonlineresourcesandpublicationsto
completethistask.
Language:ThereportmustbewritteninEnglish(exceptfortheChinesetextfortranslation
purpose).Pleasespecifywordcountattheendofthereport.Presentationmustbemadein
Englishaswell.
Wordlimit:1000words(±10%)excludingreferencesandbibliography.Therewillbe1%
penaltyforeachtenwordsexceedingthewordlimit.