Dr. Chan Somnoble
Year II, Semester I
This course familiarizes students with the problems of linguistic specificity and translation. Students ask questions including, what is meant by translation? How can texts written in different languages be translated if we accept the idea that each language is unique, and has its own peculiarities? To come to an understanding of these problems, students analyze the semantics of the phrases “bak prae”, “traduire” and “translate”. Students then attempt to translate various texts, analyzing their semantics and isolating the specific problems they encounter while translating these texts.