Course Title: Methods and Principles of Translation

Science and Research Branch of Islamic Azad University

Second Semester of 2022-2023

Instructor’s Name: Ahmad Sharifi, PhD

Objectives
To familiarize students with:

 The concept and process of translation

 Types of equivalence
 Strategies for solving translation problems

Course Schedule
Week

Topic Required Reading Assignment

1 Introduction to the course --------------- ---------------

Equivalence at word level Baker, M. (2018), Baker, Chapter 2,
2
(definitions of word & lexical meaning) Chapter 2, pp. 10-16 Exercises 1 & 2
Equivalence at word level Baker, M. (2018), Baker, Chapter 2,
3
(the problem of non-equivalence) Chapter 2, pp. 16-24 Exercises 3, 4, 5 & 6
Equivalence at word level Baker, M. (2018), Baker, Chapter 2,
4
(translation strategies) Chapter 2, pp. 24-46 Exercise 7
Equivalence above word level Baker, M. (2018), Baker, Chapter 3,
5
(collocation) Chapter 3, pp. 53-69 Exercises 1, 2 & 6
Equivalence above word level Baker, M. (2018), Baker, Chapter 3,
6
(idioms & fixed expressions) Chapter 3, pp. 69-87 Exercises 3, 4 & 8
Grammatical equivalence Baker, M. (2018), Baker, Chapter 4,
7
(number, gender & person) Chapter 4, pp. 94-110 Exercise 1
Grammatical equivalence Baker, M. (2018), Baker, Chapter 4,
8
(tense, aspect & voice) Chapter 4, pp. 110-126 Exercises 2 & 3
Textual equivalence: cohesion Baker, M. (2018), Baker, Chapter 6,
9
(reference, substitution & ellipsis) Chapter 6, pp. 194-204 Exercise 2
Textual equivalence: cohesion Baker, M. (2018), Baker, Chapter 6,
10
(conjunction & lexical cohesion) Chapter 6, pp. 204-228 Exercise 3
11 Review
12 Review

1
Required Textbooks
Baker, M. (2018). In other words: A coursebook on translation (3rd ed.). London & New York:
Routledge.
Assessment

 Assignments (8 marks)
 Final examination (12 marks)