Course objective
This course consists mainly of translation exercises (English to Chinese and
vice versa) and translation theories. Hopefully our discussion and practice
will help hone your translation skills and also alert you to the ideological
implications in cross-cultural translation.

Fall
Translation theories, presentations, and exercises

Preview of Spring 2005
Exercises; case studies (Work in a team of 2-3 people. Choose an English-to-
Chinese text of 80 pages or more, and analyze its translation strategies,
strengths and weaknesses. Turn in your proposal by 12/21.)

Readings & Presentations Homework
9/14 Intro & ex
9/21 Ex Gettysburg Address
9/28 No class
10/5 Ex Kissinger
10/12 Ex Chinese-English ex
10/19 Ex Orwell
10/26 Ex Travels with Charley (Niagara Falls)
11/2 Lefevere, “Translation: the categories” Chinese-English ex
11/9 Lefevere, “Translation: ideology”
11/16 Lefevere, “Translation: poetics” & 彭鏡禧, “翻譯與個人才情”
11/23 Lefevere, “Translation: Universe of Discourse” Crown of
Columbus 1
11/30 Lefevere, “Translation: language” Crown of Columbus 2
12/7 Birch, “Reflections of a Working Translator” Crown of
Columbus 3
12/14 Lefevere, “Translation as the Creation of Images or ‘Excuse me, is
This the Same Poem?’” Crown of Columbus 4
12/21 David Wang, “Translating Taiwan : a study of four English anthologies
of Taiwan fiction” Wild Kid 1
12/28 No class
1/4 Eugene Eoyang, “Speaking in tongues : translating Chinese literature
in a post-Babelian age” Wild Kid 2