課程資訊
課程名稱
本地化翻譯入門
Introduction to Localization Translation 
開課學期
111-1 
授課對象
文學院  翻譯碩士學位學程  
授課教師
 
課號
GPTI5017 
課程識別碼
147 U0170 
班次
 
學分
2.0 
全/半年
半年 
必/選修
選修 
上課時間
星期四7,8(14:20~16:20) 
上課地點
 
備註
翻譯學程學生優先。不開放旁聽。上課地點數學研究中心401教室。
限本系所學生(含輔系、雙修生)
總人數上限:12人 
 
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課程概述

Course Description
This course would explore the basic knowledge of Translation Skills/Technical Know-Hows in L10N business and provide the students with an overall insight of industrial structure in the business. 

課程目標
Course Objectives
(Please fill in at least 50 Chinese characters or 200 English words.)
This course aims to guide the students to understand the basics of the overall technical know-hows of translation and ecosystem in IT translations and Software localisation, and thereby introduces the characteristics, the translation approaches, and the common issues of this type of translations. This would be a practice-focus course. 
課程要求
Requirements:
This course welcomes all the students who are interested in translation and localization in L10N fields and would follow the course progress. Since this course focuses on the practical exercises, attendance is a critical element of the assessment. Students would be highly recommended to take the course “Translation Theories” or any relative courses first before taking this course. 
預期每週課後學習時數
 
Office Hours
 
指定閱讀
 
參考書目
Assigned Readings & References:
1.J. Byrne. Technical Translation. Dordrecht: Springer (2006).
2.S. E. Wright and L. D. Wright, Jr..Scientific and technical translation. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company (1993).
Microsoft Production Team. Traditional Chinese Style Guide (2011).
M. Baker. In Other Words: A Coursebook on Translation. Routledge. (1992)
3. M.Hann. The key to technical translation.
Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company (1992)
4.劉宓慶文體與翻譯書林出版社 (1997)
5.劉宓慶英漢翻譯手冊書林出版社 (2004) 
評量方式
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課程進度
週次
日期
單元主題
Week 1
9/8  a. Course Introduction
b. Your own Localization: Localization is everywhere!
c. Localization 101
d. Localization Cycle  
Week 2
9/15  a. Introduction to Trados and other CAT tools
b. Introduction to L10N roles
c. Post-translation Quality check Tool  
Week 3
9/22  a. Manual Localization - Instruction
b. Manual translation and Translation Strategies
c. Assignment discussion  
Week 4
9/29  a. Manual Localization - Technical Whitepapers/Business
b. Manual translation and Translation Strategies
c. Assignment discussion 
Week 5
10/6  a. Manual Localization – Training Manuals
b. Manual translation and Translation Strategies
c. Assignment discussion 
Week 6
10/13  a. Webpage localization - General
b. Webpage translation and translation strategies
c. Assignment discussion  
Week 7
10/20  a. Webpage Localization – IT
b. Webpage translation and translation strategies
c. Assignment discussion  
Week 8
10/27  a. Webpage Localization – Business/Marketing
b. Webpage translation and translation strategies
c. Assignment discussion  
Week 9
11/3  a. App Localization - UI (Idiom)
b. UI translation and translation strategies
c. Assignment discussion  
Week 10
11/10  a. App Localization – Dialogues and Pop-ups
b. UI translation and translation strategies
c. Assignment discussion  
Week 11
11/17  a. App Localization - Game
b. Game translation and strategies
c. Assignment discussion 
Week 12
11/24  Machine Translation Post Editing I  
Week 13
12/01  Machine Translation Post-Editing II  
Week 14
12/08  Project Management: Communication Skills and File Preparation 
Week 15
12/15  Project Management: Customer/Vendor Relationship Management  
Week 16
12/22  Final Exam (Benchmark Test)