Fundamentals of medical translation 340-AT2-1PTM

Course profile: general academic
Form of study: full-time
Course type: compulsory (M_2), specialized education subject
Field of study: humanities
Year of study: I, semester II
Number of teaching hours: 30 hours (exercises)
Didactic methods:
work on source materials
analysis of the source text
analysis of parallel text
preparation of glossaries
translation
analysis and correction of the completed translation
ECTS credits: 2
Balance of student workload:
- participation in exercises: 30h.
- preparation for classes: 20h
Total: 50h, equivalent to 2 ECTS

Term 2024:

Topics:
1) terminology and style specific to the field
2) translation of patient information leaflets
3) translation of patient's medical records
4) medical investigations
e) scientific papers
f) translation of excerpts from training materials for doctors.

Type of course

obligatory courses

Prerequisites (description)

The purpose of the course is to introduce and familiarize with the formal and scientific principles for the production of medical/pharmacological translations, the usus of translation); the various genres of texts that the translator most often encounters in his practice in the field in question, in particular: information sheets, test descriptions, information leaflets describing drugs and cosmetics; translation of medical documentation; information leaflets accompanying medicines of wide use and scientific papers in the field of medicine and related sciences.

Course coordinators

Aleksandra Łukaszyk-Spryszak

Learning outcomes

KP7_WG6, KP7_WG7, KP7_ UW1, KP7_ UW5, KP7_UK1, KP7_ UK4, KP7_ UK5, KP7_ UU1, KP7_KK1, KP7_ KK2

Assessment criteria

Graded credit at the end of the semester - written credit.
Forms of evaluation: continuous assessment, presentation, written work.

Bibliography

The set of materials prepared by the teacher.

Term 2024:

1. Own materials.
2. A. Podlewska, Angielski w tłumaczeniach, Preston Publishing, 2018.
3. A. Badziński, A.Grzanka, R. Wojnicz, Słownik medyczny. Kolokacje medyczne do tłumaczeń wysokospecjalistycznych.polsko-angielskie, angielsko-polskie, Med-Pharm, 2019.
4. E.H.Glendinning, R. Howard, Professional English in Use, Cambridge University Press, 2007.
5.J.M.Penn, E. Hanson, Anantomy and Physiology for English Language Learners, Pearson Longman 2006.

Additional information

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