Department of English
Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University
2202124 Introduction to Translation
Puckpan Tipayamontri
Office: BRK (Boromrajakumari Building) room 1106.1
Office Hours: W 24 or by appointment
Phone: 0 2218 4703
Group 11
BRK 407
M 810, W 910
Tentative Schedule (Group 11)
Week 1 | Oct. 29 |
Introduction: What Is Translation?, Translator's Tools Sentence Issues Reading: CB 16 Discussion: definitions of translation; the process of translation; difference from interpretation; tools and resources; sentence boundary; omission of subject and object; topic-comment structure in Thai; tense and aspect (Exercises #121) |
Week 2 |
Nov. 3 |
Sentence Issues Reading
Discussion: ; serial verb construction in Thai; voice; Exercises #2238 |
Nov. 5 |
Sentence Issues Reading: CB 913 Discussion: dummy it; articles; false friends; Exercises #3960 |
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Week 3 |
Nov. 10 |
News (English-Thai) Reading: CB 1425 Discussion: types of texts; news writing structure in Thai and English; translating headlines, giving news source and summary; News #1 (Vietnam floods) and #2 (Bombs in New Delhi)
Student-presentation 1: Student-presentation 2: |
Nov. 12 |
News (English-Thai) Reading: CB 26 Discussion: News #3 (Drug charges)
Student-presentation 3: |
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Week 4 |
Nov. 17 |
News (English-Thai) Reading: CB 2729 Discussion: News #46 (train crash, kidnapping, tunnel fire)
Student-presentation 4: Student-presentation 5: |
Nov. 19 |
News (English-Thai) Reading: CB 30 Discussion: News #7 (Tainted milk)
Student-presentation 6: |
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Week 5 |
Nov. 24 |
No class (Chula Academic Fair) |
Nov. 26 |
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Week 6 |
Dec. 1 |
News (Thai-English) Reading: CB 3132 Discussion: News #12
Test I (news English-Thai; 20 points)
Student-presentation 7: Sujinna (Oxford Dictionary of English) |
Dec. 3 |
News (Thai-English) Reading: CB 33 Discussion: News #3
Student-presentation 8: Sudaporn (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English) |
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Week 7 |
Dec. 8 |
News (Thai-English) Reading: CB 3334 Discussion: News #45
Student-presentation 9: Suchayada (Oxford Collocations Dictionary) Student-presentation 10: Suda (Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th ed.) |
Dec. 10 |
No class (Constitution Day) |
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Week 8 |
Dec. 15 |
News (Thai-English) Reading: CB 35 Discussion: News (Thai-English) #6
Student-presentation 11: Suttapa (Practical English Usage) Student-presentation 12: Sutthimas (Oxford English Dictionary) |
Dec. 17 |
Informative Text (English-Thai) Reading: CB 3639 Discussion: analyzing informative texts; informative passage #1 (Dislodging admirer)
Student-presentation 13: Somrudee (พจนานุกรม ฉบับมติชน) |
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Week 9 |
Dec. 22 |
No class (Midterm Week December 2226, 2007) |
Dec. 24 |
(Midterm Week December 2428, 2007)
Test II (news Thai-English; 20 points) |
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Week 10 |
Dec. 29 |
Informative Text (English-Thai) Reading: CB 3940 Discussion: informative passages #23 (domestication, supermarket)
Student-presentation 14: Sonsoi (พจนานุกรม ฉบับราชบัณฑิตยสถาน) Student-presentation 15: Sutticha (Roget's International Thesaurus) |
Dec. 31 |
No Class (New Year's Eve) |
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Week 11 |
Jan. 5 |
Informative Text (English-Thai) Reading: CB 4143 Discussion: informative passages #46 (rainforest, happiness, marine life)
Student-presentation 16: Sabaitip (Wikipedia) Student-presentation 17: |
Jan. 7 |
Test III (informative text English-Thai; 20 points) |
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Week 12 |
Jan. 12 |
Informative Text (Thai-English) Reading: CB 4345 Discussion: informative passages #13
Student-presentation 18: Sakulrat T. (คลังคำ) Student-presentation 19: Waruorn (การแปลอังกฤษเป็นไทย: แนวคิดและวิธีการ) |
Jan. 14 |
Informative Text (Thai-English) Reading: CB 45 Discussion: informative passage #4
Student-presentation 20: Sineenat L. (Guide to Grammar and Style) |
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Week 13 |
Jan. 19 |
Informative Text (Thai-English) Reading: CB 4647 Discussion: informative passages #56
Student-presentation 21: Siritida (?) Student-presentation 22: Siriwan (So Sethaputra, English-Thai Dictionary) |
Jan. 21 |
Expressive Text Reading: CB 4752 Discussion: Exercises #1 (Claire) |
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Week 14 |
Jan. 26 |
Expressive Text Reading: CB 4753 Discussion: Exercises #2 ("Toil and Temptation")
Test IV (informative text Thai-English; 20 points)
Student-presentation 23: Sanita (Urban Dictionary) Student-presentation 24: Satida (Longdo) |
Jan. 28 |
Expressive Text Reading: CB 53 Discussion: Exercise #2 ("Toil and Temptation")
Student-presentation 25: Sineenuch (English by Example) |
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Week 15 |
Feb. 2 |
Expressive Text Reading: CB 5455 Discussion: Exercises #34 (Dahl's "William and Mary"; Martel's The Life of Pi)
Student-presentation 26: Sarita (The Internet Grammar of English) Student-presentation 27: Santanee (A Students Introduction to English Grammar) |
Feb. 4 |
Expressive Text Reading: CB 55 Discussion: Exercise #4 (Martel's The Life of Pi)
Student-presentation 28: Sirichai (A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language) |
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Week 16 |
Feb. 9 |
No class (Asalhapuja) |
Feb. 11 |
Expressive Text Reading: CB 5657 Discussion: Exercise #5 (Lewis' Alice in Wonderland)
Student-presentation 29: |
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Week 17 |
Feb. 16 |
Expressive Text Reading: CB 57 Discussion: Exercise #6 (Thompson's "Final Break")
Test V (expressive text English-Thai; 20 points)
Student-presentation 30: Student-presentation 31: |
Feb. 18 |
Expressive Text Reading: CB 57 Discussion: Exercise #6 (Thompson's "Final Break") |
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Feb. 23 |
Final Exam 8:3011:30 a.m. There will be five parts:
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