Detailed Schedule | Translation: English-Thai

Week 1	Aug. 14	No class (Mother's Day observed)
Week 1	Aug. 16	1: Defining and Practicing Translation Reading CP 1–13
Week 2	Aug. 21	Informative Texts: Prioritizing Information 2: Informative Texts Reading John Cloud, "How a Sugar Pill Can Heal (or Hurt) You," Time (2009; discussion) Ruth Velazquez, "Frida Kahlo: Realism, Symbolism, Surrealism Painter," RV Portraits (2011; discussion)
Week 2	Aug. 23	3: Informative Texts Reading "Autobiography" (discussion)
Week 3	Aug. 28	4: Informative Texts Reading Alice Park, "The Vapor Trail," Time (2014; discussion)
Week 3	Aug. 30	5: Informative Texts Reading Bill Gunyon, "Globalization Winners and Losers," Tread Softly (2016; discussion)
Week 4	Sep. 4	News 6: News Reading "HBO Says Data Hacked, Media Says Game of Thrones Targeted," Reuters (2017; discussion) Class meets at BRK Computer Center
Week 4	Sep. 6	7: News Reading "HBO Says Data Hacked, Media Says Game of Thrones Targeted," Reuters (2017; discussion)
Week 5	Sep. 11	8: News Reading Sarah Knapton, "Hole in Ozone Layer Is Closing," The Telegraph (2016; discussion) Student Discussion 1: Kittaya, Chanyarpath, Intira, and Napatsara
Week 5	Sep. 13	9: News Reading Maria Tsvetkova and Jack Stubbs, "Kremlin Orders Washington to Slash Embassy Staff in Russia," Reuters (2017; discussion) Student Discussion 2: Kornthong, Nitchakarn, Unchittha, Papatsamon, and Pornpreya
Week 6	Sep. 18	10: News Reading David Lawder and Lesley Wroughton, "U.S., China Fail to Agree on Trade Issues, Casting Doubt on Other Issues," Reuters (2017; discussion) Student Discussion 3: Yolradee, Pimpun, Manutsanunt, Kittiphum, and Peerada
Week 6	Sep. 20	11: News Reading Nick Perry, "New Zealand Lawmakers Apologize for 100s of Gay Convictions," Associated Press (2017; discussion) Student Discussion 4
Week 7	Sep. 25	Literary Translation 12: Fiction Reading Richard Connell, "The Most Dangerous Game" (1924; discussion)
Week 7	Sep. 27	13: Fiction Reading Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day (1989; discussion)
Week 8	Oct. 2	(Midterm week: October 2–6, 2017) 14: Fiction Reading Willa Cather, "Paul's Case," McClure's Magazine (1905; discussion) *Test 1 (news) The test is one hour long and worth 25 points. You are allowed to bring one paper English-English dictionary to the test room. Review Translation topics Translation checklist Download test 1 Discussion Fiction Project story hand out
Week 8	Oct. 4	(Midterm week: October 2–6, 2017)
Week 9	Oct. 9	15: Fiction Reading Kate Chopin, "The Story of an Hour" (1894; discussion)
Week 9	Oct. 11	16: Fiction Reading Elizabeth Bowen, "Tears, Idle Tears" (1847) Doris Lessing, "To Room Nineteen" (1978)
Week 10	Oct. 16	Argumentative Texts 17: Argumentative Texts Reading Sam Anderson, "Just One More Game...," The New York Times Magazine (2012; discussion) Discussion: fiction review
Week 10	Oct. 18	18: Argumentative Texts Reading Sam Anderson, "Just One More Game...," The New York Times Magazine (2012; discussion) Charles Krauthammer, "A Doctor's Duty," Time (2003) Student Presentations: (4 minutes each) Students prepare their passage translations and present information, grammar and argument explanations of their assigned sentence(s).
Week 11	Oct. 23	No class (Chulalongkorn Memorial Day)
Week 11	Oct. 25	19: Argumentative Texts Reading Charles Krauthammer, "A Doctor's Duty," Time (2003) Richard Stearns, The Hole in Our Gospel (2009) Student Presentations: (4 minutes each) Students prepare their passage translations for #2 ("A Doctor's Duty") and present information, grammar and argument explanations of their assigned sentence(s).
Week 12	Oct. 30	20: Argumentative Texts Reading Mohammad Bulbul Ahmed and Camellia Khan, "A Crucial Observation on Juvenile Delinquency: Bangladesh Perspectives," ASA University Review (2011)
Week 12	Nov. 1	21: Argumentative Texts Reading Gail Tverberg, "Why Natural Gas Isn't Likely to Solve Our Energy Woes," The Christian Science Monitor (2012; discussion) *Fiction Project translation due in class
Week 13	Nov. 6	Words to Be Spoken 22: Speeches Reading Natalie Portman, Class Day Speech, Harvard University (2015; discussion)
Week 13	Nov. 8	23: Speeches Reading CP *Test 2 (argumentative text) The test is one hour long and worth 25 points. You are allowed to bring one paper English-English dictionary to the test room. Download test 2 Discussion
Week 14	Nov. 13	24: Speeches Reading Aung San Suu Kyi, Speech to British Parliament, Westminster Hall (2012)
Week 14	Nov. 15	25: Speeches Reading John Kerry, "Remarks at the 22^nd Conference of the Parties (COP22) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change" (2016; discussion)
Week 15	Nov. 20	26: Speeches Reading King George VI, Speech, BBC (1939; discussion)
Week 15	Nov. 22	27: Speeches Reading Barack Obama, Remarks by President Obama at Memorial Service for Former South African President Nelson Mandela, The White House (2013; discussion)
Week 16	Nov. 27	28: Review Reading CP *Test 3 (speech) Justin Trudeau, Address to the 72th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Government of Canada (2017) "Canada - Prime Minister Addresses General Debate, 72nd Session," UN Web TV (2017; video clip, 30:41 min.; in original language English and French) "Justin Trudeau at the United Nations," CBC News (2017; video clip, 30:53 min.) "Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau Remarks at U.N. General Assembly," C-SPAN (2017; video clip, 30:46 min.; with transcript of Trudeau's remarks and translator's translation of the French parts) Download test 3 Discussion
Week 16	Nov. 29	29: Fiction Project Groups present their project translations Isaac Asimov, "Segregationist" (1937) English-Thai discussion Sample for critique 1 Sample for critique 2 Sample for critique 3
Week 17	Dec. 4	Final Exam (8:30–11:30 a.m.) There are four parts to the exam: 1) informative text, 2) fiction, 3) argumentative text, and 4) speech.