Department of English

Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University



2202313  Translation: English-Thai

 

Puckpan Tipayamontri

Office: BRK 1106

Office Hours: M 13 and by appointment

Phone: 0-2218-4703

puckpan.t@chula.ac.th

 

Section 5  (BRK 408)

MW 11:0012:30

 

Tentative Schedule

Week 1

Aug. 14

No class (Mother's Day observed)

Aug. 16

1: Defining and Practicing Translation

Reading

  • CP 1–13

Week 2

Aug. 21

Informative Texts: Prioritizing Information

2: Informative Texts  

Reading

Aug. 23

3: Informative Texts  

Reading

Week 3

Aug. 28

4: Informative Texts   

Reading

  • Alice Park, "The Vapor Trail," Time (2014; discussion)

Aug. 30

5: Informative Texts 

Reading

Week 4

Sep. 4

News


6: News

Reading

Class meets at BRK Computer Center

Sep. 6

7: News

Reading

Week 5

Sep. 11

8: News

Reading

Student Discussion 1: Kittaya, Chanyarpath, Intira, and Napatsara

Sep. 13

9: News  

Reading

Student Discussion 2: Kornthong, Nitchakarn, Unchittha, Papatsamon, and Pornpreya

Week 6

Sep. 18

10: News  

Reading

Student Discussion 3: Yolradee, Pimpun, Manutsanunt, Kittiphum, and Peerada

Sep. 20

11: News  

Reading

Student Discussion 4

Week 7

Sep. 25

Literary Translation

12: Fiction

Reading

Sep. 27

13: Fiction

Reading

Week 8

Oct. 2

(Midterm week: October 2–6, 2017)

 

14: Fiction

Reading

*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.

Fiction Project story hand out

Oct. 4

(Midterm week: October 2–6, 2017)

Week 9

Oct. 9

15: Fiction

Reading

Oct. 11

16: Fiction

Reading

Week 10

Oct. 16

Argumentative Texts

17: Argumentative Texts

Reading

Discussion: fiction review

Oct. 18

18: Argumentative Texts

Reading

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)

Oct. 25

19: Argumentative Texts

Reading

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

Nov. 1

21: Argumentative Texts

Reading

*Fiction Project translation due in class

Week 13

Nov. 6

Words to Be Spoken

22: Speeches

Reading

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 Test 2
  • Discussion

Week 14

Nov. 13

24: Speeches

Reading

Nov. 15

25: Speeches

Reading

Week 15

Nov. 20

26: Speeches

Reading

Nov. 22

27: Speeches

Reading

Week 16

Nov. 27

28: Review

Reading

  • CP
*Test 3 (speech)

Nov. 29

29: Fiction Project

Groups present their project translations

  • Isaac Asimov, "Segregationist" (1937)
  • English-Thai discussion
    • Sample for critique 1 Sample 1
    • Sample for critique 2 Sample 2
    • Sample for critique 3 Sample 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.

 

 


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