Literary Translation into Finnish

Literary Translation into Finnish, 5 cr. A practically oriented translation course including translation exercises. The course has been taught by professional literary translators. The course has focused on fiction or non-fiction translation in different years. For instance, the course has included four different groups divided according to language (English-Finnish, French-Finnish, German-Finnish and Russian-Finnish). PRECEDING STUDIES: Basic studies in Translation Studies, the Professional Translation course from the B working language into the A working language included in intermediate studies. OBJECTIVE: Upon completion of the course, students have practised professional translation of fiction or non-fiction into Finnish with expert supervision. CONTENT: Translation exercises in different genres (translation of fiction or non-fiction into Finnish). STUDY MATERIALS AND LITERATURE: Texts to be translated as agreed [selected by the group teacher]. COMPLETION: Participation in instruction (14–28 hrs) and completion of exercises. EVALUTION: 0–5

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