Market Strategies & Critical Perspectives for Chinese-English Translators
Overview
Subject area
TRNC
Catalog Number
75100
Course Title
Market Strategies & Critical Perspectives for Chinese-English Translators
Department(s)
Description
This course offers a critical perspective on opportunities and challenges for the entry level Chinese-English translator/interpreter today. It addresses translation as a business and translators as individuals who engage in a wide array of “conversations” in a competitive marketplace––with different agencies, organizations, and institutions. Students will examine the evolution of what is called “professional” (as opposed to literary or community) translation, and the specificity of freelance or start-up work as opposed to landing full-time positions in corporations of different scales, from the boutique agencies to the multinational LSPs (language service providers). While learning to strategize work opportunities and to market their skills, students will contemplate larger issues of social purpose and sustainability of the translator, the role of the translators/interpreter in corporate social responsibility, soft-power economics, climate change, and other social justice and humanitarian concerns.
Typically Offered
Fall, Spring
Academic Career
Graduate
Liberal Arts
Yes
Credits
Minimum Units
3
Maximum Units
3
Academic Progress Units
3
Repeat For Credit
No
Components
Name
Lecture
Hours
3
Requisites
033652