Course detail

Methodology

FEKT-BPC-MPRAcad. year: 2025/2026

Translating methods of specific texts in electrical engineering. 

Syllabus:

1. Introduction. Appropriateness of translation. Types of translation.

2. Translation procedures and types of equivalence.

3. Style, genre and register.

4. Style and genre – practice.

5. Practical technical texts.

6. Business and technology news.

7. Technology news – practice.

8. Texts in education / university.

9. Texts in education – practice.

10. Machine translation – rule-based, statistical and neural MT.

11. MT translation software (Google Translate, Bing MS Translator, DeepL). 

12. Stylistic differences in translation.

13. Final test & translation.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Miroslav Kotásek, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Foreign Languages (UJAZ)

Entry knowledge

The secondary school knowledge and pre-intermediate knowledge of English are required.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Written test and exam.
The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Semester last 13 weeks. Attendence on seminars is compulsory. Minimal level of attendence is set to 75%. If exceeded, missed lessons have to be substituted.

Aims

To learn and train the appropriate approches to English-Czech and Czech-English translations. To emphasize the differences in syntax and similarities in lexis.
The ability to use appropriate translating skills and ability to distinquish and interpret the pragmatic meaning.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

LEVÝ, Jiří, HONZÍK, Jiří, ed. České teorie překladu: vývoj překladatelských teorií a metod v české literatuře. Vyd. 2. Praha: Ivo Železný, 1996. ISBN 80-237-2952-7.
LEVÝ, Jiří. Umění překladu. 4., upr. vyd. Praha: Apostrof, 2012. ISBN 978-80-87561-15-7.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-APE Bachelor's 3 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Seminar

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Miroslav Kotásek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Introduction. Appropriateness of translation. Types of translation.

2. Translation procedures and types of equivalence.

3. Style, genre and register.

4. Style and genre – practice.

5. Practical technical texts.

6. Business and technology news.

7. Technology news – practice.

8. Texts in education / university.

9. Texts in education – practice.

10. Machine translation – rule-based, statistical and neural MT.

11. MT translation software (Google Translate, Bing MS Translator, DeepL). 

12. Stylistic differences in translation.

13. Final test & translation.