MOOC for teaching literary translation to Italian learning students

Jakimovska, Svetlana (2024) MOOC for teaching literary translation to Italian learning students. Language MOOCs and OERs: new trends and challenges, 1 (1). pp. 225-243. ISSN 978-88-99811-20-4

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Abstract

The objective of this paper is to analyze the applicability of MOOC for literary translation training. We do not focus on developing theoretical courses but on practical activities aiming at developing translation skills. The first step to creating activities is to establish the principal challenges for students studying literary translation. The challenges are established through an analysis of main mistakes done by Italian learning students
when translating literary texts. Based on the conclusions of the analysis we develop closed and open type activities available for MOOC. In that way, we use the translation product to improve the translation process. Suggested solutions are usually extracted from published translations, thus linking translation criticism to the didactics of translation.
The corpus consists of students’ translations of Buzzati’s and Baricco’s works. Since students have studied Italian for only two years, the encountered mistakes are analysed from both linguistic and translatological perspective. From a linguistic perspective we analyse vocabulary and grammar mistakes, and from a translatological perspective we analyse the use of translation techniques and the translation of cultural phenomena.
The activities for acquiring linguistic and translatological knowledge and skills are designed to take into consideration learning progression. Therefore, for every type of error, activities begin with closed type exercises, MCQs and drop-down lists, then continue with drag and drop and text input questions, and in the final stage, we propose peer reviewed exercises and discussions.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Humanities > Languages and literature
Divisions:	Faculty of Philology
Depositing User:	Svetlana Jakimovska
Date Deposited:	30 May 2024 07:42
Last Modified:	30 May 2024 07:42
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/34119

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