This
course aims to provide an introduction to the techniques and theories of news
translation. Students will be exposed to local and international news of the
print and electronic media and to a wide range of news subjects (government and
politics, finance, crime and punishment, health and disasters, etc). To be
compe-tent in translation, students will be made aware of the constant changing
nature of language, and the specific expressions in the news as well as the
cultural and political contexts in which news writing is produced. Upon
completion of the course, students are able to describe the steps and skills
involved in news translation; define the criteria of good news translation;
produce translated work relating to various news genres and subjects from
Turkish into English and vice-versa demonstrating ability and confidence in
sorting out linguistic/grammatical problems in news translation, and those
arising from different political, social and cultural settings of the
source-text.