WS 2011/2012: exam translation (advanced)

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Examenskurs Übersetzung (Englisch - Deutsch) vertieft 3 [SZEAOÜ3] 
UE; 2 SWS; ECTS: 5; Di, 12:15 - 13:45, ÜR 1; ab 18.10.2011; Bismarckstr. 1 1/2


Sprachmittlung, the latest: There will be NO "Sprachmittlung" in the next Staatsexamen!!!
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THE ART OF TRANSLATION:

A few books that might help you (to) master  the ART OF TRANSLATION:

1)
Friedrich, Wolf. Technik des Übersetzens. Englisch und Deutsch. Hueber. Ismaning. 1977.
http://books.google.de/books?id=_6tY7g8JFhYC&pg=PA11&lpg=PA11&dq=Wolf+Technik+des+%C3%9Cbersetzens
+Hueber+Verlag&source=web&ots=dMALFo5ww3&sig=OcOPPc69rlAsg2SFpKU5b3WrAes&hl=de#PPP1,M1
2) Königs, Karin. Übersetzen Englisch – Deutsch. Oldenbourg. München. 22004.       
3) Hohenadel, Christa und Will, Renate. Into German. Ein systematisches Übersetzungstraining Englisch – Deutsch. Hueber. Ismaning. 1994. more at Amazon! 
4) plus: Dieter Herms, englisch- deutsche übersetzung. Ein Arbeitsbuch für Studenten (broschiert). Hueber. Ismaning 1990more at Amazon!

SOME USEFUL LINKS: LINKS, LINKS, LINKS                  plus: http://www.christina-sanchez.de/

SOME ONLINE DICTIONARIES:  
1) www.leo.org  2) www.dict.cc/ 3)
http://woerterbuch.reverso.net/ 4) www.woerterbuch.info/?l=en 5) www.linguee.de/ 6) www.businessdictionary.com/  
7) http://dict.uni-leipzig.de 8) www.phrasen.com/ 9) www.phrases.org.uk/meanings 10) http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/ 11) 
http://odge.de/  
12) www.e-woerterbuch.de 13) www.onelook.com 14) http://dictionary.cambridge.org 15) www.peevish.co.uk/slang/index.htm 16) www.etymonline.com/  

17)
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Main_Page 18) http://falsefriends-mcsquared.blogspot.com/ 19)
http://translator.ibes.org/start.htm
AND,
FINALLY: 
www.erlangerliste.de/ressourc/lex.html (online dictionaries GALORE!)  

ONLINE TRANSLATIONS:  
1)
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/tr 2) www.freetranslation.com  3) http://www.online-translator.com/text.asp?lang=en 4) http://translation.babylon.com/ 

5) http://translate.google.com/# ["google"] 6) http://translation2.paralink.com/  7) http://www.translation.net/instrans.html

  A) TEXTS: all texts - apart from [0] and [00] - are "genuine" former Staatsexamen texts

[a) text # 0: a fairly easy text that might strike you as familiar! b1) word list  b2)  full word list  c) model answer]

[a) text #00: not yet "vertieft", just to get you started! b1) word list  b2) full word list c) model answer ]

October 18, 2011:   a) text #1 = state exam 1989 (autumn)  b1) word list  b2) full word list c) model answer

October 25, 2011:  a) text #2 = state exam 1995 (autumn)  b1) word list  b2) full word list c) model answer

[November 1, 2011:  a) text #3 = state exam 1998 (autumn)  b1) word list  b2) full word list  c) model answer ALL SAINTS' DAY!]

November 8, 2011:  a) text #4 = state exam 1999 (spring)   b1) word list   b2) full word list   c) model answer

November 15, 2011: a) text #5 = state exam 2003 (spring)  b1) word list   b2) full word list   c) model answer

November 22, 2010: a) text #6 = state exam 2004 (autumn) b1) word list  b2) full word list   c) model answer

November 29, 2010: a) text #7 = state exam 2005 (autumn) b1) word list  b2) full word list   c) model answer 

December 6, 2011:    a) text #8 = state exam  2006 (spring) b1) word list  b2) full word list  c) model answer

December 13, 2011:  a) text #9 = state exam  2007 (spring) b1) word list  b2) full word list  c) model answer

December 20, 2011:  a) text #10 = state exam 2007 (autumn) b1) word list  b2) full word list c) model answer 

["Christmas present 1":  a) text #11 = state exam 2008 (spring)   b1) word list  b2) full word list  c) model answer]      
["Christmas present 2":  a) text #12 = state exam 2009 (autumn) b1) word list  b2) full word list  c) model answer] 

January 10, 2012:   a) text #13 = state exam 2010 (spring)   b1) word list  b2) full word list   c) model answer                                  

January 17, 2012:   a) text #14 = state exam 2010 (autumn) b1) word list  b2) full word list  c) model answer        

January 24, 2012:  a) text #15 = state exam 2011 (spring)    b1) word list  b2) full word list  c) model answer     

January 31, 2012:    text #16 = MOCK EXAM/PROBEKLAUSUR:  only for those actually present in person!

PLUS EXTRA TEXT #17: state exam 2011 (autumn): only for those actually present in person!

February 7, 2012: return of corrected & graded mock exam 

B) EXTRAS EXTRAS EXTRAS EXTRAS EXTRAS EXTRAS EXTRAS EXTRAS EXTRAS EXTRAS 

EXTRA (1): THE ART OF TRANSLATING:                     
 
a) The Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook: ·video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6D1YI-41ao   text: www.ibras.dk/montypython/episode25.htm 
 
b) More  Monty Python links 
 c) Bryce Canyon Rodeo d) English gone awry  e) "Life by Gorgeous" f) a joke
  g
1) online translations1, Der Spiegel  g2) online translations 2, Süddeutsche Zeitung             

EXTRA (2): "SCHOOL":
 
a) school [cartoons]  b) grade school students (33 types) c) high school student (81 types) d) 9 types of college teachers
 e)
2 extra translation texts: 1) school [translation (gke) plus model answer ]  2) school [translation (LKE) plus model answer]
 f) school  [public school]
 
 
g) Malvern College:
1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvern_College  2) http://www.malcol.org/general-information/      
 h) Xsound: Fatal Beatings.mp3  text: Fatal Beatings (Rowan Atkinson)  
·video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBeguUvuDzs&feature=related                            
 i)  
·video ("The School Master"): www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiWJWLCoH2M&feature=related
 
j) First sentence of text #1 "translated" with the help of 7 free online translation services (VERY WEIRD!!!)     
 k) Some jokes: #13; #50; #71; #78; #156; # 159; #171; #177; #222; #223; #224; #243; #282; #287; #290; #302; #303; #342; #365;

EXTRA (3): "GENTLEMEN":
VIDEO:  Some great Jeeves & Wooster links            CARTOONS: Lords & gentlemen
X sound: Noel Coward,The Stately Homes of England.mp3   text: The Stately Homes of England
X sound: Noel Coward,Mad Dogs and Englishmen.mp3         text:  Mad Dogs and Englishmen
P. G. Wodehouse:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._G._Wodehouse    Noel Coward:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No%C3%ABl_Coward 
plus: Monty Python, Upperclass Twit: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSqkdcT25ss    
         Some jokes: #114; #308; #358; #370,2;

 EXTRA (4): American politics: "Oops!" and "Oops!" again: Republican candidates for the presidency
Rick Perry:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwG67GpJ63E&NR=1 
Herman Cain:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW_nDFKAmCo

EXTRA (5): BBC Radio 4 
Any Questions: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01bbd95/Any_Questions_Upton_Wirral/ (until Feb. 11, 2012)
Any Answers:
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01bh91r/Any_Answers_04_02_2012/ (until Feb. 11, 2012)
A Point of View: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01bbd97/A_Point_of_View_Email_Etiquette/ (until Feb. 12, 2012)
What the papers say: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01bkywg/What_the_Papers_Say_Episode_89/ (until Feb. 12, 2012)
Brain of Britain:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01blgny/Brain_of_Britain_06_02_2012/ (until Feb. 13, 2012)

EXTRA (6): "WHEELSPOKE"(sic):  ENGLISH AS SHE IS WHEELSPOKE (sic), Punch 
                        
1) WHEELSPOKE (01-20), 2) WHEELSPOKE (21-40), 3) WHEELSPOKE (41-60), 4) WHEELSPOKE (61-80),
                         5) WHEELSPOKE (81-100), 6) WHEELSPOKE (101-120), 7) WHEELSPOKE (121-140)    FWL, Klausur


PRIVATE EYE, 1988

Fork Handles (sic):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz2-ukrd2VQ
 

[This will help you to get the pun at the end:
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billhook

Always look on the bright side of life:
1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrdEMERq8MA
2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTXiqKGFNso 
3)
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9dp62_eric-idle-always-look-on-the-bright_music

 

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