Department of English
Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University
2202123 Basic Translation
Puckpan Tipayamontri
Office: BRK (Boromrajakumari Building) room 1106.1
Office Hours: W 2-4 or by appointment
Phone: 0 2218 4703
Group 12
BRK 409
M 8-10, W 9-10
Tentative Schedule (Group 12)
Week 1 | Oct. 31 |
Translator's Tools Sentence Issues
Discussion: definitions of translation; the process of translation; difference from interpretation; What tools and resources should you acquire or be familiar with?; sentence boundary; omission of subject and object; topic-comment structure in Thai; tense and aspect (Exercises #1-21) |
Week 2 |
Nov. 5 |
Sentence Issues Reading
Discussion: serial verb construction in Thai; voice; Exercises #22-28 |
Nov. 7 |
Sentence Issues Discussion: passive voice (continued); dummy it; article; false friends; Exercises #29-50 |
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Week 3 |
Nov. 12 |
Sentence Issues News Discussion: types of texts; news writing structure in Thai and English; News #1 (car bomb in Karachi)
Student-presentation 1: |
Nov. 14 |
News Discussion: headlines; News #2 (Rwanda floods)
Student-presentation 2: Suputthra Chanthakhat Student-presentation 3: Saowapa Pinkheow Student-presentation 4: Suthimon Chaiyapornsinlapakorn Student-presentation 5: Suriya Phongphunngam |
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Week 4 |
Nov. 19 |
News Discussion: News #3-4 (Briton with contraband; car crash)
Student-presentation
6: Sutharinee
Akeboonyuen |
Nov. 21 |
News Discussion: News #5 (drug seizure)
Student-presentation
9: Haruthai
Chaisanee |
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Week 5 |
Nov. 26 |
News Discussion: News #6-7 (fire; gang war)
Student-presentation
11: Apichaya
Kotaravivat |
Nov. 28 |
Test I (news English-Thai; 20 points) |
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Week 6 |
Dec. 3 |
News Discussion: News #6-7 (fire; gang war)
Student-presentation
14: Hathai
Ballapapinant |
Dec. 5 |
No Class (Father's Day) |
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Week 7 |
Dec. 10 |
No Class (Constitution Day) |
Dec. 12 |
News Discussion: News (Thai-English) #1-4
Student-presentation
17: Sireethorn Thavornpiyakul |
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Week 8 |
Dec. 17 |
News Discussion: News (Thai-English) #5-6
Student-presentation
19: Athicha
Chiamprasert |
Dec. 19 |
Informative Texts Discussion: analyzing informative texts; informative passage (English-Thai) #1-3 |
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Week 9 |
Dec. 24 |
No Class (Midterm Week December 24-28, 2007) |
Dec. 26 |
(Midterm Week December 24-28, 2007)
Test II (news Thai-English; 20 points) |
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Week 10 |
Dec. 31 |
No Class (New Year's Eve) |
Jan. 2 |
Informative Texts Discussion: informative passage (English-Thai) #4-6
Student-presentation
22: Angkana Nakvichrit Student-presentation 24: Acharee Visarata |
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Week 11 |
Jan. 7 |
No Class (University Games) |
Jan. 9 |
No Class (University Games) |
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Week 12 |
Jan. 14 |
Informative Texts Discussion: informative passage (English-Thai) #1-6 |
Jan. 16 |
Test III (informative text English-Thai; 20 points) |
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Week 13 |
Jan. 21 |
Informative Texts Discussion: informative passage (Thai-English) #1-3
Student-presentation
26: |
Jan. 23 |
Informative Texts Discussion: informative passage (Thai-English) #4
Student-presentation
29: |
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Week 14 |
Jan. 28 |
Informative Texts Discussion: informative passage (Thai-English) #5-7
Student-presentation
32: |
Jan. 30 |
Test IV (informative text Thai-English; 20 points) |
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Week 15 |
Feb. 4 |
Expressive Texts Discussion: expressive passage #1-3
Student-presentation
35: |
Feb. 6 |
Expressive Texts Discussion: expressive passage #4
Student-presentation
38: |
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Week 16 |
Feb. 11 |
Expressive Texts Discussion: expressive passage #5-6
Student-presentation
41: |
Feb. 13 |
Expressive Texts Discussion: expressive passage #5-6 Student-presentation
44: |
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Week 17 |
Feb. 18 |
Test V (fiction English-Thai) |
Feb. 20 |
Review |
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Feb. 25 |
Final Exam 8:30-11:30 a.m. |
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