Department of English

Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University

 

2202124  Introduction to Translation

Puckpan Tipayamontri
Office: BRK (Boromrajakumari Building) room 1106
Office Hours: M 1–3 and by appointment
Phone: 0-2218-4703
puckpan.t@chula.ac.th

 

Section 3

BRK 308

M 8:00–9:30, W 9:30–11:00
Announcements Archive


May 2

! Test 4 Return: Marks for test 4 (noodles) are here (identified by student ID) along with averages for all tests so far. I have meetings off and on in the next few days so I'll leave test 4 papers with Department of English Office (BRK 1110) staff for you to pick up. Note that they close at 4:30 p.m.

 
! Appointments: If you'd like to make an appointment to meet me before 4:00 p.m. Friday, May 2, please e-mail a time within one of these slots:


March 30

! Dusit Thani Trip: We will not have our next informative text class at Dusit Thani this Monday, April 2. Our study trip there may be scheduled for April 30 instead but I will confirm later. April 2 class, alas, is held in BRK 308 as usual. Bring your translations and questions for exercises 4 and 5 for discussion.


March 16

! Informative Text (E-T) Project: Watch the documentary A Plastic Ocean (2016) at Learning Commons (Choose to activate subtitles in the media player so you can see the text to help you translate). E-mail me your 160 words translation of any section of the documentary you like by Monday, March 19.


February 21

! Resources Review: For class on February 21, each student chooses one of the following reference items for in-class consultation while discussing your translation of news T-E exercise 6. Works that I'll bring are marked with an asterisk (*). E-mail me your first three choices and I'll update this list with your name in first-come-first-serve order.


Paper
  1. *Longman Language Activator: The World's First Production Dictionary: Peeraya
  2. *Roget's International Thesaurus, 4th ed.: Ladapa
  3. *Collins Cobuild English Language Dictionary: Pattanun
  4. *Longman Dictionary of English Language and Culture: Kanidarpa
Digital
  1. COCA <https://corpus.byu.edu/coca/>:
  2. BNC <https://corpus.byu.edu/bnc/>:
  3. Oxford Dictionaries (English) <https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/>: Sornsawan
  4. Oxford Learner's Dictionaries <https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/>: Punyapornsuk
  5. Oxford English Thesaurus <https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/thesaurus/>: Rachanok
  6. Cambridge Dictionary (English) <https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/>: Jutharat
  7. Cambridge Learner's Dictionary <https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/learner-english/>: Worarit
  8. Macmillan Dictionary <https://www.macmillandictionary.com/>: Peerapol
  9. Macmillan Thesaurus <https://www.macmillandictionary.com/>: Nattaporn
  10. Collins Dictionary <https://www.collinsdictionary.com/>: Narawit
  11. Collins English Thesaurus <https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-thesaurus>: Panas
  12. Chambers 21st Century Dictionary <http://chambers.co.uk/>:
  13. Chambers Thesaurus <http://chambers.co.uk/>: Chompunuth
  14. Merriam-Webster Dictionary <https://www.merriam-webster.com/>: Nardsama
  15. Merriam-Webster Thesaurus <https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus>: Sotara
  16. The American Heritage Dictionary <https://ahdictionary.com/>: Kanyarat
  17. Urban Dictionary <https://www.urbandictionary.com/>: Kusalin
  18. Dict Box: Anna


February 14

! Valentine's Day Class: For class on February 14, each student prepares information for an idiomatic, accurate and preferable translation of the following assigned terms, using 1) appropriate English original source for news text examples (from these and like publications: ABC, AFP, Al Jazeera, BBC, CBC, The Guardian, Haaretz, The Independent, The Indian Express, The New York Times, The New Zealand Herald, Reuters, The Times, The Times of India, The Washington Post), 2) suitable authoritative references (such as dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, corpora), and 3) official websites on specific content topics to inform your decision and discussion. E-mail your information, translation and alternatives to me before class, arranged in a format that fits our usual discussion page structure.


January 31

! Jan. 31 Class: Class on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 will be held in the Computer Center, BRK Building. Please arrive promptly.



January 29

! Jan. 29 Class: Each student please



 

 

 

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