English Section

Welcome to the English Section

The academic staff of the English Section are responsible for the German/English translation classes offered as part of the BA Language Science programme (WP4: Translation) as well as for the German/English courses (Übersetzen, Fachkommunikation schriftlich und mündlich) provided in the MA Translation Science and Technology curriculum. They also offer courses for Erasmus students.

Information for students

Information for Students of B.A. Language Science

The prerequisite for the bachelor's degree programme in Language Science is an entry level of at least level B2 in English (cf. specifications of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

The Translation elective includes the following courses, which focus on practical translation from English into German or from German into English:

Methodik des Übersetzens unter Verwendung von Tools: The focus is on the practical implementation of language and cultural comparison in translation, developing research and problem-solving strategies, including digital resources.
Übersetzen BI (Englisch): This module comprises the exercises "Übersetzen im gemeinsprachlichen Kulturtransfer in BI" and "Textproduktion im Übersetzungsprozess in BI". Students work out strategies for the transfer of language and culture on the basis of concrete text examples and deal with fundamental translation-related issues.

For more details on these courses, please refer to the Modulhandbuch (pp. 36-38).

Learn more about our innovative degree programme in our video BA Language Science in 5 Minuten on the Saarland University YouTube channel.

Text and translation competence English

1st semester:

Z (Zentralübung) Übersetzen als Kulturtransfer (BI)
Ü Textproduktion und Übersetzen im kulturellen Kontext in BI

2nd semester:

Z Fachkommunikation und Wissensmanagement (BI)
Ü Kontrastive Fachtextkompetenz (BI)
Ü Textsortenbasiertes Übersetzen (BI)

3rd semester:

Z Fachkommunikation und Wissensmanagement (BI)
Ü Fachkommunikation und Textredaktion (BI):

4th semester:

Z Übersetzen und Medialität (BI)
Ü Übersetzen multimedialer Texte (BI)

Our innovative B.A. Language Science and M.A. Translation Science and Technology programmes will qualify you to become a Translator of the future. You can of course also study our advanced MA Translation Science and Technology with a suitable different BA degree under your belt.

Professional associations (Selection)

BDÜ www.bdue.de	Bundesverband der Dolmetscher und Übersetzer (D)
ADÜ-Nord www.adue-nord.de	Assoziierte Dolmetscher und Übersetzer in Norddeutschland
DVÜD www.dvud.de	Deutscher Verband der freien Übersetzer und Dolmetscher e.V.
ATICOM www.aticom.de	Fachverband der Berufsübersetzer und Berufsdolmetscher e.V.
Universitas Austria www.universitas.org	Österreichischer Berufsverband für Dolmetschen und Übersetzen
ASTTI www.astti.ch	Schweizerischer Übersetzer-, Terminologen- und Dolmetscher-Verband
ATA www.atanet.org	American Translators Association (US)
ITI www.iti.org.uk	Institute of Translation and Interpreting (UK)
CIOL www.ciol.org.uk	Chartered Institute of Linguists (UK)
ITIA www.translatorsassociation.ie	Irish Translators' and Interpreters' Association (IRL)
NAATI www.naati.com.au	National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (AUS)
OTTIAQ www.ottiaq.org	Ordre des traducteurs, terminologues et interprètes agréés du Québec (CAN)
FIT www.fit-ift.org	International Federation of Translators
Eulita www.eulita.eu	European Legal Interpreters and Translators Association

Corpora (English)

https://www.english-corpora.org/coca/	COCA: Corpus of Contemporary American English (über BYU)
http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/	BNC: British National Corpus
https://books.google.com/ngrams	Google ngram corpus

Monolingual

www.m-w.com	Merriam-Webster Online (US)
www.urbandictionary.com	Urban Dictionary
www.oed.com	Oxford English Dictionary
www.duden.de	Duden
https://howjsay.com/	Free Online Audio Dictionary (US/UK English)

CAT Tools

https://www.sdltrados.com/	SDL Trados Studio
www.memoq.com	Translation and Localization Management Solutions
www.star-group.net	STAR Transit
www.atril.com	Déjà Vu
www.wordfast.com	Wordfast Pro

Miscellaneous (Blogs etc)

www.uepo.de	Das Übersetzerportal: Nachrichten rund ums Übersetzen (de)
www.slator.com	Language Industry Intelligence (en)
https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/	Blog von Marc Liberman (UPenn) (en)
http://kv-emptypages.blogspot.com/	Translation technology, new collaboration models, and inspiration
https://usaerklaert.wordpress.com/	Sadly defunct, but a great source of information about the US (de)
https://hansard.parliament.uk/	The official report of all parliamentary debates (UK)
www.loc.gov	Library of Congress (US)
www.chicagomanualofstyle.org	The Chicago Manual of Style (US)
www.omniglot.com	Online encyclopedia of writing systems and languages

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