Chinese Translation and Interpreting
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

General course introduction information

Course Code:

MUTC483

Course Name:

Translation and Translators in History

Course Semester:

Fall

Course Credits:

Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
3	0	3	10

Language of instruction:

Course Requisites:

Does the Course Require Work Experience?:

Type of course:

Compulsory

Course Level:

Bachelor

TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree

QF-EHEA:First Cycle

EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree

Mode of Delivery:

Face to face

Course Coordinator :

Prof. Dr. CEMAL DEMİRCİOĞLU

Course Lecturer(s):

Prof. Dr. CEMAL DEMİRCİOĞLU

Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives:

The course surveys European and Asian translation traditions in historical context with a special focus on translators, their practices and roles as intercultural agents. Students are expected to acquire background information about the following issues: (i) historical and temporal lines of both European and Asian traditions of translation, and (ii) links between translational facts in the past and origins of contemporary translation theories, (iii) and terms, concepts and institutions about translation in certain traditions.

Course Content:

Haftalık program:

1. Hafta Çeviri tarihi, araştırma alanları ve araştırma soruları
2. Hafta “Batı”da çeviri ve aktarım olgusu: Latin geleneğine kısa bir bakış
3-4. Hafta “Doğu”da çeviri ve aktarım olgusu: Arap geleneği
5. Hafta Türk geleneği: Türkçede çeviriyle ilgili terim ve kavramlar
6. Hafta Eski Türklerde çeviri etkinliği: Uygur dönemi
7. Hafta Ara sınav I
8. Hafta Osmanlılarda çeviri etkinliği, Tercümanlık kurumu
9-10.Hafta Tanzimat döneminde Avrupa’dan yapılan çeviriler
11. Hafta Tanzimat sonrası dönemde çeviri üzerine tartışmalar: 1897 Klasikler Tartışması
12. Hafta Ara Sınav II
13-14.Hafta Cumhuriyet döneminde çeviri etkinliği; çeviri üzerine söylemler

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;

Learning Outcomes

1 - Knowledge
Theoretical - Conceptual
1) Students follow the basic historical lines of activities in both the European and Asian translation traditions.
2) Students make historical connections between historical translation phenomena in different cultures and contemporary theories of translation.
3) Students are familiar with the genealogy of translation terms and concepts in related traditions.
4) Students are familiar with the translation profession and related institutions.
5) Students are familiar with language and culture-specific translation discourses and interpreters' behaviors and attitudes.
6) Students have a basic theoretical-conceptual framework to begin graduate studies in translation studies.
2 - Skills
Cognitive - Practical
3 - Competences
Communication and Social Competence
Learning Competence
Field Specific Competence
Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility

Lesson Plan

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Translation history, research areas and research questions	Demircioğlu, Cemal (2016) Çeviribilimde Tarih ve Tarihyazımı, İstanbul: Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınları, Bkz: 1. Bölüm. Tahir- Gürçağlar, Şehnaz (2011) Çevirinin ABC’si, İstanbul: Say Yayınları. Bkz: 2. bölüm
2)	Translation and transfer phenomenon in the West: A brief look at the Latin tradition	Bassnett, Susan (2002) Translation Studies. 3rd ed. Landon&NewYork: Methuen. CHAPTER 2: History of Translation Theory, pp.45-78. Yücel, Faruk (2007) Tarihsel ve Kuramsal Açıdan Çeviri Edimi, Ankara: Dost Yayınları. Yazıcı, Mine (2005) Çeviribilimin Temel Kavram ve Kuramları. İstanbul: Multilingual Yayınları. II. BÖLÜM: Tarihte Çeviri – Temel Kavramlar, pp.29-37 ve III. BÖLÜM: Geçmişte Çeviri Etkinliği, pp.38-43 ile pp.64-68.
3)	Translation and transfer phenomenon in the East: Arabic tradition	Baker, Mona (1998) “Arabic Tradition” in Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies, Mona Baker (ed.). London and New York: Routledge, 316-325. [Çeviren: Figen Tuncer, Okan Üniversitesi Çeviribilim Bölümü Lisans Bitirme Projesi, 2010. Her hakkı saklıdır] Suçin, Mehmet Hakkı (forthcoming) “Arapça Çeviri Geleneği: Altın Dönem”. Journal of Turkish Studies, Cem Dilçin Armağanı, Zehra Toska (ed.). Harvard University Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. Sarıkaya, Muammer (2003) “el-Cahız’dan es-Safedî’ye Çeviri Teorisi” Bilimname Düşünce Platformu, Sayı III, 2003/3, 133-151. Demircioğlu, Cemal (2013) “El-Cahız’dan Manastırlı Mehmet Rıfat’a: Arap Çeviri Kuramcıları ile Osmanlı Mütercimleri Arasındaki Bağlantılar” Turkish Studies - International Periodical For The Languages, Literature and History of Turkish or Turkic, Volume, 8/13 Fall 2013, pp. 739-759.
4)	Translation and transfer phenomenon in the East: Arabic tradition	Baker, Mona (1998) “Arabic Tradition” in Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies, Mona Baker (ed.). London and New York: Routledge, 316-325. [Çeviren: Figen Tuncer, Okan Üniversitesi Çeviribilim Bölümü Lisans Bitirme Projesi, 2010. Her hakkı saklıdır] Suçin, Mehmet Hakkı (forthcoming) “Arapça Çeviri Geleneği: Altın Dönem”. Journal of Turkish Studies, Cem Dilçin Armağanı, Zehra Toska (ed.). Harvard University Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. Sarıkaya, Muammer (2003) “el-Cahız’dan es-Safedî’ye Çeviri Teorisi” Bilimname Düşünce Platformu, Sayı III, 2003/3, 133-151. Demircioğlu, Cemal (2013) “El-Cahız’dan Manastırlı Mehmet Rıfat’a: Arap Çeviri Kuramcıları ile Osmanlı Mütercimleri Arasındaki Bağlantılar” Turkish Studies - International Periodical For The Languages, Literature and History of Turkish or Turkic, Volume, 8/13 Fall 2013, pp. 739-759.
5)	Turkish tradition: Terms and concepts related to translation in Turkish	Demircioğlu, Cemal (2005) CHAPTER 2: “A Historical Overview: Turkish Terms/Concepts for “Translation” from the Pre-Ottoman to Ottoman Periods” in From Discourse to Practice: Rethinking “Translation” (Terceme) and Related Practices of Text Production in the Late Ottoman Literary Tradition. Unpublished Doctoral Thesis, Boğaziçi University, İstanbul. Electronically available from: http://www.transint.boun.edu.tr/tezler/CemalDemircioglu.pdf
6)	Translation activity in the Uighur period	Tekin, Şinasi (1995) “Eski Türklerde Tercüme Faaliyetleri”: paper presented in the regular seminars arranged by Saliha Paker for the contribution to the first Ph.D. courses in 1995 on “History of Translation in Ottoman/Turkish Society”, at the department of Translation and Interpreting of Boğaziçi University. Published by Journal of Turkish Studies, Harvard University Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, 2009.
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8)	Translation activity in the Ottomans, Interpreting institution	Orhonlu, Cengiz (1993) “Tercüman” İslam Ansiklopedisi, 12/1, Ankara: MEB. Paker, Saliha (1998) “Turkish Tradition” in Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies, Mona Baker (ed.). London and New York: Routledge, 571-582.
9)	Translations from Europe in the Tanzimat period	Paker, Saliha (1987) “Tanzimat Döneminde Avrupa Edebiyatından Çeviriler, Çoğul-dizge Kuramı Açısından Bir Değerlendirme” in Metis Çeviri, Volume 1. Translated from the English by Ali Tükel, 31-43. Demircioğlu, Cemal (2003) “19. Yüzyıl Sonu Türk Edebiyatında ‘Tercüme’ Kavramı” Journal of Turkish Studies, 27/II, Harvard University Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, pp. 13-31. Berk, Özlem (2006) “Translating the “West”: The Position of Translated Western Literature within the Turkish Literary Polysystem” in Ri.L.Un.E., No. 4, 1-18, Electronically available from: http://www.rilune.org/ENGLISH/mono4/Berk_Rilune4_2006.pdf
10)	Translations from Europe in the Tanzimat period	Paker, Saliha (1987) “Tanzimat Döneminde Avrupa Edebiyatından Çeviriler, Çoğul-dizge Kuramı Açısından Bir Değerlendirme” in Metis Çeviri, Volume 1. Translated from the English by Ali Tükel, 31-43. Demircioğlu, Cemal (2003) “19. Yüzyıl Sonu Türk Edebiyatında ‘Tercüme’ Kavramı” Journal of Turkish Studies, 27/II, Harvard University Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, pp. 13-31. Berk, Özlem (2006) “Translating the “West”: The Position of Translated Western Literature within the Turkish Literary Polysystem” in Ri.L.Un.E., No. 4, 1-18, Electronically available from: http://www.rilune.org/ENGLISH/mono4/Berk_Rilune4_2006.pdf
11)	Debates on translation in the post-Tanzimat period: The 1897 Classics Debate	Paker, Saliha (2006) “Ottoman Conceptions of Translation and its Practice: The 1897 ‘Classics Debate’ as a Focus for Examining Change”, in Translating Others, Vol. 2, Theo Hermans (ed), St. Jerome, Manchester, 325-348. Demircioğlu, Cemal (2003) “19. Yüzyıl Sonu Türk Edebiyatında ‘Tercüme’ Kavramı” Journal of Turkish Studies, 27/II, Harvard University Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, pp. 13-31.
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13)	Translation activity in the Republic period; Discourse on translation	Tahir-Gürçağlar, Şehnaz (2005) Kapılar: Çeviri Tarihine Yaklaşımlar, İstanbul: Scala Yayıncılık. III. BÖLÜM: Türkiye’de Çevirmen Üzerine Söylemler, pp.83-119.
14)	Translation activity in the Republic period; Discourse on translation	Tahir-Gürçağlar, Şehnaz (2005) Kapılar: Çeviri Tarihine Yaklaşımlar, İstanbul: Scala Yayıncılık. III. BÖLÜM: Türkiye’de Çevirmen Üzerine Söylemler, pp.83-119.

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

Tahir- Gürçağlar, Şehnaz (2011) Çevirinin ABC’si, İstanbul: Say Yayınları.
Demircioğlu, Cemal (2016) Çeviribilimde Tarih ve Tarihyazımı, İstanbul: Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınları
Bassnett, Susan (2002) Translation Studies. 3rd ed. Landon&NewYork: Methuen.
Yücel, Faruk (2007) Tarihsel ve Kuramsal Açıdan Çeviri Edimi, Ankara: Dost Yayınları.
Yazıcı, Mine (2005) Çeviribilimin Temel Kavram ve Kuramları.
Tahir-Gürçağlar, Şehnaz (2005) Kapılar: Çeviri Tarihine Yaklaşımlar, İstanbul: Scala Yayıncılık.

References:

Baker, Mona (1998) “Arabic Tradition” in Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies, Mona Baker (ed.). London and New York: Routledge, 316-325. [Çeviren: Figen Tuncer, Okan Üniversitesi Çeviribilim Bölümü Lisans Bitirme Projesi, 2010. Her hakkı saklıdır]

Suçin, Mehmet Hakkı (forthcoming) “Arapça Çeviri Geleneği: Altın Dönem”. Journal of Turkish Studies, Cem Dilçin Armağanı, Zehra Toska (ed.). Harvard University Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.

Sarıkaya, Muammer (2003) “el-Cahız’dan es-Safedî’ye Çeviri Teorisi” Bilimname Düşünce Platformu, Sayı III, 2003/3, 133-151.

Demircioğlu, Cemal (2013) “El-Cahız’dan Manastırlı Mehmet Rıfat’a: Arap Çeviri Kuramcıları ile Osmanlı Mütercimleri Arasındaki Bağlantılar” Turkish Studies - International Periodical For The Languages, Literature and History of Turkish or Turkic, Volume, 8/13 Fall 2013, pp. 739-759.

Demircioğlu, Cemal (2005) CHAPTER 2: “A Historical Overview: Turkish Terms/Concepts for “Translation” from the Pre-Ottoman to Ottoman Periods” in From Discourse to Practice: Rethinking “Translation” (Terceme) and Related Practices of Text Production in the Late Ottoman Literary Tradition. Unpublished Doctoral Thesis, Boğaziçi University, İstanbul. Electronically available from: http://www.transint.boun.edu.tr/tezler/CemalDemircioglu.pdf

Tekin, Şinasi (1995) “Eski Türklerde Tercüme Faaliyetleri”: paper presented in the regular seminars arranged by Saliha Paker for the contribution to the first Ph.D. courses in 1995 on “History of Translation in Ottoman/Turkish Society”, at the department of Translation and Interpreting of Boğaziçi University. Published by Journal of Turkish Studies, Harvard University Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, 2009.

Orhonlu, Cengiz (1993) “Tercüman” İslam Ansiklopedisi, 12/1, Ankara: MEB.

Paker, Saliha (1998) “Turkish Tradition” in Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies, Mona Baker (ed.). London and New York: Routledge, 571-582.

Paker, Saliha (1987) “Tanzimat Döneminde Avrupa Edebiyatından Çeviriler, Çoğul-dizge Kuramı Açısından Bir Değerlendirme” in Metis Çeviri, Volume 1. Translated from the English by Ali Tükel, 31-43.

Demircioğlu, Cemal (2003) “19. Yüzyıl Sonu Türk Edebiyatında ‘Tercüme’ Kavramı” Journal of Turkish Studies, 27/II, Harvard University Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, pp. 13-31.

Berk, Özlem (2006) “Translating the “West”: The Position of Translated Western Literature within the Turkish Literary Polysystem” in Ri.L.Un.E., No. 4, 1-18, Electronically available from: http://www.rilune.org/ENGLISH/mono4/Berk_Rilune4_2006.pdf

Paker, Saliha (2006) “Ottoman Conceptions of Translation and its Practice: The 1897 ‘Classics Debate’ as a Focus for Examining Change”, in Translating Others, Vol. 2, Theo Hermans (ed), St. Jerome, Manchester, 325-348.

Demircioğlu, Cemal (2003) “19. Yüzyıl Sonu Türk Edebiyatında ‘Tercüme’ Kavramı” Journal of Turkish Studies, 27/II, Harvard University Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, pp. 13-31.

Course-Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5	6
Program Outcomes
1) Having advanced theoretical and practical knowledge supported by textbooks, application tools and other resources containing current information in the field.
1) Graduates are capable of performing written and oral translation in at least one field of expertise, in accordance with the existing needs of professional life.
2) To be able to use advanced theoretical and applied knowledge in the field. To be able to interpret and evaluate data, identify problems, analyze, and develop solutions based on research and evidence using advanced knowledge and skills in the field.
2) Graduates have multilingual communication skills adequate to produce written and oral translations in language categories A, B, and C (language levels according to the European Language Portfolio on a Global Scale; language A at C2 level, language B at B2 level, language/s C at B1 level).
3) To be able to conduct an advanced study related to the field independently. To take responsibility individually and as a team member to solve unforeseen and complex problems encountered in applications related to the field. To be able to plan and manage activities for the development of employees under their responsibility within the framework of a project.
3) Graduates become familiar with the intellectual and cultural traditions in the cultures speaking A, B, and C languages and obtain awareness about behaviors and attitudes specific to such cultures.
4) To be able to evaluate the advanced knowledge and skills in the field with a critical approach, To be able to determine learning needs and direct learning. To be able to develop a positive attitude towards lifelong learning.
4) Graduates analyze written and oral texts produced in A, B and C languages, and comment on and translate them into the language A or B.
5) To be able to inform the related people and institutions on the subjects related to the field; To be able to convey their thoughts and solution suggestions for problems verbally and in writing. To be able to share their thoughts and solution suggestions on issues related to the field with the experts and non-experts by supporting them with quantitative and qualitative data. To be able to organize and implement projects and activities for the social environment in which they live with a sense of social responsibility. To be able to follow the information in the field and communicate with colleagues by using a foreign language at least at the European Language Portfolio B1 General Level. To be able to use information and communication technologies with at least the European Computer Driving License Advanced Level computer software required by the field.
5) Graduates use the contemporary tools and techniques required for the practice of translation, as well as information and communication technologies together with computer hardware and software knowledge required by the field.
6) Graduates possess sufficient knowledge of theoretical and methodological approaches in translation studies to begin graduate studies in the field.
6) Acting in accordance with social, scientific, cultural and ethical values in the stages of collecting, interpreting, applying and announcing the results of the field. Having sufficient awareness of the universality of social rights, social justice, quality culture and protection of cultural values, environmental protection, occupational health and safety.
7) Graduates possess sufficient knowledge to evaluate issues related to the education of translators as well as to occupational organizing and ethics within the profession, and to propose, from a social and scientific perspective, solutions to such issues in the various fields in which the need for translation arises.
8) Graduates have the ability to perform disciplinary as well as inter-disciplinary team work.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	Having advanced theoretical and practical knowledge supported by textbooks, application tools and other resources containing current information in the field.
1)	Graduates are capable of performing written and oral translation in at least one field of expertise, in accordance with the existing needs of professional life.
2)	To be able to use advanced theoretical and applied knowledge in the field. To be able to interpret and evaluate data, identify problems, analyze, and develop solutions based on research and evidence using advanced knowledge and skills in the field.
2)	Graduates have multilingual communication skills adequate to produce written and oral translations in language categories A, B, and C (language levels according to the European Language Portfolio on a Global Scale; language A at C2 level, language B at B2 level, language/s C at B1 level).
3)	To be able to conduct an advanced study related to the field independently. To take responsibility individually and as a team member to solve unforeseen and complex problems encountered in applications related to the field. To be able to plan and manage activities for the development of employees under their responsibility within the framework of a project.
3)	Graduates become familiar with the intellectual and cultural traditions in the cultures speaking A, B, and C languages and obtain awareness about behaviors and attitudes specific to such cultures.
4)	To be able to evaluate the advanced knowledge and skills in the field with a critical approach, To be able to determine learning needs and direct learning. To be able to develop a positive attitude towards lifelong learning.
4)	Graduates analyze written and oral texts produced in A, B and C languages, and comment on and translate them into the language A or B.
5)	To be able to inform the related people and institutions on the subjects related to the field; To be able to convey their thoughts and solution suggestions for problems verbally and in writing. To be able to share their thoughts and solution suggestions on issues related to the field with the experts and non-experts by supporting them with quantitative and qualitative data. To be able to organize and implement projects and activities for the social environment in which they live with a sense of social responsibility. To be able to follow the information in the field and communicate with colleagues by using a foreign language at least at the European Language Portfolio B1 General Level. To be able to use information and communication technologies with at least the European Computer Driving License Advanced Level computer software required by the field.
5)	Graduates use the contemporary tools and techniques required for the practice of translation, as well as information and communication technologies together with computer hardware and software knowledge required by the field.
6)	Graduates possess sufficient knowledge of theoretical and methodological approaches in translation studies to begin graduate studies in the field.
6)	Acting in accordance with social, scientific, cultural and ethical values in the stages of collecting, interpreting, applying and announcing the results of the field. Having sufficient awareness of the universality of social rights, social justice, quality culture and protection of cultural values, environmental protection, occupational health and safety.
7)	Graduates possess sufficient knowledge to evaluate issues related to the education of translators as well as to occupational organizing and ethics within the profession, and to propose, from a social and scientific perspective, solutions to such issues in the various fields in which the need for translation arises.
8)	Graduates have the ability to perform disciplinary as well as inter-disciplinary team work.

Learning Activity and Teaching Methods

Individual study and homework
Lesson
Reading
Homework

Assessment & Grading Methods and Criteria

Written Exam (Open-ended questions, multiple choice, true-false, matching, fill in the blanks, sequencing)
Oral Examination

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Midterms	2	% 60
Final	1	% 40
total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 40
total		% 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Grading

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	3	42
Study Hours Out of Class	40	0	0
Presentations / Seminar	14	2	28
Homework Assignments	14	2	28
Midterms	2	70	140
Final	1	50	50
Total Workload			288