TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	3
SEMESTER	Fifth Term (Fall)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	7
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Assistant Professor Mustafa Onur Duman
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) will be able to have competence in necessary terminology and conceptual knowledge related to text types in the fields like economy, commerce, finance etc. 2) will learn to carry out translation-oriented linguistic, contextual and extralinguistic analyses of economics and commerce texts, 3) will be able to carry out translation of economics and commerce within English-Turkish language pair.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITION	This course aims to inform the students about the language properties of commerce and economics texts and associate those properties with translation from the point of elements, such as cultural differences, content, word selection, textual function, syntactic bundles, and knowledge structures. It is also aimed to ensure that students become familiar with the terminology regarding to economics and commerce texts, and to analyse the textual structure of this field with the help of translation practices. Translation practices are conducted in the fields of economics, management, banking, commerce, insurance and labour law.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Definition of Economy 2nd Week Models in economy and markets in Turkey and international markets 3rd Week Translation-oriented basic terms and concepts in texts on economics and commerce 4th Week Challenges encountered during the process of translation of texts on economics and commerce 5th Week Translation practices in the field of economics 6th Week Translation practices in the field of economics 7th Week Midterm Exam 8th Week Translation practices in the field of commerce 9th Week Translation practices in the field of banking 10th Week Translation practices in the field of insurance 11th Week Translation practices in the field of finance 12th Week Translation practices in the field of stock market 13th Week Final Remarks 14th Week Final Exam
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Newmark, Peter. Approaches to Translation. New York: Prentice Hall, 1998. Olteanu, Andreea-Rosalia. Errors and Diffıculties In Translating Economic Texts. Editura Sfantul Ierarh Nicolae.2012 Tagkas, P. ?Translation of Economic Texts: Challenges and Limitations?. In:Arslan, F., ed. Contemporary Issues on Linguistics and Language: LILA`14/Linguistics and Language Conference Proceedings. Istanbul: DAKAM Publishing, June 2014, pp. 279-287.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Problem Solving,Practice
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 40 Total(%) 40 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 40 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 60 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 3 3 Preparation for Quiz 0 0 0 Individual or group work 14 7 98 Preparation for Final exam 1 10 10 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 5 5 Laboratory (including preparation) 0 0 0 Final exam 1 3 3 Homework 10 5 50 Total Workload 211 Total Workload / 30 7,03 ECTS Credits of the Course 7
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No