Institute for Translation and Interpreting, Heidelberg University

Winter Semester 2020-2021

0945MUE8202 Research colloquium: research for MA Thesis

• MA colloquium, 3rd semester Forschungskolloquium MA, 3rd Sem, 3 Credit Points, Research colloquium, Mon 10:15 to 11:45;
• LSF
• Course description

Virtual Seminar Room

We start this course on-line. Please join our Seminar Room:
https://heiconf.uni-heidelberg.de/bab-eeq-ax3
on Monday, 10:15 am. If any problems with computer audio, you can also dial in via the phone: +49 6221 431 0 410, and then enter Phone PIN: 4341-9332-8165

Submission of course assessment

If you take the course for credit, please submit your case study / report / essay via Moodle (the submission area is at the top of the course page) Please submit you work by 22.03.2021. (If you need an extension, please let me know).

Pre-recorded presentations

Aditi Rao and Ekaterini Dimitriou In Other Words: A Coursebook on Translation. / Baker, Mona. London; New York : Routledge, 1992. Chapters 1,2 https://1drv.ms/p/s!ArnoXKT1QkN3cLyrwtM_FiNEBY8?e=lSzg0y

Course materials

Week01: 02 Nov – 08 Nov 2020: Course Introduction

• Self-enrolment code on Uni-Heidelberg Moodle: d11m3-0945MUE8202
• Introduction: Please fill in this google form: https://forms.gle/zzZjSqDudzZ2gQbP8
• Channel on Slack (you will receive invitation via email): 0945mue8202-forschungskolloquium
• Presentation slides w01: pdf,ppt: https://heibox.uni-heidelberg.de/d/a8136657fce243f9b980/

Week02: 09 Nov – 15 Nov 2020:

• Presentation slides w02: pdf,ppt: https://heibox.uni-heidelberg.de/d/7b33fdf639ee4f23b959/
• Video recording of the class: https://youtu.be/9PbBrn9L7xo
• Developing your research as a narrative: cf. ideas by George Monbiot (t=1:34 till 8:00): https://youtu.be/xDKth-qS8Jk?t=94

Week03: 16 Nov – 22 Nov 2020:

• Video recording of the class: https://youtu.be/m91KNljuiXc
• Literature: Sinclair, J. (2016). Reading concordances. Longman Link to PDF on Moodle: https://moodle.uni-heidelberg.de/mod/url/view.php?id=237382

Week04: 23 Nov – 29 Nov 2020:

• Presentation slides w04: pdf, ppt: https://heibox.uni-heidelberg.de/d/d2108dcb824c40a9b476/
• Video recording of the class: https://youtu.be/xoDluj2dlm8

Week05: 30 Nov – 06 Dec 2020:

• Presentation slides w05: pdf, ppt: https://heibox.uni-heidelberg.de/d/2c83556eff124ed0ab86/
• Video recording of the class: https://youtu.be/pnWJGE2bH4o

Week06: 07 Dec – 13 Dec 2020:

• Video recording of the class: https://youtu.be/X3Tx378l778

Week07: 14 Dec – 20 Dec 2020:

• Video recording of the class: https://youtu.be/xgGKr9SeeIE

• Presentations:

  • Harden, T. (2012). The Awful German Language, or, Is “Die Geistige Entwicklung”“The Mental Development”?. Translation and Philosophy, Berna, Peter Lang, 13-26. (by Vanessa)
  • Chapter 4 of Saldanha, G., & O’Brien, S. (2014). Research methodologies in translation studies. Routledge. Chapter 4: Process-oriented research. (by Jennifer)
  • Chapter 6 of Saldanha, G., & O’Brien, S. (2014). Research methodologies in translation studies. Routledge. Chapter 6: Context-oriented research: Case studies. (by Tülin)
  • (If time allows we will also look into principles of statistical analysis and design of quantitative experiments.)
  • The link for choosing / suggesting articles or chapters for your presentations (if you have not yet done so) is here.

Christmas break: 21 Dec – 10 Jan (3 weeks, no classes)

Week08: 11 Jan – 17 Jan 2021:

• Video recording of the class: https://youtu.be/4xUVkik0PX4

Week09: 18 Jan – 24 Jan 2021:

• Video recording of the class: presentation https://youtu.be/-oU3SDss8Sc
• Video recording of the class: statistical analysis example https://youtu.be/W7lWYGLYy20

Week10: 25 Jan – 31 Jan 2021:

• Video recording of the class: presentation https://youtu.be/TNZWtEgVblw

Week11: 01 Feb – 07 Feb 2021:

• Video recording of the class: presentation https://youtu.be/J1Ue_nbRX7g

Week12: 08 Feb – 14 Feb 2021:

• Video recording of the class: presentations https://youtu.be/fqpX-uDQHio

Week13: 15 Feb – 21 Feb 2021:

• Video recording of the class: https://youtu.be/Fp9ftBgdeok

Week14: 22 Feb – 28 Feb 2021: