A candidate for CHIN 400 honours shall have passed 60 credit points of Chinese including a Credit or better in CHIN 300. The unit will introduce theoretical issues related to translation in general and provide insights into the major linguistic and cultural issues in translating Chinese in particular. Attention will be paid to the development of translation skills, strategies and resources. Texts will cover a wide range of subject matter and text-types. Students normally work from Chinese to English and from English to Chinese.
Assessment is by written translations with commentaries, and participation in the online forum.
The course shall be agreed to by, and acceptable in advance to, the Head of the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics. The School shall satisfy itself that the student has satisfactorily completed an appropriate course, deemed equivalent to 150 hours of study.