CBS3840
Translation for Business and Commerce

This subject aims to train students in the practice of translation for business and commerce. Students will be introduced to basic concepts and principles relating to business and commercial translation. Through a variety of hands-on tasks, students will acquire and apply specific strategies and techniques to tackle translational problems in various types of business and commercial texts. Students will also learn to think critically about ethical issues that professional translators face in the industry.

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

1. Reflect critically on basic concepts and principles relating to business and commercial translation;

2. Identify specific strategies and techniques in solving translational problems in business and commercial texts;

3. Apply the concepts, principles, strategies and techniques acquired to the translation of various types of texts in the business and commercial domain.

1. the nature and function of business and commercial translation;

2. basic concepts and principles

3. translating general business documents: strategies and technique translating business letters, advertising and promotional texts, financial reports, contracts.