Discussion of Qian Qianyi article
Discussion domestication vs. foreignization
Discussion of faithfulness
Final project due Sunday at midnight!
Fill out course evaluation
Read deviations handout, think of arguments for and against
Come with a question to ask
Discussion of 我的妈妈是精灵 cont’d
Discussion of Peloton advertising text
Be ready to finish discussion of Qian Qianyi article
Read translations of “Darkness Starts” and vote on a favorite
Read articles by Yang Wenfen and Jay Rubin
Discussion of Han Dong poem translations
Discussion of 我的妈妈是精灵
Read 《我的妈妈是精灵》excerpt and translation (once posted)
Retranslate a passage of Feed
Translate 韩东 poem into English
Tell me your plan for the final project
Discussion of “Feed”
Discussion of poem translations into Chinese
Read 《我的妈妈是精灵》excerpt and translation (once posted)
Retranslate a passage of Feed
Translate 韩东 poem into English
Tell me your plan for the final project
Looking ahead: “voice” in Challenge 2
Poetry: introduction to image and metaphor
Read translation of “Feed”
Read “bouquet of poems”
Share example of image and metaphor in Chinese
(due Thursday morning) Translate Billy Collins poem and Auden stanzas
Read classmates’ translations
Discussion of translation of “Days of Rage”
More on “voice”
Read Challenge 2 text
Find a text to serve as inspiration
Start reaching out to informants
Start thinking about final challenge
Supplementary reading: finish Bellos on style
Discussion of The Phantom Tollbooth (observations on genre of literary prose)
Discussion of Pipilu translation
Introduction to “voice”
Fill out preferences for Challenge 2
Read classmates’ edits to “A Mother’s Charge”
Find an example of argumentative writing in Chinese
Read “Ah Q” and “The Walrus and the Carpenter,” think about “voice”
Read translation of George Monbiot’s “Days of Rage”
Discussion of “Ad” translations
Discussion of Eng-Ch translation (journalism)
(after Sunday) Read Pipilu translation
Read excerpts from The Phantom Tollbooth, make observations
Edit a passage from the 外卖骑手 translation
Make some edits to “A Mother’s Charge”
Discussion of museum placards
Discussion of Ch-Eng translation (journalism)
Be ready to talk about “Ad” translations next class
Read Chinese translation of “A Mother’s Charge,” be ready to talk about it
Read instructions for translator’s notes
Familiarize yourself with rubrics and grading scheme
Discussion translations of “This is Just to Say…”
Share observations on the language of journalism
Some tips about how to approach Challenge 1
Challenge 1 Option A translation due Sunday
Challenge 1 Option B translation due next class
Read Option A translation before class
Read translations of “Ad” and museum placard
Supplementary reading
Ask questions about “Ad” poem
Share observations on museum placards
Looking ahead: Translation challenges
Intro to journalism
Read instructions and sign up for challenges!
Read examples of journalism and write observations
Read classmates’ translations of “This is Just to Say”
Translate “Ad”
Translate museum placard
Guess-the-genre exercise
Share English advertising slogan
“Plums in the Icebox” exercise
Share observations on Sheng Keyi
Due Friday midnight: Fill out genre interest questionnaire
Read classmates’ advertising slogans
Translate William Carlos Williams’ “This is Just to Say…”
Prepare to translate Kenneth Fearing’s “Ad”
Prepare to translate Chinese museum placard
Reading from 《翻译之镜》
Intro to the course, self-introductions
Intro to “genre”
Guess-the-genre exercise
Observe advertising slogans
Skim syllabus and read course handbook
Translate advertising slogans
Read Sheng Keyi excerpts, write observations
Share example of a text worth translating
Reading: Bellos Chapter 6
