Undergraduate - UnitATS3013 - Chinese Business Translation 1

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Organisational Unit	Chinese Studies
Offered	Clayton First semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Candy Wang

Notes

Previously coded CHI3450

Synopsis

This unit provides students with Chinese language training in a business and commerce context. By exposing students to a specialised business text style, students who wish to further improve their Chinese language proficiency can have an opportunity to grasp the language features of business texts and practice writing and translating related texts, thus developing their current bilingual language proficiency as well as broadening their career opportunities.

Outcomes

Students are expected to achieve the following goals upon successful completion of the unit:

to acquire familiarity with the basic linguistic features of Chinese business text through discourse analysis
to acquire basic Chinese business writing skills
to foster basic translation skills in translating business texts
to further improve their knowledge of the Chinese language in the specific business context.

Assessment

Written work: 60%
Exam: 30%
Class participation and performance: 10%

Chief examiner(s)

Candy Wang

Workload requirements

One 2-hour seminar and one 2-hour lecture per week

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Chinese studies

Prerequisites

Any one of the following units: ATS3010, ATS3030, ATS3011, ATS3031, ATS3012, ATS3032, ATS3014, ATS3034, ATS3041, ATS3042, ATS2015, ATS2035, ATS2016, ATS2036, ATS3015, ATS3035, ATS3016, ATS3036 or by permission.

Prohibitions

ATS3033, ATS4013, ATS4033