- Docente: Daniele Caccin
- Credits: 5
- SSD: L-OR/21
- Language: Chinese
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Languages and Technologies for Intercultural Communication (cod. 5979)
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from Sep 30, 2025 to Dec 17, 2025
Learning outcomes
At the end of the module, the student knows the documentation tools and the basic translation methodologies and techniques; is able to apply them in the pre-translation analysis of the source text and in the drafting of the target text, depending on the communicative functions of the texts to be translated and the specified translation assignment; is able to apply these dynamics in the translation of a variety of non-specialized texts from Chinese to Italian, in accordance with a basic level of translation competence.
Course contents
The course involves the translation of texts of various types, with varying degrees of difficulty and length, with the comparation of different expressive characteristics of both languages, and with the learning of basic techniques for translating from Chinese to Italian. The focus will be on the translation of complex syntactic structures of the written language and on the specialized terminology.
The course will begin with the presentation of the type and genre of the source text; identification of the text’s dominant function; individual or group translation of the text to be carried out with the instructor’s assistance; final analysis and commentary on the translation.
Through the analysis of translations and translation challenges, a reflection on the main translation strategies in Chinese-Italian translation will be developed.
The course is a semester-long and has a total duration of 40 hours.
It is reminded that attendance is mandatory for 70% of the course.
Readings/Bibliography
Textbooks (compulsory):
Chiara Perinot - Chen Haiyan, Storie di proverbi cinesi - 中国成语故事, Letture Graduate ELI, 2020.
Other texts will be provided by the teacher during the course. Teaching materials will be uploaded to "Virtuale" Dashboard (https://virtuale.unibo.it/).
Recommended Paper Dictionaries:
Casacchia G., Bai Yukun, Dizionario cinese - italiano, Libreria editrice Cafoscarina, 2013.
Zhao Xiuying, Il Dizionario di cinese. Dizionario cinese – italiano / italiano - cinese, Zanichelli, 2013.
Recommended Electronic Dictionaries:
www.iciba.com [iCIBA]
www.zdic.net [汉典]
www.mdbg.net [MDBG English-Chinese Dictionary]
xh.5156edu.com [在线汉语字典]
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
The exam will consist of two parts.
The first part, without a dictionary, will require translating into Italian words drawn from the texts and topics covered during the course.
The second part, with a dictionary, will involve translating from Chinese into Italian a text of similar type to those analysed and included in the textbook.
During the exam, students are allowed to use only paper dictionaries. The use of electronic devices will not be permitted.
The final grade for the integrated course "Translation from Italian to Chinese I" will be determined by the average of the grades from the two component exams (a written exam for "Translation from Chinese to Italian I" and a written exam for "Interpretazione Dialogica tra il Cinese (seconda lingua) e l’Italiano I").
Teaching tools
- Computer with video projector and Internet connection.
- Multimedia materials (videos, audio tracks, specialized websites, smartphone applications, etc.).
- PPT e materiale delle lezioni caricati sulla piattaforma Virtuale
Office hours
See the website of Daniele Caccin