Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Hunter College/Translation Theory and Practice- Spanish-English (Fall 2015)

Span 381 is a translation course covering a wide range of topics with a focus on the areas that satisfy the current market demands for translation. The main objective is to help students understand and become familiar with the field of translation as well as with the skills required to engage in translation as a professional communicative act in all its forms.

Week 1

 * Overview of the course
 * Introduction to how Wikipedia will be used in the course
 * Understanding Wikipedia as a community, we'll discuss its expectations and etiquette.
 * The differences between English Wikipedia and other Wikipedias

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Handouts: Editing Wikipedia and


 * Create an account and a user page on Wikipedia
 * Enroll in this course.
 * Complete the Online Training for Language Students.
 * To practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia, introduce yourself to another student on their user talk page.

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Resources: Online Training for Language Students

Week 2

 * Select an article from a list prepared by the instructor. Add it as your assigned article on the course page.


 * Copy your article from the target-language Wikipedia into your sandbox.
 * Begin to translate your work.

Week 3

 * Be ready to discuss your progess translating your article.
 * Carefully note the original citations for facts in your source article.
 * If an original source doesn't seem reliable, feel free to omit it from your translation.

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Handouts: and


 * Continue to translate your work.
 * Introduce citations from English-language texts that support the facts stated in your translated article. Adjust your translation if necessary.
 * For each sentence you translate, make a note of the sources used in the original article. Are they good sources? Do they really say what the Wikipedia article describes?

Week 4

 * Discussion of fact-checking translated work, finding English-language sources.


 * Move sandbox articles into main space.
 * If you are expanding an existing article, it's time to add your revised translation (including English sources, when available). Copy your edit into the article. If you are making many small edits, save after each edit before you make the next one. Do NOT paste over the entire existing article, or large sections of the existing article. Be sure to check the article's talk page and respond to suggestions from Wikipedians. Don't panic if your edits are removed or changed! Discuss it civilly on the article's talk page, and make a note of it for your report or presentation about your editing experience.
 * If you are creating a new article, do NOT copy and paste your text, or there will be no record of your work history. Follow instruction on the &quot;Moving out of your sandbox&quot; handout.
 * In your first edit to the article namespace, include a link of the source article (i.e., the article you translated) in the &quot;edit summary&quot; before hitting &quot;save.&quot;
 * Copy the code to the bottom of the Wikipedia article, replacing es with the language code of the language you a translating from and replacing Page Title with the title of the source page.

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Week 5

 * Individual presentations about your translation process, how you selected your articles, and your observations about how this differs from a traditional translation assignment.

Students have finished all their work on Wikipedia that will be considered for grading.