Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course unit, the student will have a thorough understanding of the business translation field, as well as of its characteristics and methods. The student will be able to translate business texts from German into Finnish and justify their translation solutions. The student will also have an understanding of the role that the terms and set phrases of business language and text genre conventions play in business translation. Furthermore, the student will be able to search for terms and phrases and assess their suitability in a particular context.

Contents

The course unit explores the central text genres, communicative situations, operators, and sources of information in the field of business translation. The course unit also examines the specific characteristics of business language, analysing business texts, and translating and justifying translation solutions.

Teaching language

Evaluation

Belongs to following study modules

2018–2019

Teaching

Archived Teaching Schedule. Please refer to current Teaching Shedule.

MVKS17/13S Talouselämän ja tekniikan käännösviestinnän seminaari saksa-suomi