Universität Wien

340194 UE Translation methods technical communication, terminology and information design English (2025S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 34 - Translationswissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle
Tu 13.05. 18:30-20:00 Hörsaal 3A ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 11.03. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 3A ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 18.03. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 3A ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 25.03. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 3A ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 01.04. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 3A ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 08.04. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 3A ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 29.04. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 3A ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 20.05. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 3A ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 27.05. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 3A ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 03.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 3A ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 10.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 3A ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG
  • Tuesday 17.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Hörsaal 3A ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 3.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Students ought to have read "Fachkommunikation und Terminologie" before taking this course.

OBJECTIVES
Students are enabled to apply their knowledge in the areas of professional communication, terminology studies and information and interface design (module 7) to authentic tasks in their working languages. Students recognise

CONTENT
Students will practice active listening and understanding texts and will be expected to summarize oral texts and present their own texts in line with given instructions.

METHODS
Work in class will be mainly intralingual (English) and partly interlingual (English - German). Students will work mostly individually and at times within a team to prepare assignments and present their work to the group for discussion and comparison.

Assessment and permitted materials

mid-term test: 20%
group project: 50%
homework and active classroom participation: 30%

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

In this course, the students' performance will be continuously assessed. Attendance is therefore mandatory. Up to two absences will be tolerated. It is the students' responsibility to catch up on missed work, instructions or other input in a timely manner. Group work will be graded considering both the final product and individual contributions of the group's members.

90-100: very good or 1
80-89: good or 2
70-79: average or 3
60-69: low pass or 4
below 60 is a fail or 5

Examination topics

continuous assessment of student performance

Reading list

Black, Alison et al. (2017) Information Design: Research and Practice. London and New York: Routledge.
Carpendale, Sheelagh, Diakopoulos, Nicholas, Hurter, Christophe & Riche, Nathalie Henry (eds.) (2018) Data-driven storytelling. Boca Raton: K. Peters/CRC Press
Coates, Kathryn & Ellison, Andy (2014) Introduction to Information Design. London: Laurence King Publishing. (Kapitel 1&2)
Miller, Jane E. (2015) The Chicago guide to writing about numbers. 2nd ed. Chicago/London: The University of Chicago Press.
Tijerina, Tiffani, Powell, Tamara, Arnett, Jonathan, Logan, Monique & Race, Cassandra. Open Technical Communication. https://alg.manifoldapp.org/projects/open-technical-communication

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Th 06.03.2025 10:07