Translation from Portoguese
A.Y. 2026/2027
Learning objectives
Undefined
Expected learning outcomes
Undefined
Lesson period: First semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course can be attended as a single course.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
First semester
Course syllabus
The course is titled "Audiovisual Translation: Issues and Challenges in Portuguese-Italian Subtitling" and is structured into the following components:
Part A (20 hours, 3 ECTS): Audiovisual Translation: Linguistic and Cultural Issues.
Part B (20 hours, 3 ECTS): PT>IT Subtitling: An Analysis of Italian Translations of Original Portuguese-Language Products.
Part C (20 hours, 3 ECTS): From Theory to Practice: Executing Audiovisual Subtitling (PT>IT).
Course Objectives
The primary objective of the course is to provide an initial introduction to the field of audiovisual translation, with a specific focus on subtitling techniques. Following an overview of the theoretical frameworks underpinning this discipline, students will be expected to apply the acquired knowledge by subtitling a Portuguese-language audiovisual product into Italian. Consequently, the course includes a collaborative group project aimed at delivering a complete, finished product through the mastery and application of relevant theories and tools.
Please note that the course is complemented by 'esercitazioni' classes, for which reference is made to the specific form.
The course program is valid until September 2028.
Part A (20 hours, 3 ECTS): Audiovisual Translation: Linguistic and Cultural Issues.
Part B (20 hours, 3 ECTS): PT>IT Subtitling: An Analysis of Italian Translations of Original Portuguese-Language Products.
Part C (20 hours, 3 ECTS): From Theory to Practice: Executing Audiovisual Subtitling (PT>IT).
Course Objectives
The primary objective of the course is to provide an initial introduction to the field of audiovisual translation, with a specific focus on subtitling techniques. Following an overview of the theoretical frameworks underpinning this discipline, students will be expected to apply the acquired knowledge by subtitling a Portuguese-language audiovisual product into Italian. Consequently, the course includes a collaborative group project aimed at delivering a complete, finished product through the mastery and application of relevant theories and tools.
Please note that the course is complemented by 'esercitazioni' classes, for which reference is made to the specific form.
The course program is valid until September 2028.
Prerequisites for admission
The course will be taught entirely in Portuguese. Textbooks and activities in class or for self study assume that students already have a linguistic competence of level B2.
Teaching methods
Teaching methods
The course adopts the following teaching methods: lectures; individual and group analysis and translation jobs; practical translation laboratories. Furthermore, the course is complemented by 'esercitazioni' classes, for which reference is made to the specific form. Part of Part A, a reduced part of Part B, and Part C will be held online, alternating periodically with in-person activities
The course adopts the following teaching methods: lectures; individual and group analysis and translation jobs; practical translation laboratories. Furthermore, the course is complemented by 'esercitazioni' classes, for which reference is made to the specific form. Part of Part A, a reduced part of Part B, and Part C will be held online, alternating periodically with in-person activities
Teaching Resources
The course has a site on the online platform MYAriel - https://myariel.unimi.it/course/view.php?id=4190 -, to which reference is made for lecture notes and other materials provided by the teacher. In addition to the material created by the teacher, the following books and materials are expected to be used:
1) Christiane Nord, Análise Textual em Tradução, bases teóricas, métodos e aplicação didática, Tradução e adaptação coordenadas por Meta Elisabeth Zipser, São Paulo, Rafael Copetti Editor, 2016, pp. 73-243.
2) Gian Luigi De Rosa, Mondi Doppiati. Tradurre l'audiovisivo dal portoghese tra variazione linguistica e problematiche traduttive, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2012, pp. 1-82.
3) Mariacristina Petillo, La traduzione audiovisiva nel terzo millennio, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2012, pp. 96-112.
4) Maria José Alves Veiga, O Humor na Tradução Para Legendagem, Edições Cine-Clube de Avanca, 2010, pp. 187-299.
Non-attending students must contact the teachers to arrange an appropriate program.
1) Christiane Nord, Análise Textual em Tradução, bases teóricas, métodos e aplicação didática, Tradução e adaptação coordenadas por Meta Elisabeth Zipser, São Paulo, Rafael Copetti Editor, 2016, pp. 73-243.
2) Gian Luigi De Rosa, Mondi Doppiati. Tradurre l'audiovisivo dal portoghese tra variazione linguistica e problematiche traduttive, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2012, pp. 1-82.
3) Mariacristina Petillo, La traduzione audiovisiva nel terzo millennio, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2012, pp. 96-112.
4) Maria José Alves Veiga, O Humor na Tradução Para Legendagem, Edições Cine-Clube de Avanca, 2010, pp. 187-299.
Non-attending students must contact the teachers to arrange an appropriate program.
Assessment methods and Criteria
Assessment methods and Criteria
The exam consists of a written and an oral test, both compulsory, with the mother tongue teacher and an oral test with the teacher of the monographic course. The written exam lasts 4 hours and includes a part of written comprehension, one of written production, one of structural and lexical competence; the oral test with the mother-tongue teacher will consist of a language interview; The oral exam with the teacher of the course includes questions asked by the teacher and interactions between teacher and student. This last part takes place in Portuguese. The interview aims to verify the knowledge of the texts studied, the capacity for contextualization, the ability to expose, the precision in the use of specific terminology, the capacity for critical and personal reflection on the proposed themes.
For attending students only (those who attend 75% of hours), the final written test can be replaced by partial tests. All the results of the written tests (final and partial) will be announced on the Ariel page of the course.
The final grade is expressed in thirtieths, and the student has the right to refuse it.
International or Erasmus incoming students are invited to contact the teacher promptly. The examination procedures for students with disabilities and/or with DSA must be established with the teacher, in agreement with the competent Office.
The exam consists of a written and an oral test, both compulsory, with the mother tongue teacher and an oral test with the teacher of the monographic course. The written exam lasts 4 hours and includes a part of written comprehension, one of written production, one of structural and lexical competence; the oral test with the mother-tongue teacher will consist of a language interview; The oral exam with the teacher of the course includes questions asked by the teacher and interactions between teacher and student. This last part takes place in Portuguese. The interview aims to verify the knowledge of the texts studied, the capacity for contextualization, the ability to expose, the precision in the use of specific terminology, the capacity for critical and personal reflection on the proposed themes.
For attending students only (those who attend 75% of hours), the final written test can be replaced by partial tests. All the results of the written tests (final and partial) will be announced on the Ariel page of the course.
The final grade is expressed in thirtieths, and the student has the right to refuse it.
International or Erasmus incoming students are invited to contact the teacher promptly. The examination procedures for students with disabilities and/or with DSA must be established with the teacher, in agreement with the competent Office.
Modules or teaching units
Part A and B
FLMR-01/D - Portuguese/Brazilian Language, Translation and Linguistics - University credits: 6
Lessons: 40 hours
Part C
FLMR-01/D - Portuguese/Brazilian Language, Translation and Linguistics - University credits: 3
Lessons: 20 hours
Professor(s)