As an advanced course on translation for the media, this course specializes in the translation of media texts from English to Chinese and from Chinese into English, especially in the Hong Kong context. The types of media texts include news articles, magazines articles, promotional materials, advertisements and subtitles. The linguistic, stylistic and cultural features of media texts in the two languages will be studied, providing a basis for the formulation of strategies for translating such texts. Attention will be paid to the ideologies behind different terms, phrases, dialectal features and styles of translation.

The course aims to prepare students for work in Hong Kong as media translators and editors.

Continuous Assessment: 60%

Examination: 40%

Examination Duration: 2 hours

Examination
To assess students' ability in applying appropriate strategies for translating/adapting news reports. (CILO No. 1-4)