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IAS544 - Indigenous Language Project

2023

Sector

Higher Education

Discipline

Languages and Linguistics

Credit Points

Equivalent Units

Prerequisites

Must have passed 1 unit in (IAS541)

Incompatible

Assumed Knowledge

Unit Description

This unit develops students' knowledge and skills in the processes of negotiating with knowledge holders and language experts to develop an appropriate and respectful translation of oral and/or written texts. Students are appointed a supervisor to oversee the in-depth process of developing a topic and negotiating that topic and the appropriate translation with the right knowledge holders determined in consultation with language discipline staff.

Unit Learning Outcomes

1.	Apply an in-depth understanding of a language to a work of translation in a related topic or area of interest.
2.	Apply relevant protocols to the process of negotiating and translating knowledge and information from one language into another.
3.	Critically evaluate processes of representation that occur in translation work.
4.	Apply skills in research techniques, planning a project and in writing a translation.

Assessment Overview

	Assessment Task	Value (of total mark)	Related Learning Outcome/s
1.	Draft Translation Proposal (150 words)	10%	2,3
2.	Final Translation Proposal and Bibliography (500 words)	20%	2,3
3.	Translation Project (1,500 - 2,000 word translation)	40%	1,2,3,4
4.	Presentation or Translation (30 mins or 1,000 words)	30%	1,2,3,4

Unit Availability

Year	Semester	Att Mode	Location	Learning Method
2023	Semester 1	Internal	Casuarina Campus	OLR
2023	Semester 1	External	External Studies	OLR
2023	Semester 2	Internal	Casuarina Campus	OLR
2023	Semester 2	External	External Studies	OLR

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