Translation and Globalization

Graduate Institute of Translation and Interpretation
National Taiwan Normal University

Translation and Globalization（翻譯與全球化）

Instructor: Ken-fang Lee （李根芳）
E-mail: kenfanglee@gmail.com
Office Hours: 10am-12pm Wednesday or by appointment
Required Texts: The required reading for each class will be compiled in one course pack

Grading: class participation: 20%, pre-course comments/feedback and presentation 30%, term paper 50%

Requirements: submit a 300-word comments and/or feedback of the article we read in each class

Term Paper: This course requires a research paper, 8-10 pages in length (roughly 5000 words in English or 8000 words in Chinese), typed with footnotes and a bibliography using the MLA style. Submit TWO typed copies, the original and a photocopy. The original will be returned with comments; the copy will be retained by the instructor. If only one copy of your paper is received, it will be graded but not returned.

References:
Appadurai, Arjun. 1996. Modernity at Large. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P.
Bauman, Zygmunt. 1998. Globalization: The Human Consequences. NY: Columbia UP.
Cronin, Michael. 2003. Translation and Globalization. London: Routledge.
Lechner, Frank J. & John Boli. Eds. 2008. The Globalization Reader. 3rd Ed. London: Blackwell.
Robertson, Roland & Kathleen E. White. Eds. 2003. Globalization: Critical Concepts in Sociology, vol. I-VI. London: Routledge.