RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION I

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Course code:

L0708

Academic Year of enrolment:

2023

Year of supply:

2023/2024

Type of Course:

Characterising

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in MODERN LANGUAGES FOR MANAGEMENT AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Disciplinary Sector:

Slavic Studies

Location:

PESCARA

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

FERRO MARIA CHIARA

DI LEO DONATA

Cycle:

Single Annual Cycle

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

150

Prerequisites:

Objectives

The aim of the course is to advance students from level B2.1 (reached at the end of the three-year course) to level B2.2/C1.1 of the CEFR. In particular, the educational objectives of the course include:
- Complete mastery of all grammatical structures (morphological and syntactic) of Russian language.
- The acquisition of a medium-high level lexical competence.
- The acquisition of some disciplinary lexicons.
- The understanding of specialized articles, from which to draw the main information.
- The understanding of long and complex texts, with the identification of relevant information.
- The development of specialist translation skills from Russian into Italian and from Italian into Russian.
- Development of the skills of written synthesis of the text in Russian.

Contents

The course is aimed at deepening the morphosyntactic and stylistic complex structures of Russian, in order to strengthen language skills and the ability to understand, analyze, translate and synthesize contemporary Russian texts Particular attention will be paid to the different functional styles of the Russian language and to vocabulary enhancement. The programme consists of 4 modules:
1. Consolidation of the morphosyntactic structures of level B2:
2. Summary in Russian (pereskaz)
3. The stylistics of the Russian language;
4. Russian-Italian translation.

Extended Syllabus

Module 1 (3 ECTS) Prof.ssa Di Leo
- Consolidation of the morphosyntactic structures of level B2;
- Introduction to the summary in Russian language (pereskaz).

Module 2 (7 CFU) Prof. Ferro
- Introduction of the functional styles of the Russian language: colloquial, legal-administrative, scientific, advertising, literary. Stylistic analysis of some authentic texts relating to the styles introduced.
- RU-IT translation: specific characteristics and difficulties of translation from Russian into Italian and from Italian into Russian. Translation strategies. Translator's tools: bilingual dictionaries, monolingual dictionaries, automatic translators. Examples and exercises of translating authentic texts from Russian into Italian and sentences from Italian into Russian.

Recommended Bibliography

Teaching manuals:
C. Cevese - J. Dobrovol’skaja, Sintassi russa. Teoria ed esercizi, Hoepli, Milano 2005.
E.R. Laskareva, Progulki po russkoj leksike, Zlatoust, Sankt-Peterburg 2010.
E. Cadorin, I Kukuškina, Il russo per l'azienda. Corrispondenza commerciale. Documenti legali. Dizionario commerciale, Milano 2014 (solo le pagine fornite in pdf)N. Malinin, Tradurre il russo, Roma: Carocci Editore, 2012.
D.V. Markova, Stilistika russkogo jazyka, Mosca 2016.
D.V. Kolesova, A.A. Charitonov, Pišem ėsse, SPb 2011.
Ju. Dobrovolskaja, L’ABC della traduzione, Hoepli 2016
A. Ceccherelli, L. Costantino, C. Diddi, Translation theories in the Slavic Countries, Salerno 2015.

Theoretical materials
- L.L. Kasatkin, L.P.Krysin, M.R.L’vov, Russkij jazyk, 2 tt., Moskva, Prosveščenie, 1989 - L. Kasatkin, L.Krysin, V. Živov, Il russo, La Nuova Italia Editrice, Scandicci (FI), 1995, (dispense) (Biblioteca DLLCM, Pescara) - D. N. Šmelev, Sovremennyj russkij jazyk. Leksika, Moskva: URSS, 2009 - Ju. Nikolaeva, Lessico russo e italiano a confronto: prospettive di studi contrastivi, in “Gli studi slavistici in Italia oggi”. Udine, 2007. (dispense) - I.A. Starovojtova, Vaše mnenie, Moskva: Flinta-Nauka, 2006 - G. Ja. Solganik, Praktičeskaja stilistika russkogo jazyka, Moskva: Academia, 2009 (Biblioteca Unificata, polo UdA Pescara)
- D.V. Markova, Stilistika russkogo jazyka, Mosca.

Grammar and lexical enhancement:
- N. Nikitina, Esercizi di lingua russa. Morfologia: livello avanzato, Milano: Hoepli, 2013.
- E. Cadorin, I. Kukushkina, Il russo tecnico-scientifico. Testi, esercizi e traduzioni. Lessico e note grammaticali, Milano: Hoepli, 2011, capitol 4, pp. 217-251.

For in-depth studies and individual exercises - N. I. Formanovskaja, Stilistika složnogo predloženija, Moskva: URSS, 2007 - M. Krongauz, Russkij jazyk na grani nervnogo zryva, Moskva: Jazyki slavjanskich kul'tur, 2009 - S.K. Miloslavskaja (a cura di), Rossija-Italija: Dialog kul’tur. Posobie po čteniju i razvitiju reči dlja ital’janskich studentov-gumanitariev, Moskva: IRJA im. A.S.Puškina, 2011 - G.L. Skvorcova, Glagoly dviženija bez ošibok, Moskva: “Russkij Jazyk” Kursy, 2006 (4° ed.) (Biblioteca Unificata, polo UdA Pescara) - E. Cadorin, I. Kukuškina, Verbo e sintassi russa in pratica, Milano: Hoepli, 2007 (Biblioteca Unificata, polo UdA Pescara).
- Testy, testy, testy. II sertifikacionnyj uroven’. Posobie dlja podgotovki k sertifikacionnomu ekzamenu po leksike i grammatike, SPb 2010 (dispense)

For self-testing and solutions of spelling, morphosyntax and reading problems: ; ; ; https://где-ударение.рф, .

Dictionaries: Bol’šoj tolkovyj slovar’ russkogo jazyka, Sankt-Peterburg: Norint, 2000 e successive ed.

A very wide choice of dictionaries of the standard Russian language and its micro-languages is available on the website:

Teaching Methods

Frontal lessons of the teacher with the use of multimedia material. The language practice, carried out by the mother tongue CEL, Dr. Mamonka, is an integral part of the course and its attendance is strongly recommended.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

Written exam:
- Summary of a text in Russian language.
- RU-IT translation of a text and IT-RU translation of complex sentences.
The exam materials will be tailored to the text types and vocabulary introduced in class.
Oral exam: This is accessed after the written and CEL's examination.
The oral exam consists of a conversation in Russian on the contents of the theoretical materials related to functional stylistics, plus a conversation in Italian on the contents of the theoretical materials about Russian lexicon.

Contacts/More Information

The course will be teached by Donata Di Leo for 3 CFU and by Maria Chiara Ferro for 7 CFU.

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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