Dec 16, 2025  
Course Catalog 2019-2020 
    
Catalog Navigation
  Catalog Home
  Using the Online Catalog to My Advantage
  College and Conservatory Courses (2019-20 and planned future offerings)
  College of Arts and Sciences, Degree Programs and Requirements
  Conservatory of Music, Degree Programs and Requirements
  Conservatory Grids
  The Double-Degree Program
  About Oberlin
  >>Admission
  >>Expenses
  >>Financial Aid
  >>Academic Policies
  >>Academic Opportunities
  >>Student Life
  Cultural Diversity Requirement
  Quantitative and Formal Reasoning Requirement
  Writing Intensive and Advanced Requirement
  Co-Curricular Courses 2019-2020
  Community Based Learning Courses 2019-20
  Sustainabilty Courses 2019-20
  Interdivisional Programs/Courses
  Browse for Classes in Banner Self Service
  Oberview
  Class Schedule Information for First Semester 2019–Meeting Times/Days/Rooms
  2019-2020 and Ten Year Academic Calendar
  My Portfolio
HELP
Course Catalog 2019-2020 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Add to Portfolio (opens a new window)

JAPN 403 - Japanese Translation: Theory and Practice


Semester Offered: Second Semester, First Module
Half Course
Credits: 2 credits
Attribute: 2HU, CD

Introduction to a range of Japanese translation approaches, as well as translation career paths, translation ethics, professional methods and practice. Through translation of representative texts from Japanese in the fields of social science, literature and the arts, journalism, and commerce, students will develop further language & writing proficiency. By reading translation theory & method, and translating texts from Japanese, students acquire skills in recognizing common translation problems, applying methods to find solutions, and evaluating accuracy and communicative effectiveness of translations. Guest presentations by professional Japanese translators.

Enrollment Limit: 12
Instructor: A. Sherif


Add to Portfolio (opens a new window)