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Annotated translation: Darf man in einem Rechtsstaat... auch links fahren? (Von Florian Haase. Acabus Verlag, Hamburg 2018. Selected chapters.)
Dirriglová, Katharina ; Kloudová, Věra (advisor) ; Svoboda, Tomáš (referee)
(in English): This thesis consists of two parts. The first part is a Czech translation of a chosen section of the book Darf man in einem Rechtsstaat auch links fahren? and the second part is the commentary to the translation. The commentary reflects the translation process. Divided into four subsections, it tackles the following issues: source-text analysis according the model of Ch. Nord, a short description of the translation method and the theoretical translation brief, an analysis of the most significant translation problems and the typology of translation shifts according to A. Popovič. Keywords: Law, interpreting law, German law, constitutional law, Basic Law, democracy, rule of law
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The Rate of Translations Errors in Czech Legal Texts Published in the Official Journal of the European Union
Tomíčková, Kateřina ; Svoboda, Tomáš (advisor) ; Kloudová, Věra (referee)
This thesis investigates the rate of translation errors in Czech legal texts published in the Official Journal of the European Union using automated quality assurance tools. In the theoretical part, the aim of the thesis-to determine the error rate of analyzed text-is set, and individual hypotheses are defined. Subsequently, individual reasons which make translation for the EU institutions specific and why it is a separate subcategory within legal translation are listed. The method used to achieve the set objective and to confirm or disprove proposed hypotheses is described as well as the corpus which has been created for the analysis is presented. The corpus is comprised of legally binding texts- regulations, directives, and decisions published in the Official Journal of the European Union between 2004 and 2018. In the theoretical part, a definition of an error established for the purpose of this thesis is also provided. The definition was created based on QA tools options and a comparative analysis of different metrics used to evaluate the error rate in translation. The empirical part focuses on the research itself and discuss various issues encountered. The results of the analysis-whether the hypotheses have been proven-are then presented, and future research is outlined.
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Translations produced as part of the so-called Samisdat literature, from German to Czech
Musilová, Tereza ; Svoboda, Tomáš (advisor) ; Mračková Vavroušová, Petra (referee)
This thesis deals with the translations beyond official publishers during the era of Communism in Czechoslovakia from 1948 to 1989. More particularly, the thesis is focused on mapping Czech translations of German literature published in samisdat during the Communist era and on understanding a sociology of translation in the samisdat production. Taking into account the social changes and cultural politics, the author explores when, by whom, in what circumstances and for what reason were the German texts translated. Furthermore, the aim of this thesis is to determine whether the translation work in samisdat was coordinated, and if so, to find out by whom. Another aim is to find out whether there was a publishing strategy during the samisdat translations. A method of oral history is used in order to interview the contemporary witnesses. Findings based on these interviews are later grouped into a force field using Pierre Bourdieu's sociological model. The conclusion consists of findings about the process of translating German literature to Czech during the samisdat era. These data are then evaluated and analysed from several points of view.
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Machine Translation and Machine Interpreting
Skadchenko, Yulia ; Svoboda, Tomáš (advisor) ; Čeňková, Ivana (referee)
This thesis aims to provide an in-depth overview of machine translation and machine interpreting, describing their history, development, and current state, as well as their place on the market and their potential use. The thesis describes machine translation and machine interpreting on theoretical, practical, and technological level, including the description of their basic principles, evaluation criteria, obstacles and challenges, and scope of their use. The thesis also includes a practical test of one of currently available machine interpreting programs - Skype Translator by Microsoft. The aim of the test is to determine whether the program can facilitate successful communication between two people who don't speak the same language, and to describe the user's experience. Keywords: machine translation, machine interpreting, machine translation limitations, neural translation, Skype Translator, STACL, speech recognition, speech production
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Annotated Czech Translation of Selected Chapters from "Vegan - Eine ärztliche Empfehlung für die gesündeste Ernährung mit den positiven Auswirkungen auf Klima- und Umweltschutz, Tier- und Menschenrechte"; Ernst Walter Henrich, Henrich ProVegan Stiftung, 2016.
Filková, Magdaléna ; Mračková Vavroušová, Petra (advisor) ; Svoboda, Tomáš (referee)
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to create an annotated translation of selected chapters from the electronic brochure named VEGAN - die Gesündeste Ernährung und ihre Auswirkungen auf Klima und Umwelt, Tier- und Menschenrechte, available at www.provegan.info. The commentary consists of translation analysis according to Christiane Nord, description of the chosen translation method, translation problems and their solution and translation shifts. Key words: translation, annotated translation, translation analysis, translation shifts, translation problem, veganism, healthy diet
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German binomials and their possible translations into Czech
Novotná, Jana ; Kloudová, Věra (advisor) ; Svoboda, Tomáš (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with special phraseological units called binomials. The aim of this thesis is to analyse Czech translation options of German binomials. The thesis is divided into two parts: a theoretical and an empirical part. The theoretical part of the thesis consists of the comparison of Czech and German approaches to phraseology and idiomatics based on the work of František Čermák and Harald Burger. Definitions of binomials in both approaches are compared and the topic of equivalence and the concept of translation procedures as drafted by Pavel Krejčí is introduced further in this part as well as the model of translation shifts by Anton Popovič. In the empirical part of the thesis, we concentrate on 100 units from the list of binomials put together by Wernfried Hofmeister in the Czech InterCorp corpus and examine the Czech translation options of these German binomials. Further, we analyse the translation variants primarily in terms of equivalence, translation shifts and procedures. In the conclusion of the thesis, the results are evaluated and possible areas of further research are recommended. Key words: binomials, phraseology, corpus, equivalence, translation procedures, translation shifts
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Comparison of two Czech Translations of Mephisto by Klaus Mann
Javůrková, Lenka ; Kloudová, Věra (advisor) ; Svoboda, Tomáš (referee)
This thesis focuses on comparing two Czech translations of Klaus Mann's novel Mephisto. The first translation was issued in 1937, the second translation in 1962 and later re-issued in 1984, 1986, 2000, 2004 a 2008. After an introduction summarizing the author's life and the novel's troubled fate after World War II, the focus shifts to the selected Czech translation and their background. The attention is paid to their respective translators and first publishing houses. Subsequently, the translations are subjected to a descriptive analysis. Inspired by Katharina Reiß, we include both extra- and intra-linguistic phenomena, also using categories first introduced by Czechoslovak translation scholars Jiří Levý and Anton Popovič. The approaches of both Mephisto translators are not only compared, but also contextualized within the translation methods framework and its development in Czechoslovakia, especially the so-called Otokar Fischer's school. After presenting a selection of translation scholars' views on ageing translations, we debate if the analyzed translations are obsolete or not. Lastly, we take into account possible other (extra-linguistic/pragmatic) reasons for the publishing disproportion between the selected translations. Key words: Klaus Mann, Mephisto, comparing translations, translation...
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Annotated Czech Translation of the Article "Zuckerbergs Zweifel"; Der Spiegel Online, 31.3.2017
Řehořová, Klára ; Mračková Vavroušová, Petra (advisor) ; Svoboda, Tomáš (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to offer a functionally equivalent translation of the text Zuckerbers Zweifel written by the German publicist Thomas Schulz in 2017. The thesis is devided into two parts. The first is the actual translation of the text. The second part consists of a translation analysis of the original text, based on the Christane Nord's theory in her work Textanalyse und Übersetzen (1995). It also includes the translation method, translation problems and the typology of translation shifts. Key words Translation, translation analysis, translation methods, translation shifts, translation problems, style, text, lexis, syntax, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, technology, success
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Annotated translation: Musik - Sprache - Rhythmus. Bemerkungen zu Grundfragen der Musikphilosophie.
Nedbalová, Josefína ; Kloudová, Věra (advisor) ; Svoboda, Tomáš (referee)
I open this bachelor thesis with my translation od Andreas Luckner's philosophical essay Musik - Sprache - Rhythmus, contained in a collection of an editorial series of the German publishing house Edition Text + Kritik. The translation is followed up by a three-part commentary. In the first place i tis an analysis of the original text according to Christiane Nord. Next, I present the translator problems I faced during my work. The analysis is concluded with a summary of the translation shifts, as per Anton Popovič and Jiří Levý, that I employed in the conversion from the source to the target language. The thesis is conculded with a description of the translation method. The translatd text discusses the relationship between music, language and rhythm from a philosophical, musicological and linguistical point of view. According to the author himself, the text does not reach a clear and complete conclusion, which occasionally appears to be problematic for the translation. When translating, I primarily considered the functional aspect, which determined the translation method I used. I tried to maintain the dialectics od fidelity and transparency. The original form of the source text was kept in the fullest extent throughout that the essay enclosed will be an impetus for thought for those who are not...
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The Use of CAT Tools in University Translation Courses: A Case Study Based on Teaching with Memsource
Šanca, Filip ; Baisa, Vít (advisor) ; Svoboda, Tomáš (referee)
Even though CAT tools are becoming increasingly important, and almost indispensable, in the translator's work routine, the academic environment is still very hesitant to implement them into translation and localisation courses. The primary objective of this master's thesis is to analyse and determine how CAT tools are used in translation courses at selected Balkan universities, which is important from the point of view of translation pedagogy as a baseline for further research. The secondary objective of the dissertation is to possibly, depending on the results of the primary objective, devise pedagogical practices that help universities increase the teaching effectiveness of their current methods of using CAT tools. Finally, the tertiary objective is to eventually design an introductory course that could help potentially interested universities to implement CAT tools in their curricula. The main motivation of this master's thesis is that the employment of CAT tools should, in the future, positively affect employability of translation students in comparison with those who do not have such experience. This motivation stems from the fact that there are very few scientific papers and reference works on how to use CAT tools in teaching at institutions of higher education, let alone papers that deal...
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