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The Perception of the Translating and Interpreting Profession in the Czech Republic
Sobolevičová, Renáta ; Čeňková, Ivana (advisor) ; Svoboda, Tomáš (referee)
This thesis focuses on the subjective perception of the translating and interpreting profession among Czech translators and interpreters, students of translation studies at the Institute of Translation Studies at the Faculty of Arts at Charles University in Prague, and the Czech general public. The thesis is comprised of two parts, theoretical and empirical. The theoretical part characterizes the translating and interpreting profession and describes the knowledge, abilities and skills needed to practice both professions. This part also provides a description of all factors determining the perception of the status of both professions and the factors that have an impact on the real status of translators and interpreters in society. This is followed by a description of the Czech environment and its possible influence on the status and working conditions of translators and interpreters in the Czech Republic. These descriptions serve as a basis for the empirical part of this thesis, which aims to compare, using the questionnaire survey method, the perception of both professions among translators and interpreters themselves, students of translation studies and the Czech general public, and to ascertain the general public's knowledge of both professions. The survey shows not only differences in the...
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Graduates of the Institute of Translation Studies and their opportunities on the Labour Market
Novotná, Eva ; Čeňková, Ivana (advisor) ; Svoboda, Tomáš (referee)
The thesis focuses on the position of graduates of the master's programme in translation and interpreting at the Institute of Translation Studies at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague (formerly Department of Translation and Interpreting at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University; University of 17 November) on the labour market. It follows up on the survey of employment possibilities of graduates of these institutions which was carried out in 1997 (Čeňková). The theoretical part of the thesis addresses graduate placement from the viewpoint of education policy and of translation studies. This part also provides a description of language industry trends and problems of the translation and interpreting market, with particular emphasis on the Czech environment. The empirical part presents the results of a questionnaire survey among graduates in the field of translation and interpreting from 1967 to 2010. The survey focuses on the current position of the graduates on the labour market, on the development of their professional careers, on the transition of graduates to the labour market after completing their studies, on some aspects of the work of freelance translators and interpreters, on an assessment of the study programme and on the perception of the translating and interpreting...
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Czech translations of literary fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm
METELCOVÁ, Lenka
The aim of this diploma thesis is to create a list of Grimm?s fairy tales book editions in the Czech language by using on-line catalogues. Using Retrospective bibliography of the Czech literature 1775-1945 and Lexicon of the Czech literature, the list of the translators was formed and complemented with a public review and feedback on the specific book edition. The last chapter of this thesis compares translation styles in the different editions on the example of the selected fairy tales.
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