20706105 - RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION 3

Achievement of B2 level in all skills
Development of:
a) Knowledge and understanding of the main features of the foreign language
b) ability to communicate ideas, attitudes and intentions;
c) ability to analyze written texts using acquired knowledge;
d) ability to use main translation resources and tools;
e) autonomous learning skills;
f) knowledge and understanding of theoretical and methodological issues relating to translation
g) application of acquired knowledge to texts used in selected professional contexts.
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Programme

The lexicon of the Russian language: word formation rules (lexical derivation and compounding). Introduction to phraseology: collocations and idioms. Elements of historical grammar. Selected grammatical topics of particular difficulty (participles and gerunds).

Core Documentation

Readings for attending students: the course material will be provided in electronic form during the course.
A selection of texts dealing with the topics of the course will be analyzed, translated into Italian, and discussed in class.

Readings for non attending students:
L. Kasatkin, L. Krysin,; V. Zhivov, Il russo, a cura di N. Marcialis e A. Parenti; La Nuova Italia Editrice, Firenze 1995 (chapters 1-3)
C. Bernard, G. Stone, M. Polinsky, The Russian Language in the Twentieth Century, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1996 (pp: 185-230)

Readings for non attending russian-speaking students:
N.S. Valgina, D.Je. Rozental', M.I. Fomina (a cura di), Sovremennyj russkij jazyk: Učebnik, Logos, Moskva, 2002.