Ders Planı

Lesson Information

Course Credit
Course ECTS Credit
Teaching Language of Instruction	İspanyolca
Level of Course	Associate's Degree, TYYÇ: Level 5, EQF-LLL: Level 5, QF-EHEA: Short Cycle
Type of Course
Mode of Delivery	Face-to-face
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience?
Course Coordinator	Instructor (Ph.D.) ASLIHAN AĞDANLI
Instructor (s)
Course Assistant

Purpose and Content

The aim of the course	The aim of the Spanish-Turkish Medical Translation course is to equip students with the necessary skills to effectively translate medical terms, expressions, and documents from Spanish to Turkish. Medical Language Proficiency: Ensuring that students understand medical terms and can translate them from Spanish to Turkish. Focusing on the nuances and technical details of medical language. Medical Document Translation: Providing students with the ability to translate various medical documents such as medical reports, patient files, and clinical studies. Awareness of Cultural Differences: Understanding the cultural context of medical terms and expressions used in Spanish-speaking communities. Developing the ability to make accurate translations while considering cultural differences. Sensitivity and Privacy: Considering the sensitive information present in medical translations, providing students with education on how to work with such information in a framework of privacy and reliability. Translation Techniques and Tools: Teaching various techniques and translation tools used in Spanish-Turkish medical translation. Practical Application: Offering students opportunities to practice on real medical documents, allowing them to apply theoretical knowledge to practical scenarios.
Course Content	Medical Terminology Knowledge: Teaching students the meanings of Spanish medical terms and ensuring they accurately determine their Turkish equivalents. Developing the skills to understand and translate terms specific to medical fields such as anatomy, pathology, and pharmacology. Technical Translation Skills: Instructing students in the special translation techniques used when translating various medical documents. This includes not only general translation rules but also specific techniques to be considered in medical translation. Practical Exercises: Providing opportunities for hands-on practice on real medical documents. Allowing students to translate various medical texts and evaluate these translations, thereby enhancing their ability to apply theoretical knowledge in practical settings. Everyday Use of Medical Language: Emphasizing that medical language is not limited to documents but is also used in everyday medical practices such as doctor-patient communication and report writing. Equipping students with the skills to express themselves accurately and translate effectively in such situations. Cultural Context: Highlighting the importance of cultural context in medical translation, beyond just medical terms. Understanding the cultural meanings of expressions used in Spanish-speaking communities and making accurate translations within this context. Reliability and Privacy: Emphasizing the importance of reliability and privacy in medical translations. Teaching students how to work with medical information in a trustworthy manner and maintain confidentiality. These details aim to provide students with not only the literal meanings of terms but also the ability to understand the general structure of medical documents, the use of expressions, and the cultural context in medical translation.

The aim of the course

The aim of the Spanish-Turkish Medical Translation course is to equip students with the necessary skills to effectively translate medical terms, expressions, and documents from Spanish to Turkish. Medical Language Proficiency: Ensuring that students understand medical terms and can translate them from Spanish to Turkish. Focusing on the nuances and technical details of medical language. Medical Document Translation: Providing students with the ability to translate various medical documents such as medical reports, patient files, and clinical studies. Awareness of Cultural Differences: Understanding the cultural context of medical terms and expressions used in Spanish-speaking communities. Developing the ability to make accurate translations while considering cultural differences. Sensitivity and Privacy: Considering the sensitive information present in medical translations, providing students with education on how to work with such information in a framework of privacy and reliability. Translation Techniques and Tools: Teaching various techniques and translation tools used in Spanish-Turkish medical translation. Practical Application: Offering students opportunities to practice on real medical documents, allowing them to apply theoretical knowledge to practical scenarios.

Course Content

Medical Terminology Knowledge: Teaching students the meanings of Spanish medical terms and ensuring they accurately determine their Turkish equivalents. Developing the skills to understand and translate terms specific to medical fields such as anatomy, pathology, and pharmacology. Technical Translation Skills: Instructing students in the special translation techniques used when translating various medical documents. This includes not only general translation rules but also specific techniques to be considered in medical translation. Practical Exercises: Providing opportunities for hands-on practice on real medical documents. Allowing students to translate various medical texts and evaluate these translations, thereby enhancing their ability to apply theoretical knowledge in practical settings. Everyday Use of Medical Language: Emphasizing that medical language is not limited to documents but is also used in everyday medical practices such as doctor-patient communication and report writing. Equipping students with the skills to express themselves accurately and translate effectively in such situations. Cultural Context: Highlighting the importance of cultural context in medical translation, beyond just medical terms. Understanding the cultural meanings of expressions used in Spanish-speaking communities and making accurate translations within this context. Reliability and Privacy: Emphasizing the importance of reliability and privacy in medical translations. Teaching students how to work with medical information in a trustworthy manner and maintain confidentiality. These details aim to provide students with not only the literal meanings of terms but also the ability to understand the general structure of medical documents, the use of expressions, and the cultural context in medical translation.

Learning Outcomes

They get information about the countries in which Spanish is spoken.
They get information about the other languages by which Spanish is influenced by means of its origin, grammar and word.
They are familiar with Spanish culture and literature besides their Spanish knowledge.
Not only limited the Spanish culture, gets a huge knowledge of the countries of Latin America.
They know the companies where they can use the language they have learnt where they can work and the jobs they can do.
Gets an awareness of the concept, the facts and the the principles in the fields where the spanish is used.
They can easily communicate with a person in any country where Spanish is spoken and where the accent is different.
They get detailed technical information about many-sided text translation from Spanish to Turkish and from Turkish to Spanish.
Our graduates can study for main translation technics concerning bidirectional translation between Spanish and Turkish and reproduce different texts such as;a poem,story,literary criticism with bidirectional translation exercises.
They can work as a Spanish teacher under the name of senior instructor in public and private schools.
They can work as an interpreter in translation agencies and firms giving translatorship service.
They can work at several fields such as;tourism,foreign trade,banking,mass media and publishing.
Reproduce several texts such as poetry, short story and the critics.
They can think creatively,separately and critically.
They are ready to work with open minded people from different cultures and groups.
They can talk and make a presentation in front of a community
They adopt the requirements of business ethics and behave according to these requirements.
They have the grammar of foreign language,the skill of communication and point of view that provide them to work in any place of the world.
They have the consciousness about the necessity of life long learning.
They have the literacy of computer and technology.
They have the competence of observation,review and reporting.
They communicate orally and in written in an effective way.
They have awareness concerning ethical conduct and social responsibility at business environment.
They become entrepreneur and have an initiative manner.
They use the Spanish language in every field perfectly.
They collaborate with the professional translators.
They learn the grammer rules of both their native language Turkish and their foreign language Spanish.
They have the competence of reading,understanding and writing Spanish very well.
They accomplish every kind of translations having technical and methodological information.
They have the knowledge of Spanish and Turkish while expressing themselves in every case.

Weekly Course Subjects

1	Introduction to medical translation- History of medical translation Medical text types, basic vocabulary, probable commissioners and people involved in medical translation
2	Parts and systems of the body - Their functions, diseases, disorders, therapies. Introduction to medical terminology.
3	Getting to know the hospital: departments, parts, healthcare workers, websites - Translation Practice Hospitals - Translation Practice
4	Health information brochures/factsheets - Translation practice Physical examination, outpatient and inpatient forms-Translation practice
5	Radiology Reports (X-Ray and Ultrasound examinations, CAT and PET scans, MRI scan) - Translation practice
6	Pathology reports, surgery and operation summaries - Translation practice
7	Medication package inserts- Translation practice
8	Midterm Exam
9	Patient's Rights-Informed Consents
10	Case Reports
11	Clinical Trial Protocols (CTP) Clinical Guidelines Translation Practice
12	Drug Advertisements Translation Practice
13	Translation of Medical News
14	Review

Resources

1- An Introduction to Medical Spanish
Communication and Culture
Fifth Edition
by Robert O. Chase and Clarisa B. Medina de Chase

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Resources