CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF
INDIAN LANGUAGES
NATIONAL TRANSLATION
MISSION
(Ministry of Human
Resources Development, Department of Higher Education)
Government of India
Manasagangotri,
Mysore-570 006
NTM
Translation Training Course
Announcement
National
Translation Mission (NTM), one of the Schemes under the Central Institute of
Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysore announces a 3 weeks intensive training
programme, for those who want to take translation activity as their hobby or
profession and for those translation professionals, who wants to refresh them
in various theoretical aspects of translation. The participants will mainly
include (a) young faculty and registered scholars in various departments of
universities/colleges/institutions, (b) language officers working in different
government and semi-government officers, (c) persons involved in CSTT
activities, etc. The trainers are expected to translate the knowledge texts of
NTM and thereby take part in the activities of the Mission in achieving its
aims and objectives.
NTM,
a Government of India initiative, is to translate knowledge-texts into 22
languages in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution of India. It is therefore an
attempt to democratize knowledge by making it accessible to those who may have
difficulty with English and to simultaneously create opportunities to modernize
Indian languages and guarantee their growth in higher education, NTM also seeks
to create translation tools in print and web as well as identify and engage
capable individuals in each translation related activity.
Translating
knowledge texts requires skills and orientation which are different from
literary translation. The NTM seeks to
prepare potential translators for knowledge text translation, orienting them
about various theories, looking into how theories and translation interact with
each other, introducing available tools to acquaint them with the know-how of
actual translation.
With
the foregoing in mind, the NTM is conducting a 3-week intensive training
programmes every month throughout the year. The intake for each programme is 40
participants. As this is an intensive programme, the participants are required
to attend for full 3-week duration. The training will be given by a popular
practicing theoretical translators as well as academicians.
A
graduate in any subject, especially science and maths, with proficiency in
English and one or more Scheduled language(s) is eligible for admission.
Selected
trainees will be paid travel expenditure by train in 2AC/3AC class, subject to
their eligibility and production of tickets to and from Mysore. Boarding and
lodging (on shared basis) will be arranged by the NTM. No fee will be charged
from the trainees for taking this training.
Interested
persons may send a formal signed application (to be downloaded and can be
filled from http://www.ciil.org under ANNOUNCEMENTS/NEW) along with copies of
relevant certificates and testimonials, addressed
to The Director, Central Institute of Indian Languages, Manasagangotri, Hunsur
Road, Mysore 570 006. The application cover should be super scribed as
‘Application for NTM Translation Training Course/Batch No. ….’ on the left hand
top corner. Those who are in service or on any regular assignment may need to
forward their applications through their employer or Head of the Department of
Universities/Colleges/Institutions. Names of the selected candidates will be
posted on the website of the CIIL.
Assistant Director
(Admn.), CIIL
COURSE DETAILS
The
duration of the course will be 3 weeks.
The
course on ‘Introduction to Translation’ will have the following 8 units plus
term paper and each unit will carry 100 marks.
Theories
of translation
Translation:
history, schools and theories
Translation
studies and linguistics
Literary
translation
Culture
and translation
Translation
quality assessment
Scientific
and technical translation
Machine
translation
Each
trainee has to submit either a term paper or a project work as assigned by the
course Director/ Coordinator
The
classes will be held for 6 days a week
There
will be 4 periods per day and each period will be of 90 minutes duration.
The
schedule of the units are as given below:
I
week: Units 1, 2 and 3
II
week: Units 4, 5 and 6
III
week: Units 7 and 8
Term paper and exams
The
pass mark will be 60% in aggregate.
The
classes will be taught by Resource Persons comprising teachers from
universities, translation experts, theoretical translators, freelance
translators, etc.
The dates of the
forthcoming batches are:
III – 12th August 2013 to 2nd September 2013
IV – 10th September 2013 to 30th September 2013
V – 19th October 2013 to 8th November 2013
VI –
18th November 2013 to 8th December 2013
VII –
16th December 2013 to 5th January 2014
Assistant Director
(Admn.), CIIL
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