Following is an outline of the topics we will be studying in these eight weeks:

Part I:  Fundamental concepts in translation

Lesson 1

Message and Form
Idiomatic Translation

Lesson 2

General Guidelines for Translating DCS Documents

a) Translating letters
b) Translating forms
c) Translating phone messages

Lesson 3

The Translation Process

Part II: Important grammar topics for translating Spanish to English

Lesson 4

Translating the present tenses
Time expressions

Lesson 5

Translating the past tenses
Prepositions

Part III: Basic theoretical tools in translation

Lesson 6

Equivalence at word level
False Cognates

Lesson 7

Equivalence above word level

a) Word Collocation
b) Idioms and Fixed Expressions
c) Conjunctions and connecting phrases

Lesson 8

Using dictionaries
Application of Message and Form