Niektóre działania edukacyjne, które prowadziłem lub prowadzę na Uniwersytecie Warszawskim albo dla Stowarzyszenia Tłumaczy Literatury.
Piotr Szymczak
Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw
Edukacja
Book to World
Book to World było grupą przekładu literackiego, którą prowadziłem w Instytucie Anglistyki UW. Grupa dziewięciorga studentów przełożyła zbiór baśni Oscara Wilde’a pochodzących z tomików The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888) oraz A House of Pomegranates (1891).
Książkę zredagowałem, złożyłem i wprowadziłem do sprzedaży — chciałem, żeby w ten sposób zwróciły się koszty publikacji i nawet się to udało.
Razem ze studentami opracowaliśmy kurs terminologiczny na temat metodologii badawczych w przekładoznawstwie na Memrise.com.
Memrise podoba mi się, bo pozwala skutecznie uczyć się materiałów na pamięć (zwłaszcza dzięki aplikacji na smartfony). Kurs jest po angielsku.
I like assignments that are useful and memorable. One way to do that is to create actual Wikipedia articles. Over the years my student have written, translated or otherwise improved dozens of articles in Polish and English. Recently we’ve been working to increase Polish Wikipedia’s coverage of Translation Studies and translation in general. My students were involved in creating or improving the articles on Otto Kade, John Florio as a translator (in Polish, Italian and Russian), Werner Koller, Friedrich Schleiermacher’s contributions to translation theory, John Catford and his concept of Translation Shifts, the concept of equivalence in translation, Gideon Toury’s concept of translation norms, community interpreting, Etienne Dolet and many others.
Incidentally, here’s another free general Memrise course on English phrases and idioms for intermediate and advanced learners that I helped develop. It was mostly crowdsourced by my students, and put together by me. It has hundreds of natural idioms and phrases with audio and Polish definitions. Give it a try!
I’m also running a project called Humanities for Health where my translation students at the Institute for English Studies, University of Warsaw volunteer their time and skills to produce Polish translations of medical information for Cochrane Collaboration.
The Cochrane Collaboration is a citizen science network: anyone can join the volunteer effort to help bring healthcare evidence to people so they can make better healthcare decisions based on sound science.
As our Institute’s Outreach and Promotion Officer I run our Institute podcast called Program rozszerzony where our faculty and invited guests talk about various aspects of English Studies (in Polish and English).
This is a Polish-language podcast on translation that I run for the Association of Literary Translators (STL).
Miłe złego początki is a free e-book containing advice for novice literary translators (in Polish). I created it in collaboration with the Polish Literary Translators’ Association (STL).
In the book, experienced translators explain how they got their first book translation contracts, and share advice with upcoming translators.
With over fifty stories arranged in chronological order, the book is a trove of stories, first-hand experiences, tips on professional practice, and cautionary tales.