Upon the completion of the course, students are expected to
1. know the role of a translator,
2. analyze the features of Chinese classic fiction and vernacular short stories, English language fiction, etc.
3. solve the problems of interpretation, back translation, local dialects and offensive language used in translation etc.

Upon the completion of the course, students are expected to
1. know the role of a translator,
2. analyze the features of Chinese classic fiction and vernacular short stories, English language fiction, etc.
3. solve the problems of interpretation, back translation, local dialects and offensive language used in translation etc.

The course is to help students build up basic ability in analyzing Chinese or English works and their corresponding translated versions. All this practice through classroom discussion works toward the most important issues in the field of translation: what makes a good translation? In order to achieve this goal, a wide range of good works in various genres will be introduced and dealt with in depth.

The course is to help students build up basic ability in analyzing Chinese or English works and their corresponding translated versions. All this practice through classroom discussion works toward the most important issues in the field of translation: what makes a good translation? In order to achieve this goal, a wide range of good works in various genres will be introduced and dealt with in depth.

Lefevere, Andre (1992). Translating Literature: Practice and Theory in a Comparative Context. The Modern Language Association of America, New York.
黃邦傑（1993）。《譯藝譚》。台北：書林出版有限公司。
童元方 (2012) 。《譯心與譯藝 –文學翻譯的究竟》。台北：書林出版有限公司。

Lefevere, Andre (1992). Translating Literature: Practice and Theory in a Comparative Context. The Modern Language Association of America, New York.
Huang, Bangjie (1993). "Translation Art Tan". Taipei: Shulin Publishing Co., Ltd.
Tong, Yuanfang (2012). "The Heart of Translation and the Art of Translation - The Essence of Literary Translation". Taipei: Shulin Publishing Co., Ltd.