Course for international guest/part time students
- Faculty
- Faculty of Humanities
- Organization
- BTK Department of Translation and Interpreting
- Code
- BMA-FTOD-111
- Title
- Introduction to the Theory of Revising
- Usual semester
- Autumn
- Published semester
- 2026/27/1
- ECTS
- 2
- Language
- hu
- Learning outcomes
- Knowledge: knows the place of quality assurance in the translation process, quality assurance types, the QA specialist tasks and obligations; is familiar with the differences between translation and revision and post-editing and with QA competence; knows the principles, parameters and process of QA; is familiar with the ethics of QA, artificial intelligence and the methods of evaluating translations and revisions. Skills: employs the principles of QA; is familiar with the typology of QA; makes QA specialist’s decisions on the basis of the ethical principles of revision and use of AI. Attitude: open to professional novelties; has critical thinking skills and can critically analyze the working conditions of translators and revisors open to professional novelties and continuous professional development; boasts lifelong learning skills. Autonomy and responsibility: has the knowledge, skills, expertise and experience to act as an autonomous professional; represents the professional and ethical principles of the profession; boasts professional awareness.
- Course content
- Basic principles of quality assurance; its place in the translation process; revision typology; the revisor and post-editor’s tasks and responsibilities; differences between translation, revision and post-editing; the revisor’s competence; QA parameters and process; the ethics of revision, post-editing and the use of AI; translation and revision evaluation criteria and methods.
- Assessment method
- final exam (oral or written). The use of AI tools is governed by the Rector's Directive 4/2025 and the Dean's Directive II/2025 (XII. 12.).
- Bibliography
- Horváth P. I. 2011. A szakfordítások lektorálása. Elmélet és gyakorlat. Segédkönyvek a nyelvészet tanulmányozásához 117. Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó. Koponen, M., Mossop, B., S. Robert, I., & Scocchera, G. (Eds.). (2020). Translation Revision and Post-editing: Industry Practices and Cognitive Processes (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003096962 Massey, G., Huertas-Barros, E., & Katan, D. (Eds.). (2022). The Human Translator in the 2020s (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003223344 Mossop, B. (2019). Revising and Editing for Translators (4th ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315158990 Robin E. 2018. Fordítási univerzálék és lektorálás. Budapest: Eötvös József Kiadó. http://www.eltereader.hu/kiadvanyok/robin-edina-forditasi-univerzalek-es-lektoralas/