Course Syllabus---Translating Contracts level III (J-E)

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Course Syllabus

Course Name

Translating Contracts level III (J-E) (Course No.52042)

Category

(Expert Competence)

Year Taken

First or Second Year

Offered Major/ Type of Course

Major 4 / Elective

Number of Classes

Number of Credits

Professor

Yoshiharu Ishida
Email address : ishida@babel.udu

Instructor

Minoru Saotome
Email Address : minoru.s＠babel.edu

Course Description

Write English contracts and translate legal documents from Japanese into English at a professional level

Course Policy

Attendance : Enter the course with password.
Netiquette : Refer to the Netiquette Policy in the Student Handbook.
Student with special needs : Refer to the Students with Disabilities and Accommodation Policy in the Student Handbook.
Academic Honesty : Refer to the Student integrity and Academic Honesty Policy in the Student Handbook.
Honor Code : Refer to the Honor Code Policy in the Student Handbook.

Course Objective (Goal)

Obtain reading and comprehension skills of various types of complex and lengthy Japanese written contracts and be able to translate it into English. Students will also have writing skills to produce English written contracts at the same level and length.

Learning Outcome

Translate accurately and comprehensively Japanese complex, high level, and lengthy (more than 15 pages) contracts drafted in professional law firms or corporate law departments into English by understanding and becoming familiar with legal terminology, word and idiom usage, writing style, grammar, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics of such complex, high level, and lengthy contracts written in both English and Japanese. Translate at a speed of 250 words per hour (source language).

Course Progression

1. Read core course material and obtain basic knowledge
2. Following the instructions, work on practice questions and submit assignment
3. Listen to audio lecture, and use online bulletin board and Q&A for any queries

Deliverables (Course Text etc.)

Basic textbook

“BABEL English Grammar for Legal Document Translation [Japanese-English] - Japanese Contracts and Legal Translation Rulebook 1 & 2”

Exercise Workbook

Includes 16 types of Japanese contracts, regulations, laws, treaties, arbitration decisions, legal papers, and corresponding Japanese translation examples from ‘Long Term Sales & Purchase Agreement' to 'Alien Registration in Japan'. One contract is 20 pages on average with one exercise per lecture.

* Authored originally by Professor for this course. Copyrighted by Babel University Professional School of Translation.
*Revised in November 2012

Course Outline

16 lectures and Japanese-English translation exercises.

Using the course guide, read on the purpose of the lecture, description of course material, and how to study for the course followed by listening to the audio lecture.
Students will learn translation skills from the core material and practice the theory with exercise materials.

Lecture 1	Translating Japanese Contracts into English Exercise Material: ‘Long Term Sales & Purchase Agreement’
Lecture 2	Translating Japanese Contracts into English Exercise Material: ‘General Provisions of Procurement Contract’
Lecture 3	Translating Japanese Contracts into English Exercise Material: ‘Clinical Development Agreement’
Lecture 4	Translating Japanese Contracts into English Exercise Material: ‘Joint Development Agreement’
Lecture 5	Translating Japanese Contracts into English Exercise Material: ‘Joint Venture Agreement’
Lecture 6	Translating Japanese Contract into English Exercise Material: ‘Joint Venture Agreement’
Lecture 7	Translating Japanese Contract into English Exercise Material: ‘Joint Venture Agreement’
Lecture 8	Translating Japanese Contract into English Exercise Material: ‘Eurodollar Credit Agreement’
Lecture 9	Translating Japanese Rules into English Exercise Material: ‘Terms & Condition of Use’, ‘Rules of Conciliation’
Lecture 10	Understanding Japanese Rules and Translating into English Exercise Material: ‘Budget Control Rules’, ‘Employment Rules of Intellectual Properties’
Lecture 11	Understanding Japanese Law and Translating into English Exercise Material: ‘Law for Prevention of Spousal Violence’
Lecture 12	Translating Japanese Law into English Exercise Material: ‘Trademark Law of Japan’
Lecture 13	Understanding Japanese Legal Document and Writing English Legal Documents Exercise Material: ‘Trademark Law of Japan’
Lecture 14	Understanding Japanese Legal Document and Writing English Legal Documents Exercise Material: ‘Tokyo Metropolitan Ordinance of Freedom of Information’
Lecture 15	Understanding Japanese Writing and Translating into English Exercise Material: ‘Arbitration Award’
Lecture 16	Translating Japanese Legal Papers into English Exercise Material: ‘Alien Registration in Japan’

Grade Evaluation and Course Requirement

1. Assignments (All assignments must be submitted)
2. Final Exam (Minimum Course Requirement: B or above)

Grade Score

A 85 - 100

B 70 - 84

C 60 - 69

D 50 - 59

F 49 and under

Submission papers will be returned with the evaluation sheet, which states evaluation marking and comments as well as corrections with rubrics.