University of Piraeus

Department of International & European Studies

English Language Unit

Course instructor: G.V.Diamantis- Assistant professor

Spring semester 2010 Core module: Writing and Translating in English for International  Relations- Academic discussion classes- SEMESTER 4

 

Course Materials

1. G.V.Diamantis, Writing and Translating in English for International Relations, Interbooks

   pub.   2008. Abbreviation: WTEIR

Part One: Chapter One

Awareness of Patterns in Written Text                     

Various Types of Paragraph Development: the Columnist's- Writer's Strategies      

Chapter Two:

 Fighting against Word for Word Translation

Causes of Transfer Errors Made by Foreign Language Learners 

Translation- a Means of Intercultural Communication                

The Crucial Role of Collocations in Translation

 

Part Two: Chapter Three: World Politics and International Law

    1. Gaza where peace walks a tightrope
    2. Waves in muddy waters
    3. Post  War Europe (1946-1951) II
    4. End of an era: Congress and foreign policy
    5. Egypt: Open economy closed politics.
    6. France recognizes Armenian genocide
    7. Tourist Industry

 

2. Γ.Αγαπητός, Εγχειρίδιο των Βασικών Οικονομικών Εννοιών. Ελληνοαγγλικό-Αγγλοελληνικό.,

   εκδ.Γ.Αγαπητός , 2004

 

3. G.V.Diamantis, English for Academic Discussion Classes, Stamoulis publications  2008, 

    ( Abbreviation: EADC)

  1. Lethal Conflicts - Genocide, Ethnic Cleansing and Crimes against Humanity.
  2. Americanization vs. Europeanization - Europeanism.
  3. The Middle East Issue
  4. Wrongdoings and Global Corruption: Graft, Guile, Fraud and Sleaze.
  5. Global Warming and Climate Change - confronting the most serious environmental threat of the 21st century
  6. The Tourism Industry. Eco-Friendly, Green Tourism - Ecotourism. Tourist Terrorism.
  7. Immigration- Transnational Immigration. Economic migrants and illegal immigrants-Xenophobia, Integration and Acculturation

4. G.V.Diamantis, English for International Relations, Interbooks publ. 2006. Abbreviation: EIR

      Part Two:

 Unit One:  Public International Law p.155-156
 Unit Two: Legal professionals and legal verbs p. 162-168
 Unit Four: Legal English -Financial Problems- European Union Law Key Terms

                    p. 192-196
 Unit Five: Sleaze
 Unit Seven:  Citizenship

5. G.V.Diamantis, English for Business Communication, Interbooks publ. 2002. Abbreviation: EBC

                            Unit 8: Describing Trends, Facts and Figures

                            Unit 6: Introducing a Company and its Products

 

 

 

List of Reference Works

 

TITLE

AUTHOR(S)

PUBLICATION DATE / PUBLISHING BODY

1

A Dictionary of Modern Politics

David Robertson

2002, Europa Publications

2

Concise Dictionary of Politics

Iain McLean

1996, Oxford University Press

3

English-Greek Dictionary of Law terms & the Constitution of Greece

G. Tragakis, H. Caratzas, H. Zombola

1998, Nomiki Bibliothiki

4

English-Greek Dictionary of Legal-Business Terms

Michael S. Hiotakis

1992, Daidalos / Zacharopoulos

5

Hyper Lexicon, English-Greek / Greek-English

Ανδρέας Σταφυλίδης

2005, Σταφυλίδης

6

International Relations, the Key Concepts

Martin Griffiths & Terry O’ Callaghan

2002, Routledge

7

Μέγα Ελληνο-Αγγλικόν Λεξικόν

William Crighton

1960, Ελευθερουδάκης

8

Osborn’s Concise Law Dictionary

Leslie Rutherford & Sheila Bone (Editors)

1993, Sweet & Maxwell

9

Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary

A. S. Hornby

1995, Oxford University Press

10

Penguin-Hellenews Αγγλο-Ελληνικό Λεξικό

G. N. Garmonsway

1989, Hellenews-ΠΑΙΔΕΙΑ

11

The Penguin Dictionary of International Relations

Graham Evans & Jeffrey Newnham

1998, Penguin books

Short list of online/web dictionaries and reference works

 

TITLE

ELECTRONIC ADDRESS

1

Wiktionary

http://en.wiktionary.org

2

Cambridge Dictionaries Online

http://cambridge.dictionaries.com

3

Dictionary Com

http://www.dictionary.com

4

Metafrasi.gr

http://www.metafrasi.gr

 5.

MSN Encarta

http://encarta.msn.com