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TIB110: Classical Tibetan Language: Grammar and Translation Methodology
08/12/2019 @ 9:30 am
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An event every week that begins at 9:30 am on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, repeating until 08/17/2019
The course will draw from Joe Wilson’s Translating Buddhism from Tibetan (available here), Tibetan philosophic texts and commentaries in the original language, and supplemental materials. By the end of the summer, students will begin translating portions of Tsong-kha-pa’s Great Exposition of the Stages of the Path and other texts chosen by the instructor. The course covers the grammar and methodology components of Classical Tibetan language training including:
- Alphabet, pronunciation, and particles
- Patterns within syllables, words, and phrases
- Grammar as found in Indian treatises and indigenous Tibetan philosophical works
- Methodologies for preparing translations of philosophical works