Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

• Linguistic Skills - Apply linguistic knowledge to the practice of translation or interpretation.
• Transmit a message expressed in another language, orally or in writing, all the while respecting the intention, the target audience, the linguistic register and the objectives of the original language and message.
• Be proficient in another foreign language.
• Cultural and Intercultural Competency - Utilise intercultural knowledge in order to understand, analyse, and contextualise in the practice of translation.
• Be able to recognise the socio-cultural components underlying an oral or written text.
• Thematic Competency - Develop and apply thematic knowledge related to domains in which translation is practised.
• Identify what information and documentation is required.
• Master the strategies, tools and techniques needed for carrying out documentary or terminological research.
• Cognitive Skills - Possess a solid theoretical grounding in translation and/or interpretation and be able to apply it to the professional practice thereof and actively pursue further independent development of it.
• Familiarise themselves with transposition techniques based on theoretical findings, subsequently leading to some practical automatisms.
• Develop the necessary analytical and synthesis faculties to be able to understand and work on complex texts.
• Ethical and Professional Skills - Be in command of the professional context of a translation
• Produce an accurate translation or interpretation in respect of what was agreed with the client and in accordance with accepted quality assessment norms.
• IT Skills - Be familiar with and be able to use computer tools designed for translation and any applications specific to fields of specialisation.
• Master IT tools and be able to effectively use software designed to aid in text correction, translation, terminography, typesetting, documentation research, etc.
• Keep up with new developments in the field of IT and use it for professional purposes or to carry out research.

Learning Outcomes of UE

At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- understand the challenges of general translation and make the necessary research to solve those challenges;
- translate general texts in written and with a high degree of precision, in correct Greek and in the appropriate style of the source text;
- to translate informative and pragmatic texts ;
- to master the strategies , tools and documentary and terminological research techniques ;
- to apply to the translation practice cognitive skills.

Content of UE

Subjects of general interest .  Written and oral translation of informative and pragmatic texts. Written translation of non-specialized texts of variable length and different registers , with evidence of translation pitfalls and intertextual conventions in the source language and the target language . Oral translation, exhaustive or synthetic shorter general texts.

Prior Experience

Not applicable

Type of Assessment for UE in Q2

• N/A

Q2 UE Assessment Comments

Not applicable

Type of Assessment for UE in Q3

• N/A

Q3 UE Assessment Comments

Not applicable