Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

• Linguistic Skills - Apply linguistic knowledge to the practice of translation or interpretation.
• Master the French language at level C2 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
• Master the foreign languages at level C2 in reading and listening, and level C1 in writing and speaking.
• Continuously assess and maintain that linguistic knowledge.
• Cultural and Intercultural Competency - Utilise intercultural knowledge in order to understand, analyse, and contextualise in the practice of translation.
• Be familiar with the political, social and cultural environment of the working language and the chosen foreign languages, as well as a sustained effort to keep abreast of all new developments in those areas.
• 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.
• 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.
• Ethical and Professional Skills - Be in command of the professional context of a translation
• Manage all phases of a translation from reception of the order to delivery of the final product .

Learning Outcomes of UE

At the end of this learning, students will be able to comment on the errors of a text which i poorly written in, or poorly translated into, French. They will also be able to correct these texts regarding the language and the specific rules of French typography, as well in respect of the original.

UE Content: description and pedagogical relevance

Correction of texts written in French; analysis and revision of poor translations in French; exercises in the application of typographical rules; punctuation exercises (special cases); preparation of a revision work.

Prior Experience

French C1 (CECRL)