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.
• 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 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.
• Analyse the assumptions, implicit or explicit, allusions, stereotypes and intertextuality of any oral or written document.
• Thematic Competency - Develop and apply thematic knowledge related to domains in which translation is practised.
• Identify what information and documentation is required.

Language Combination

Unité d’enseignement de la combinaison linguistique

Learning Outcomes of UE

They will be able to:
- understand the challenges of general translation, even of abstract, structurally or linguistically complex texts with idiomatic expressions;
- and make the necessary research to solve those challenges;
- translate those general texts in written and with a high degree of precision, in a correct French and in the appropriate style;
- translate general texts orally, without any mistranslations and at the normal rhythm of speech delivery.

UE Content: description and pedagogical relevance

Written translation of non-specialized texts of variable length, with highlighting of the common translation pitfalls and of the intertextual conventions in the source and target language. Improvement of wording ability. Oral translation, exhaustive or summarized, of shorter general texts.

Prior Experience

Not applicable