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 - Master the professional context of an interpretation.
• Respect the ethical conventions of the profession, particularly with regard to confidentiality, and accepting only those contracts that one is able to honour.
• Show good self-control including a professional degree of tact.
• Show their ability and willingness to work as part of a team.
• Negotiate the conditions under which an interpretation job will be undertaken with the organiser of the event and ensure accepted quality norms are met.
• Develop the ability to self-evaluate with a critical eye, in order to continually progress.
• Interpersonal and communication skills - Use and develop communication skills.
• Exercise their abilities to communicate and comprehend effectively.
• Capture the essence of a message in its original context and render it faithfully in another language.
• Be willing and ready to adapt to new and varied communication situations and environments; be flexible.
• Professionnal skills specific to conference interpreting - Master the professional production of an interpretation.
• Interpret towards French, in consecutive or simultaneous mode, speeches from high-level specialists on a variety of topics.
• Interpret towards the foreign language speeches in French on general or current topics.
• Professional skills specific to conference interpreting - Master the professional renditions
• Interpret towards French, in consecutive or shadowing mode, speeches from high-level specialists on a variety of topics.

Language Combination

Unité d’enseignement de la combinaison linguistique

Learning Outcomes of UE

Simultaneous : At the end of the second block of the master in interpreting, students will be able to:
- interpret a speech in conditions approximating to professional reality;
- without meaning errors;
- in appropriate French, showing a mastery of registers and linguistic subtleties and respecting the requirements of rhetoric;
- describe and justify strategies employed. Retour : At the end of the second block of the master in interpreting, students will be able to:
- understand a French speech and pick up on the structure after hearing the speech for the first time;
- Reformulate the speech in correct, natural ................. [language], avoiding literal translations, after having quickly researched the subject and terminology;
- describe and justify strategies employed.

UE Content: description and pedagogical relevance

Simultaneous interpretation of speeches of various length and complexity.
Topics deriving from major international meetings.
Exercises based on non-prepared speeches, freely-rendered written texts or recordings of original speeches.
Theoretical and practical work experience (visits, "dummy booths") within Parliamentary institutions and international organizations. Consecutive interpretation, into the foreign language, of speeches of varying lengths and of a fairly low degree of specialisation.
Exercises based on non-prepared speeches, freely-rendered written texts or recordings of original speeches.

Prior Experience

Not applicable