Objectives of general skills

• 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 said 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.
• Thematic Competency - Develop and apply thematic knowledge related to domains in which translation is practised.
• Undertake to acquire specialised terminology in the chosen foreign languages.
• Identify what information and documentation is required.
• Master the strategies, tools and techniques needed for carrying out documentary or terminological research.

UE's Learning outcomes

At the end of the first module of the master in GERMAN (translation OR interprenting), 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 a correct French and in the appropriate style;
translate and/or summarize general texts orally, without any mistranslations and at the normal rhythm of speech delivery.

At the end of this programme component, students will be able to :
- implement the basic principles of terminological work;
- select and to use terminological tools;
- manage the terminology necessary to a translation project

UE Content

Written translation of non-specialized texts of variable length and style, with highlighting of the common translation pitfalls and of the intertextual conventions in the source and target language.
Oral translation, exhaustive or summarized, of shorter general texts.
The students will be introduced to the basic principles of terminology and lexicography.
They will become acquainted with term banks and other terminological resources, in their foreign language in particular.
The students will be given practical assignments in which they will be asked to create and manage terminological databases using computer tools.

Prior experience

Not applicable