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 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Develop the necessary analytical and synthesis faculties to be able to understand and work on complex texts.