Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

• Linguistic Skills - Apply linguistic knowledge to the practice of translation or interpretation.
• 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.
• 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.
• Recognise when and know how to consult an expert.
• 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.

Learning Outcomes of UE

At the end of the course the student will master the concepts studied in order to have a critical approach to different types of translations that will have to perform.
Following this teaching unit the students will explain the genesis of the imagination, the assimilation of reality to me through a creation of a controlled reality. They will know the different stages of the structure of personality, will have an introduction to concepts of psychoanalytic theory in relation to the structuring of language. They will identify the different defense mechanisms in a translation operation or interpretation. They will identify the different personality structures of translators and their pathologies. They will be able to establish a typology of different types of translations, a ranking of literary genres. They will have a reasoned discussion on the question "Who translates what and why? "

Content of UE

Study of the genesis of the imagination, adaptation to reality to achieve the simulation of a controlled reality leading to assimilation of reality to me. The general introduction to psychoanalytic theory is studied in relation mécamismes involved in translation and interpretation. Study of different personality structures to a typology of different literary texts and different translations. Exploration of cognitive and inconcious processes involved in the translation of a literary text. Notions of empathy, linguistic insight, language weightlessness.

Prior Experience

Not applicable

Type of Assessment for UE in Q2

• Written examination

Q2 UE Assessment Comments

Not applicable

Type of Assessment for UE in Q3

• Written examination

Q3 UE Assessment Comments

Not applicable