Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

• Linguistic Skills - Apply linguistic knowledge to the practice of translation or interpretation.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Develop knowledge and skills autonomously, particularly in terms of researching new theoretical approaches and tools in the field, with the aim of improving professional skills.

Learning Outcomes of UE

At the end of this course, students will be able to
- read, analyse, understand texts in modern and contemporary Chinese of various genres, types, subjects, themes and registers, in particular literary texts, in all their components (including lexicon, stylistics, intertextuality and socio-cultural components);
- synthesise complex statements, including argumentative and literary ones, orally or in writing, in French and Chinese;
- criticize narrative texts with the help of the tools of narratology;
- to master and accurately use the linguistic and intercultural resources offered by the texts studied in personal productions, including French-Chinese translations.

Content of UE

Reading and critical analysis of modern and contemporary Chinese texts, especially literature; oral and written productions (literary analyses, syntheses, presentations on a general theme, FR-CH and CH-FR translations, etc.).

Prior Experience

Chinese language level C1 of the CEFR.

Type of Assessment for UE in Q1

• Presentation and/or works
• Written examination
• Practical test
• Graded tests

Q1 UE Assessment Comments

The assessment procedures will be specified by the teacher at the beginning of the course.

Type of Assessment for UE in Q3

• Presentation and/or works
• Written examination
• Practical Test

Q3 UE Assessment Comments

The assessment procedures will be specified by the teacher at the beginning of the course.

Type of Resit Assessment for UE in Q1 (BAB1)

• N/A

Q1 UE Resit Assessment Comments (BAB1)

Not applicable.