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.
• 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 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.
• Familiarise themselves with transposition techniques based on theoretical findings, subsequently leading to some practical automatisms.
• 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.
• Ethical and Professional Skills - Be in command of the professional context of a translation
• Produce an accurate translation or interpretation in respect of what was agreed with the client and in accordance with accepted quality assessment norms.

Learning Outcomes of UE

At the end of this learning, students will be able to critique and comment on a literary translation, to make a comparison of various translations of the same literary work and define the choices made by the translators. They will also be able to propose, in a creative way, the corrections to improve an unfinished literary translation in respect of the stylistice qualities of the text.

UE Content: description and pedagogical relevance

Textual criticism and correction of literary drafts of translations ; comparison of published translations of works of 19th and 20th century European Literature ; exercises on particular issues (presentation of dialogues, use of translator's note, etc.); reflection on the evolution of the stylistic and esthetic standards in literary translations.

Prior Experience

French Language Level C1