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 and understand, in their particular grammar, stylistics and lexicon, extracts from Chinese texts prior to the 19th century with a major cultural and historical significance written in classical or literary language (Confucius and the Confucian canon, Mencius, Sima Qian, Tang and Song poetry, etc.);
- to place major ancient Chinese texts in their historical and cultural context and to become familiar with the evolution of the classical language;
- to master and adequately use language and socio-cultural resources (especially intertextuality and reference games) offered by the texts studied in subsequent personal productions.

UE Content: description and pedagogical relevance

Reading and comparative (including diachronic), linguistic, stylistic and discursive analysis of classical Chinese texts.

Prior Experience

Chinese language level B2 of the CEFR.