Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Ethical and Professional Skills - Master the professional production of translations and manage interpersonal relations - Master the professional production of an interpretation.
• Show good self-control including a professional degree of tact.
• IT Skills - Be familiar with and be able to use computer tools designed for translation and any applications specific to fields of specialisation.
• Master IT tools and be able to effectively use software designed to aid in text correction, translation, terminography, typesetting, documentation research, etc.
• Keep up with new developments in the field of IT and use it for professional purposes or to carry out research.
• Interpersonal and Communication Skills - Use and develop communication skills.
• Exercise their abilities to communicate and comprehend effectively.
• Be willing and ready to adapt to new and varied communication situations and environments; be flexible.

Learning Outcomes of UE

- knowledge of general frameworks,
- elementary knowledge of the scientific approach
- knowledge of the main tools (dictionaries, encyclopedias, bibliographies, monographs and articles, online resources).
- carry out personal research on specific subjects in this field, and make a presentation of limited dimensions on an aspect of the history of the Arab-Muslim world.

UE Content: description and pedagogical relevance

1) A historical curve indicates the different stages of the historical evolution of the southern shore of the Mediterranean. An analysis of these stages and their influence on each other is made as part of the course.
Cultural differentiation is central to the course.

2) a historical chronology which extends over more than fourteen centuries and which covers all the territories witnessing the exceptional human, political, spiritual, cultural and scientific history of the Arab-Muslim civilization.

Prior Experience

Not applicable