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Study programmes 2012-2013Last update : 18/06/2013
TRAD0039-2  Literary translation (EN-FR), Part 2

Duration :  30h Th
Number of credits :  
Master in Languages and Literatures : General, Professional Focus in Translation, 2nd year5
Modern Languages and Literatures : German, Dutch and English, Professional Focus in Translation, 2nd year5
Lecturer :  Christine Pagnoulle
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Organisation and examination :  
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Course contents :  
In this second part of the course students get introduced to drama and poetry translation. The obstacles to be negotiated are basically the same as with fiction but with added constraints.
Learning outcomes of the course :  
Students will have learned how to identify various forms of drama and how to produce convincing dialogues as well as how to create poems that retrieve the specific poetry of the original texts.
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
An excellent knowledge of French (target language) and a good knowledge of English.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
Translation is organized in workshop with students having prepared the texts to be translated. Because of special events this year (see below) we will start with poems.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
Face to face. 1st term in the second year of the Master's degree. See http://cipl82.philo.ulg.ac.be/horaires
Recommended or required readings :  
Assessment methods and criteria :  
The students' competence is assessed on the basis of works they have done at home, namely the translation of some ten pages from a play and of two poems. The oral examination provides feedback on those tests.
Work placement(s) :  
Organizational remarks :  
At least one guest translator will lead a workshop.
The academic year will begin with two events that are of direct interest for our students, the 'Mixed Zone' festival 4-6 October http://www.mixedzone.ulg.ac.be/ and the poetry Biennal 10-13 October http://mipah.be/fr/Biennales-Internationales-de-Poesie/Biennale-2012/. Students on this course are expected to participate.
Another event they ought to feel concerned with is the conference on translating realia on 2-4 May http://www.l3.ulg.ac.be/colloquetraduction2013/
Contacts :  
Christine Pagnoulle
A2/6/12
Tel. (32) (0)4 366 5438
Fax (32) (0)4 366 5721
cpagnoulle@ulg.ac.be


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