TRAD0071-1 : Theory and practice of translation from French into English

Study Programmes 2016-2017

TRAD0071-1

Theory and practice of translation from French into English

Duration :

30h Th

Number of credits :

Master in translation (120 ECTS)		4

Lecturer :

Delphine Munos

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents :

This course intends to analyse English and French in a contrastive perspective using a corpus of texts to be translated at home and collectively.
The course also includes an introduction to the field of Translation Studies

Learning outcomes of the learning unit :

The course aims at deepening the students' ability to compare the syntactic structure of English and French, and at enhancing the idiomaticity of their language.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

Excellent command of the English and French languages

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Once every two weeks, texts will be translated individually, then individual translations will be corrected and commented upon collectively in a contrastive perspective.
The other week: particular attention will be paid to contrastive lexicology and phraseology, contrastive semantics and syntax. The course also offers an Introduction to the field of Translation Studies

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

face-to-face, 3.30-5.30 pm, on Fridays (Q1)