Duration
15h Th
Number of credits
| Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres) | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Translation of general interest texts with different levels of language, different registers and a variety of domains. Approach to the cultural references encountered in the texts. Initiation in the procedures and problems of translation.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of the course, students will be able to translate general interest texts, i.e. analyse them and transmit and reformulate the meaning. They will be able to use basic translation tools (monolingual and bilingual dictionaries) and take into account the specificities of the source and target languages.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Good functional knowledge of German. Good command of French
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Method of teaching: written preparation of the translations at home. Comparison and critical group correction of the work prepared individually. Elaboration of a final joint version.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
One hour of class per week. Compulsory classes.
Written preparation of the translations at home. Comparison and critical group correction of the work prepared individually. Elaboration of a final joint version.
Recommended or required readings
References and media : A German-German dictionary A bilingual German/French dictionary A French-French dictionary Texts from various sources (magazines, reviews, newspapers, etc.)
Assessment methods and criteria
written exam
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
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Contacts
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
Teaching method : Written preparation at home of the translation sent by e-mail in the first instance. Correction of the translation starting from the teacher's translation received by e-mail in a second step. Questions asked by students to the teacher by e-mail. Synthesis of the questions and the answers given to them via myuliège.
Assessment subjects
The various texts discussed throughout the year introducing various general themes will serve as the basis for the professor's search for a source text for the May-June evaluation. This source text will have to be translated from German into French by the students.
Assessment methods
The document to be translated for the exam will be sent to the students by e-mail via myuliège. Once the students have acknowledged receipt of this document, they will have two hours to carry out their exam remotely with any type of reference work (German-French/French-German translating dictionary, German and/or French explanatory dictionary, dictionary of synonyms, etc.). After the examination, students should send their translation directly to the teacher by e-mail.
Contacts
sleclere@uliege.be