Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Substitute(s)
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
In order to develop the students' skills in terms of contrastive linguistic analysis and, in particular, their ability to synthesise the main specificities of / structural differences between French and English, we will focus on a corpus of thematically and stylistically varied texts (i.e. informative, literary, and operative), which will be translated (at home and collectively).
The course also includes an introduction to the field of Translation Studies. Students are strongly encouraged to take part in the group discussions generated by their critical reading of scholarly articles on current issues concerning the translation process (e.g. the impact of artificial intelligence).
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The course intends to deepen the students' ability to compare the syntactic structure of English and French, and to enhance the idiomaticity of their language.
By the end of the course, they should be able not only to produce a translation (into a foreign language), but also to reflect on translation as an activity and on their own position as translators.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Excellent command of the French and English languages.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Students will be asked to translate various texts at home. These individual translations will then be corrected and commented upon collectively.
The course will also offer an introduction to the field of Translation Studies.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Texts to be translated will be sent by email along with theoretical articles.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
Further information:
Face-to-face written exam in January (answers to questions related to the theoretical content of the course and translation of a new text).
Machine translation not allowed.
Students who fail to meet the minimum attendance requirement will not be permitted to sit the final exam.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
The course is taught in English on Thursdays from noon to 2 p.m. in room L5 0/4.
Contacts
Marie HERBILLON, Associate Professor
Marie.Herbillon@uliege.be
Département de Langues modernes : linguistique, littérature et traduction
Rue de Pitteurs 20 (L3 building, ground floor)
Raymond ECHITCHI
sechitchi@uliege.be
Département de Langues modernes : linguistique, littérature et traduction
Laura GERDAY
Laura.Gerday@uliege.be
Département de Langues modernes : linguistique, littérature et traduction
Association of one or more MOOCs
There is no MOOC associated with this course.