Specialised Translation Workshops - Russian

ltrad2161  2017-2018  Louvain-la-Neuve

Specialised Translation Workshops - Russian
7 credits
15.0 h + 60.0 h
Q1
Teacher(s)
Frogneux Cécile; Maçarskaia Maria coordinator; Pasquier Christine; Piette Justine (compensates Pasquier Christine);
Language
French
Prerequisites
For allophone students with a competency level of B2 in both French and Russian
Main themes
Translating texts relating to the fields of economics, law, science and/or technology.
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

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Contribution of teaching unit to learning outcomes assigned to programme

This unit contributes to the acquisition and development of the following learning outcomes, as assigned to the Master¿s degree in translation

1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5

4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.7

 

Specific learning outcomes on completion of teaching unit

On completing this unit the student is able to:

·         Undertake documentary and terminological research relevant to the source text employing rigour and critical acumen; 

·         Structure and utilize documentary and terminological research findings; 

Transpose a specialized text in Russian into written French paying attention to meaning and register and the terminology specific to the domain in question. 

 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
    Specialized translation : Law matters : introduction consisting of a contrastive study of legal fields and contract law in Russian and French, Russian-French translation of the contracts most commonly used in the translator's practice (contracts of sale, lease, insurance, etc.)
   Specialized translation ' Economic matters : Russian-French translation of texts of a general nature treating economic matters, commercial correspondence.
    Specialized translation : Technical and scientific matters : contrastive study of the specialized technical and scientific language in Russian and French, Russian-French translation of technical or scientific popularization texts.
Teaching methods
In-situ training in specialized translation in the working conditions of a professional translator's workstation ; preliminary work via the e-learning platform (if need be).
The student's presence is requested at all in-situ training sessions of the translation workshops.
Evaluation methods
    Translation exam in the working conditions of a professional translator's workstation. The overall evaluation may also cover specific parts of the student's work accomplished during the workshop (for more details, please refer to the terms and specifications of each of the three workshops).
   Each specialized translation workshop is worth one third of the final evaluation of the training unit.
Only the components failed during the first session will be the subject of the second session. If the EU is not validated at the end of a year, all the fields (legal, economic, scientific and technical) must be presented the following year.
Other information
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Online resources
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Bibliography
Chacun des trois ateliers de traduction spécialisée s'appuie sur des références théoriques propres fournies par chaque titulaire.
 
Faculty or entity
LSTI


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in Translation