Sight translation German > French

Teacher(s)

Kerres Patricia;

Language

French

Prerequisites

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Content

Articles from various news publications (Focus, Der Spiegel, Bundesregierung, etc.). The articles cover topics related to general culture and current affairs.

Teaching methods

Students learn how to produce a sight translation into spoken French of a text written in English focusing on sentence and text analysis: segments, units of meaning, and so forth. The students work in the interpreting lab in order to work independently, listening again and making corrections on the basis of instructor feedback on the recording. 

Evaluation methods

During the January exam session students sit an individual exam in extempore translation as taught during the first semester. Student taking the exam during the August/september session do likewise.

Other information

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Online resources

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Bibliography

La traduction à vue – par le ministère du Procureur général canadien : https://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/french/courts/interpreters/bilingual_test/section_5.php
La traduction à vue - Introduction pour les étudiants- Daniel Gile : https://slideplayer.fr/slide/442017/

Faculty or entity

LSTI