French-English Translation for Francophone Exchange Students (Non-Graduating) (FR0063)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 8 ? Acronym : LLC-1-FR0063

The proposed course is designed to meet the needs of Francophone Exchange students who wish to or who are required by their home institutions to follow a French-English translation course during their year in Edinburgh.

The course aims to provide advanced training in translation from French, which will develop knowledge and understanding of the grammar and lexis of the target language, awareness of the translation issues raised by genre and register and competence in the application of a range of translation strategies and approaches.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : The course is restricted to Exchange students from French-speaking Universities whose major subject of study is English and who have completed at least two years of English at University level.

Variants

? This course has variants for part year visiting students, as follows

French-English Translation for Francophone Exchange Students (VS1) (Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2))

Subject Areas

Home subject area

European Languages and Cultures - French, (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, Schedule G)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 1st year

? Delivery Period : Full Year (Blocks 1-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 20 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
18/09/2007	15:00	16:00	Room 12.18, David Hume Tower	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Tuesday	15:00	15:50	Central
Lecture	Thursday	15:00	15:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

It is expected that by the end of the course, students will have developed:

- a range of advanced translation skills and approaches to translation
- facility and fluency in the translation of texts belonging to a range of different registers and genres
- a high level of awareness of the problems posed by translation between French and English