Undergraduate Course: French-English Translation for Francophone Exchange Students (Non-Graduating) (ELCF08004)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 08 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
European Languages and Cultures - French |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
http://www.selc.ed.ac.uk/french/undergd.html |
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| Course description |
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 |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Full Year, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Tutorial | Francophone | 1-22 | | 15:00 - 15:50 | | | | | Central | Tutorial | Francophone | 1-22 | | | | 15:00 - 15:50 | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Tuesday, 15:00 - 15:50, Zone: Central. First class meeting - Room 12.18 David Hume Tower |
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 |
Assessment Information
| Regular exercises. Coursework 100%. |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Katharine Swarbrick
Tel: (0131 6)50 8415
Email: Kath.Swarbrick@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Margery Accarino
Tel: (0131 6)50 8421
Email: M.Accarino@ed.ac.uk |
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