General Translation Portuguese_French

Code:

LA035

Acronym:

TGPF

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Language Sciences

Instance: 2010/2011 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Portuguese and Romance Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Applied Languages

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LA	3	Study Plan-Applied Languages: Translation	3	-	6	52	162
LLC	2	Single Language Plan-French	3	-	6	52	162

Teaching language

Francês

Objectives

Aims, Competences and Learning Outcomes
By the end of the semester, the Lusophone students shall be able to:
• take some distance regarding original texts, so as to produce a translation exactly correspondent to the wishes of the final user;
• analyze the material to translate in order to identify the obstacles to the translation and to find proper solutions;
• have a conscience about of the range of available resources, including human resources and to know how to use them wisely;
• be capable of exercising one’s own critical mind in order to evaluate one’s own and others’ translations;
• be capable of exercising a critical mind in order to evaluate the available resources on the Web (dictionaries, terminology databases, text-mirrors, etc.);
• to be capable of reflecting about their learning process and about their future professional path.

Program

1. Expositions followed by a discussion on:
• the translator’s profile;
• the translator’s partners;
• the translator’s work;
• the notion of quality in translation;
• obstacles to translation: opacity, ambiguity, presumed or proved default;
• the risks in translation: false friends, collocations, idiomatic expressions, cultural specificities.

2. Progressive training

• MSDS translation;
• Synoptic translation;
• Document translation;
• Complete translation.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical and practical lessons: expositive and interactive methods;
Tutoring and practical lessons: active method.

Software

MS Word
Moodle

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
	Teste	104,00		2011-06-03
	Exame	2,00		2011-06-03
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

Attending 75% of classes, unless established otherwise by law.

Calculation formula of final grade

Portfolio: 50%; Exam: 50%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable

Classification improvement

In accordance with the Assessment Regulations in force.