Information Technology for Project and Document Management

Code:

MTSL011

Acronym:

IGPD

Instance: 2008/2009 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Anglo-American Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Master of Arts in Translation and Language Services

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MTSL	13	Specialized Translation	2	-	3	-
		Translation and Language Services	2	-	3	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The expected outcomes of the course are for successful students to:
• Be able to use information technology for a wide variety of language services tasks including
o General project management
o Creating and maintaining translation memories and terminology databases
o Preparing and revising documents
o Finding and storing information relevant to the translation profession
• Know how to organize language services projects and documentation
• Understand how to use technology to work as teams

Program

• Revision and extension of translation technology knowhow – SDL, TRADOS etc
• Use of Microsoft Office for creating projects
• Introduction to Project management software demos
• Microsoft Office tools for evaluating and revising documents
• Creation of web pages for language services companies
• Maintenance of existing Translator’s page at FLUP

Mandatory literature

Markel, Mike ; Technical Communication (7th ed.) , Bedford/St. Martin's., 2003
Rico, Celia ; Translation and Project Management. Translation Journal , Volume 6, No. 4

Teaching methods and learning activities

• Presentation and discussion of theoretical aspects
• Practical use of technology

Software

Corpografo
Microsoft Word, Excel & Power Point
Internet

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Subject Classes	Participação presencial	30,00
Projects	Trabalho escrito	24,00		2009-01-16
Tests	Exame	7,00		2008-12-20
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Study	Estudo autónomo	20	2008-12-20
	Total:	20,00

Observations

Evaluation
• Continuous assessment
• Exercises
• Project
Software
• SDL/TRADOS
• Corpografo
• Microsoft Word, Excel & Power Point
• Internet
• Demo versions of other relevant software, such as:
o LTC – see http://www.lowestech.net/pmdown.php
o ]project-open[ - see http://www.project-open.org/doc/

Bibliography
Markel, Mike 2003. Technical Communication (7th ed.) Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's.
Rico, Celia . 2002. Translation and Project Management. Translation Journal , Volume 6, No. 4, available at http://accurapid.com/journal/22project.htm
A selection of articles on Translation and Project Management at Translation Services USA - http://www.translation-services-usa.com/articles/index.shtml
Documentation of the programmes used