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CODE 65034
ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR L-LIN/04
LANGUAGE French
TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
SEMESTER Annual
PREREQUISITES
Propedeuticità in uscita
Questo insegnamento è propedeutico per gli insegnamenti:
  • Translation and Interpreting 8743 (coorte 2021/2022)
  • FRENCH LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION II 65035
TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

OVERVIEW

The course is composed of a theoretical module and practical exercises in interlinguistic written and oral mediation.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course, the student will have acquired knowledge and competences in the field of French linguistics, multilingual terminology, Italian-French translation, and will have explored specific aspects of these domains, including LSP such as economics, law and technical/scientific languages. This will be also possible thanks to courses, held by professional in the field of written and oral mediation and by native speakers of French, aimed at the practical acquisition of French and of interlinguistic mediation at a specialized level, and thanks to an interpreting module where base techniques of dialogic interpreting will be practiced.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Theoretical module: at the end of the course students will be able to:

  • know the theoretical basis of audiovisual translation;
  • create an acceptable subtitling;
  • reflect in a critical way and auto-evaluate their translation practice.

Practical exercises: at the end of the course, student will have acquired specialized competences in the fields of oral and written interlinguistic mediation.

PREREQUISITES

Students will have C1 language competence in French. Practical and theoretical knowledge in the field of translation is hoped for.

TEACHING METHODS

Presential lessons with Aulaweb support. Team based learning.

In the absence of restrictions due to Covid-19, the course will be taught in presential mode.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The course will focus on audiovisual translation, which belong to the larger domain of plurisemiotic translation. General characteristics of this medium will be analyzed and practical exercises in translation will be carried out, taking into account different genres.

The theoretical module is accompanied by practical exercises in specialized translation and interpreting. Further information is available on the web page of the French section (https://lingue.unige.it/node/44).

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

See Italian section.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

ANNA GIAUFRET (President)

MICAELA ROSSI

STEFANO VICARI (President Substitute)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

See Italian section.

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The theoretical module exam will test the competences that students will have acquired in the field of plurisemiotic translation. The paper which they will have to submit at the end of the course will consist in a commented translation of a few pages, while the interview will evaluate the students’ ability to reflect on their own translation practice.

The practical exercises will consist in specialized translation (technical and scientific translation, law translation, economics translation, text revision) and interpreting (sight translation, consecutive interpreting and simultaneous interpreting).

Due to possible anti-Covid restrictions, exams may be entirely or partially online.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Theoretical module: it aims at assessing competences acquired by students in the field of plurisemiotic translation. The portfolio to be presented at the end of the course will consist in the comment of a translated sequence, while the oral discussion will aim at assessing the students’ capacity to reflect on their translation practices.

Practical exercises: specialized translation (technical, scientific and text revision, or law and economics translation) and interpreting (sight translation, consecutive, simultaneous).

Exam schedule

Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note
17/01/2022 14:00 GENOVA Revisione testuale (recupero) Lingua e traduzione francese I e II LM
17/01/2022 16:00 GENOVA Linguaggio economico - Lingua e traduzione francese I e II LM
18/01/2022 14:00 GENOVA Linguaggio tecnico scientifico (recupero) - Lingua e traduzione francese I e II LM
18/01/2022 16:00 GENOVA Linguaggio giuridico - Lingua e traduzione francese I e II LM
19/01/2022 09:00 GENOVA Modulo teorico Lingua e traduzione francese I e II LM
28/01/2022 08:00 GENOVA Interpretazione - Lingua e traduzione francese I e II LM
02/02/2022 09:00 GENOVA Modulo teorico Lingua e traduzione francese I e II LM
06/05/2022 09:00 GENOVA Appello straordinario francese MT LM94
23/05/2022 14:00 GENOVA Linguaggio economico (recupero) - Lingua e traduzione francese I e II LM
23/05/2022 16:00 GENOVA Revisione testuale - Lingua e traduzione francese I e II LM
24/05/2022 14:00 GENOVA Linguaggio giuridico (recupero) - Lingua e traduzione francese I e II LM
24/05/2022 16:00 GENOVA Linguaggio tecnico-scientifico - Lingua e traduzione francese I e II LM
08/06/2022 09:00 GENOVA Interpretazione - Lingua e traduzione francese LM
09/06/2022 14:00 GENOVA Modulo teorico - Lingua e traduzione francese I e II LM
21/06/2022 09:00 GENOVA Interpretazione - Lingua e traduzione francese LM
28/06/2022 14:00 GENOVA Modulo teorico linguistica francese
30/06/2022 09:00 GENOVA Modulo teorico - Lingua e traduzione francese I e II LM
21/07/2022 14:00 GENOVA Modulo teorico linguistica francese
05/09/2022 14:00 GENOVA Linguaggio economico (recupero) - Lingua e traduzione francese I e II LM
05/09/2022 16:00 GENOVA Revisione testuale - Lingua e traduzione francese I e II LM
06/09/2022 14:00 GENOVA Linguaggio giuridico - Lingua e traduzione francese I e II LM
06/09/2022 16:00 GENOVA Linguaggio tecnico scientifico - Lingua e traduzione francese I e II LM
07/09/2022 09:30 GENOVA Interpretazione LM 94
08/09/2022 09:00 GENOVA Modulo teorico - Lingua e traduzione francese I e II LM
15/09/2022 14:00 GENOVA Modulo teorico linguistica francese
22/09/2022 09:00 GENOVA Modulo teorico - Lingua e traduzione francese I e II LM
29/09/2022 14:00 GENOVA Modulo teorico linguistica francese

FURTHER INFORMATION

The inscription to Aulaweb is compulsory both for students who attend lessons and for those who cannot attend them. The inscription to the exams is compulsory and available up to 3 working days before the exam (if not otherwise specified).