Translation of Technical Texts (French)
Code
722111052
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Línguas, Culturas e Literaturas Modernas, Secção de Estudos Espanhóis, Franceses e Italianos
Credits
6
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
1) To acquire specific knowledge of technological terminology related to the selected texts, especially in the technology and engineering fields.
2) To be able to understand the source text to ensure an accurate translation.
3) To acquire competence to enable the analysis and solution of terminological issues using translation tools such as glossaries, corpora, parallel texts and specialized dictionaries.
4) To always keep in mind the need for clarity and grammatical correction in the target text.
5) To be able to produce autonomous translations of the selected technical texts.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
1. Technologies and engineering
2. The technical text: roles, users and specific features
3. Analysis of technical translations
4. Translating technical texts
5. Criticism and correction of translations of technical texts
6. Terminology management
Bibliography
1) Bedard, C. (1986). La traduction technique: príncipes et pratique. Linguatech.
2) Ballard, M. (2010).Traductologie et Enseignement de la Traduction à lUniversité. Artois: Presses Université.
3) Confluências. Revista de Tradução Científica e Técnica. www.confluencias.net
4) Ernst, R. (2002). Dictionnaire des techniques et sciences appliquées (Français-Anglais). Paris: Dunod.
5) Maillot., J. (1993). La traduction scientifique et technique. Lavoisier: Tech&Doc.
Teaching method
The postgraduate seminars are both theoretical (25%) and practical (75%), so that 75% minimum attendance is required. The teaching methodologies are based on the following activities: translations of different technical texts, carried out in class after prior preparation at home; grammatical analysis of the source text; supervised discussion of the specific problems of technical translation based on theoretical bibliography and the comparative method; improvement, in the classroom, of translations prepared at home; information, supervised research and use of relevant translation resources and tools for technical translation; and the production of glossaries, word lists or databases, individually or as a group, using the Moodle platform.
Evaluation method
Assessment will focus on three main areas: 1) a Portfolio (40%); 2) a written examination (30%); and 3) an individual translation of a technical text supervised by the teacher in tutorial sessions (30%).