FR4419 - Theory and Practice of Translation

Credit points:	06
Year:	2017
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	College of Arts, Society & Education

Available to students admitted to French Honours.

Translation theory and practice including cross-cultural considerations and the role of translators.

Learning Outcomes

• apply skills in practical translating;
• analyse and make explicit some of the major differences between English and French e.g. in the ordering of elements within complex sentences, in the linking of sentences and paragraphs, in levels of abstraction;
• analyse and make explicit the importance of cultural values in the comprehension of a text.

Inadmissible Subject Combinations:

FR3319 FR4409

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 23-Mar-2017
Coordinator:	Miss Florence Boulard
Contact hours:	13 hours - Lectorials plus online delivery via LearnJCU
Assessment:	presentations (20%); online quizzes/tests (20%); centrally-administered final exam (60%).
Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 23-Mar-2017
Coordinator:	Miss Florence Boulard
Contact hours:	13 hours - Lectorials plus online delivery
Assessment:	presentations (20%); online quizzes/tests (20%); centrally-administered final exam (60%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.