This course completes the training cycle in translating literary texts from french into greek. Its level of difficulty exceeds that of the previous semesters. It examines texts with distinctive thematic and stylistic features, specifically childhood-memory prose and autobiography, as well as writing built on interior monologue. All texts belong to the 20th and 21st centuries and correspond to level C1–C2.

For the weekly/ semester assignments, if necessary, the limited use of Machine Translation and Artificial Intelligence is allowed to look for specific terms or clarify any ambiguities, but not for the entire text to be translated. The use of MT and AI is strictly prohibited during exams.

By the end of the course, students will analyse the narrative techniques of autobiographical discourse and interior monologue. They will render long-period syntax, ellipsis and rhythm into greek without smoothing out the style. They will learn to identify and reproduce each author’s stylistic imprint (empreinte stylistique). They will critically evaluate published greek translations.

• Berman, A. (1999). La traduction et la lettre ou l’auberge du lointain. Paris: Seuil.
• Cohn, D. (1978). Transparent Minds: Narrative Modes for Presenting Consciousness in Fiction. Princeton (NJ): Princeton University Press.
• Lejeune, P. (1975). Le pacte autobiographique. Paris: Seuil.
• Meschonnic, H. (1999). Poétique du traduire. Lagrasse: Verdier.
• Dimitroulia, T. & Kentrotis, G. (2015). Literary Translation: Theory and Practice [Λογοτεχνική μετάφραση: θεωρία και πράξη]. Athens: Kallipos.

The method is based on three steps: first, close reading and stylistic analysis of the original; then translation; then systematic line-by-line comparison of source and target. The quality criterion is stylistic fidelity and naturalness, meaning that the translation should read as an original. Where published French translations exist, they are examined comparatively only after the students’ own versions have been submitted.

Students keep a portfolio: each translation is submitted, revised after class discussion, and resubmitted in its final form.

Use of ICT in teaching.

• Portfolio of translations with the revised versions from the semester and translation commentary (30%)
• Final written exam: translation of a C1–C2 level passage with commentary on the choices made (70%)