Following knowledge and skills acquired during previous courses (Technical Translation  I and II), this course is focused on texts combining various fields of science and/or technology. Students undertake course projects which are presented in class (translation, terminology list, commentary). The evaluation of students is based on these projects (40% of total evaluation) and also on final written examination (60%).

This course aims at:

 - consolidating and expanding the knowledge and skills students acquired during the previous semesters.

- developing the capacity of successfully translating from French to Greek interdisciplinary scientific and technical texts (e.g. physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics etc.), with the use of the established aids of the translation process.

- proper use of technical dictionaries and related reference bibliography.

- comprehension of the challenges putted by the translation process at terminological and morpho-syntactic level.

Week 1: description of courses structure

Week 2: constitution of presentations timetable, more precisions about courses

Week 3: presentation and approach of a technical text of higher level than those translated during the previous semesters (5 and 6)

Week 4: commented translation of the text

Week 5: 1^st presentation of projects – critical discussion

Week 6:  2^nd presentation of projects – critical discussion

Week 7: 3^rd presentation of projects – critical discussion

Week 8: 4^th presentation of projects – critical discussion

Week 9: 5^th presentation of projects – critical discussion

Week 10: 6^th presentation of projects – critical discussion

Week 11: 7^th presentation of projects – critical discussion

Week 12: 8^th presentation of projects – critical discussion

Week 13: general review of the presentations, methodological conclusions

Suggested reading:              1.  G. Mounin: Les problèmes théoriques de la traduction. Gallimard, Paris 1963.

2. D. Seleskowitch, M. Lederer: Interpréter pour traduire. Publications de la Sorbonne/Didier Erudition, Collection Traductologie n. 1, Paris 1984,1986.

3. E. A. Nida, Ch. R. Taber: The Theory and Practice of Translation. E.J Brill, Leiden 1969, 1982.

4. A. Hurtadoalbir : La notion de fidélité en traduction. Didier Erudition, Paris 1990.

face-to-face

Use of ICT

Course project (40%)

Written examination (60%)