Consolidation of the knowledge and skills acquired from the lessons “Technical Translation  Greek- French I &II” by processing and translating specialized texts combining different  technical  and scientific fields. In this course’s context, the students are asked to carry  out an essay (translation and commentary), which are handed out by the end of the semester and are evaluated with 40% of the total grade. The rest 60 % is the result of the final exam. The  layout of the essays are presented by the students in the class during the lessons

The last course on technical translation. The students build on their knowledge from the previous courses on technical translation.

Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to:

• comprehend and analyse complex technical texts, while practising on their correct translation
• comprehend the specific characteristics of technical texts
• conduct fluent translations
• use correctly technical vocabularies and terminology resources
• be aware of the challenges of technical translation in terminology and morpho-syntactic level

1st week: description and methodology of the course

2nd  week: explaining/clarifying questions regarding to presentations, conducting timetables for the presentations

3rd  week:  approaching texts more complex than the ones discussed during the 5^th and 6^th semesters

4^th week: translation-commentary on the previously mentioned text

5^th   week:  1^st presentation- discussion in the class

6^th  week: 2^nd  presentation- discussion in the class

7^th  week: 3^rd presentation- discussion in the class

8^th  week: 4^th  presentation- discussion in the class

9^th  week: 5^th presentation- discussion in the class

10^th  week: 6^th  presentation- discussion in the class

11^th week: 7^th presentation- discussion in the class

12^th week: 8^th presentation- discussion in the class

13^th  week: revision, methodological results

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.JBrill, Leiden 1969,1982.

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

Face to face/ translating and commenting on texts.  Theoretical, methodological and terminology tools of the technical translation are discussed

Use of ICT in teaching

Total grade: 40% written essay, 60% written examination