2023-2024 / TRAD0102-2

Specialised translation from English to French : media and communication, Sub-titling and advertising

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

 Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculty of Philosophy and Letters)3 crédits 

Lecturer

Anne Debras

Substitute(s)

Perrine Schumacher

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Audiovisual translation workshops.

Advertising : Introduction to the concept of localized communication (This topic may not be covered this academic year).

 

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

At the end of the course, the students will be able to :

- subtitle a video (from the timecode-delineated lines to the final stage of adding the subtitles to the images).

- understand the concept of localized communication taking into account their specific intercultural components (for awareness-raising campaigns as well as advertising campaigns).

- apply strategies discussed and tested throughout the year; therefore, define and comment on their methodology;

- justify their choices on the basis of relevant criteria.

 
 

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Having been trained to the translation of general interest texts.
Excellent knowledge of the English language.
Exclusively for Francophones. 
 

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Subtitling and localized communication workshops. 

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face course


Additional information:

Face-to-face two-hour weekly classes during the first Semester.

Recommended or required readings

Course material posted when needed.

 
 

Written work / report


Additional information:

The students carry out the assignements at home (translation and complementary resarch) = continuous assessment. January Exam : deadlines communicated later on.

 
 

 
 

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

Contacts

Perrine Schumacher

p.schumacher@uliege.be

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