Language and translation practice French-Dutch I

6 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1023278ANR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester

2nd semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Impossible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Enrollment Requirements

'Taal- en vertaalpraktijk Frans-Nederlands I' opnemen houdt in dat je gelijktijdig ‘Pratique du français I ’ volgt of reeds geslaagd bent voor 'Pratique du français I ’. Zit je in een verkort traject dan kan je dit vak gewoon opnemen.

Taught in

Faculty

Faculty of Languages & Humanities

Department

Linguistics and Literary Studies

Educational team

Thomas Hoelbeek (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

20 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
60 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

Study of specific translation problems in translation from Dutch into French and from French into Dutch; translation of simple texts, mostly from Dutch into French; contrasting analysis of the difficulties involved; listening and writing exercises; vocabulary exercises. During the classes, students will also perform listening and oral exercises (some examples are paraphrasing, translating instantaneously from the page, preparing an oral summary of a text, public speaking) as a preparation for and in support of written translation activities.

Course material

Handbook (Required) : Thematische woordenschat Frans + online MP3's, Fischer, Intertaal, 9789460302589, 2018

Additional info

Guidance on appointment.

Learning Outcomes

Eindcompetenties

Upon successful completion of the course, students

can translate a wide range of French texts to Dutch and vice versa (French language proficiency level: B2+ of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages);
can paraphrase and/or summarize a range of source texts in the source and target languages;
can find an adequate solution to translation problems;
have strengthened their understanding of the specificity of the French language (grammar and syntax) and widened their range of expression (words and phrases).

doelstellingen

Insight in the special features of the French langauge (particularly the syntax) ; development of the French vocabulary; listening and writing skills

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 80% of the final mark.
Other Exam determines 20% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Schriftelijk examen with a relative weight of 80 which comprises 80% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Permanente evaluatie with a relative weight of 20 which comprises 20% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Students will need to successfully pass all parts of the course: viz. the permanent evaluation and the written exam. If a student has passed all parts of the course, the final mark in the first examination session will correspond to the total average of all parts. If a student scores less than 10/20 for at least one part of the course, the lowest mark obtained will be entered as final mark. In that case, the student must retake the exercises of the permanent evaluation and/or take the written exam in the second examination session. The final mark in the second examination session will correspond to the total average of the part for which the student may have passed during the first examination period and the part(s) for which the student was assessed during the second examination period. If the student again scores less than 10/20 for at least one part of the course, the lowest mark obtained will be entered as final mark.

For each assessment component, the course instructor will explicitly indicate the permissibility of using generative AI or MT tools, specifying whether its usage is prohibited, limited to certain extents, or fully permitted. Non-compliance with these specifications will be considered academic fraud and penalized accordingly.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context