Specialised Translation Project in International and European Affairs - German

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

• analyse a source document, identify potential textual and cognitive difficulties and assess the strategies and resources needed to reformulate it in line with communicative needs (1 – Translation); 
• summarise, rephrase, restructure, and shorten a message and adapt it to market needs rapidly and accurately in at least one target language, using written and/or spoken communication (2 – Translation); 
• implement the instructions, style guides, or conventions relevant to a particular translation (5 – Translation); 
• translate general and domain-specific material in one or several fields from one or several source languages into their target language(s), producing a ‘fit for purpose’ translation (6 – Translation); 
• translate different types of material on and for different kinds of media and target audiences, using appropriate tools and techniques (7 – Translation); 
• check, review, revise and evaluate their own work and that of others according to standard or work-specific quality objectives and assess the appropriateness of using tools for the work at hand (11 – Translation); 
• post-edit MT output using style guides and terminology glossaries to maintain quality standards in MT-enhanced translation projects (14 – Translation); 
• make effective use of search engines, corpus-based tools, text analysis tools, computer-assisted translation (CAT) and quality assurance (QA) tools where appropriate (16 – Technology). 

• identify and employ documentation (in both French and German) which is relevant and useful in dealing with a given source text (comprehension, translation, accurate reformulation); 
• identify terminological and phraseological units in the German text and select equivalents in French with reference to suitable sources; 
• identify the genre, typology and nature of the source text with a view to adopting the appropriate discursive means in French to encompass all aspects of the translation process (register, style, codes, rules of protocol, etc.); 
• translate a text pertaining to the domain of international/European relations in a professional manner respecting the particular specifications involved and observing the deontological code; 
• adapt to a client's specific requirements in a given translation context (complete text, summary translation, rewriting, post-editing, etc.); 
• translate a text pertaining to the domain of international/European relations employing documentary and terminological research and using the most appropriate computer-assisted translation (CAT) tools; 
• establish strategies for transposing the historical, cultural, socio-political and ideological components underlying a political discourse in the most appropriate way.