Community interpreting Turkish from&to French

ltrad2871  2026-2027  Louvain-la-Neuve

Community interpreting Turkish from&to French
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5.00 credits
0 h + 30.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Gökçe Seher (coordinator); Vanrie Pierre;
Language
French
Main themes
Two-way interpreting between Turkish and French in various communication situations, including integration procedures, medical or social care, legal proceedings and education. 
Learning outcomes

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

Contribution of teaching unit to learning outcomes assigned to programme 
This unit contributes to the acquisition and development of the following learning outcomes, as assigned to the Master's degree in 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); 
  • translate and mediate in specific intracultural and intercultural contexts, for example, those involving public service translation (and interpreting), website or video-game localisation and accessibility, community management, etc. (8 – Translation). 
Specific learning outcomes on completion of teaching unit 
On completing this unit the student is able to: 
  • recognise the challenges of communication in a community interpreting context; 
  • position themselves within the interaction in accordance with the professional ethics in force; 
  • transmit the message faithfully and in full; 
  • provide effective oral communication between speakers of Turkish and of French in sensitive situations. 
 
Content
Practical Turkish-French liaison exercises in fields such as:
- relations with administrative authorities (municipal authorities, health insurance companies, ministries, etc.)
- relations with healthcare professionals in clinics and hospitals
- relations with the teaching staff
- relations with judicial authorities
Teaching methods
Practical participative exercises.
The CU will enable the student to adopt the role of the interpreter in a social context, to practise and to improve his or her ability to reproduce, clearly and faithfully, an oral message from French to Turkish or vice versa by means of exercises which are corrected and commented on in class, role-play and real situations.
Evaluation methods
June Exam :
Continuous assessment (50 % of final result).
Oral exam : (50% of final result).

September exam :
The  continuous assessment mark will not be taken into account.
The oral exam : translation of a text dealing with a theme explored in class (100% of final result).
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Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Learning outcomes
Master [120] in Translation
TRAD2M
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