BERGAMO
Overview
Date/time interval
Syllabus
Course Objectives
At the end of the course, the student has acquired a level of French language proficiency equal to level C1+ of the Common European Framework of Reference for LM I, equal to level C1/C2 for LM II.
The student also has an in-depth knowledge of linguistic and discursive aspects of French, including its application to textual analysis and translation. He/she has also developed a comprehensive knowledge of the various theoretical approaches to translation.
Course Prerequisites
C1 level of French (Common European Framework of Reference).
Teaching Methods
The course will combine theoretical lectures with seminar lessons. The
presentation of the theoretical reflection developed by some important
French translation theorists will be associated with active translation work
from French into Italian carried out by the students. The teacher will
illustrate the various phases of the translation process, and will guide
them in their approach to the examined texts. These will be first of all
analysed following a stylistic and discursive approach. This preliminary
study of texts will be followed by the subsequent phases of
interpretation, deverbalisation and reconfiguration of the meaning in the
target language. Learners will be asked to present the translation work
they have carried out, individually or in small groups, and to be able to
justify their translation proposals. The student will have to prove that
he/she is able to apply the theoretical knowledge acquired and the
translation strategies studied during the course.
Some essential translation aids, also in digital form, will be presented
during the lectures.
In both semesters, the exercises held by the language assistants are
part of the teaching. The contents of the Language Learning Activities are
given in detail on the webpage of the Centro Linguistico di
Ateneo.
Assessment Methods
The examination on the main course consists of an oral test in French.
Students will be required to answer questions on the translation theories
studied during the course.
Course bibliographt:
Berman, A., La traduction et la lettre ou L’auberge du lointain, Paris, Seuil, 1999 (pp. 1-78).
Elefante, C., Traduzione e paratesto, Bologna, BUP, 2012.
Guidère, M., Introduction à la traductologie, Éditions De Boeck, Collection Traducto, Bruxelles 2016,CAPITOLI 1,2,3.
Delisle, J., Lee-Jankee, H., Cormier, M. C., Terminologia ella traduzione, a cura di Margherita Ulrych,traduzione di Caterina Falbo e Maria Teresa Musacchui, Milano, Hoepli, 2008.
A mid-term assessment is scheduled during the second semester and consists of the presentation of a translation project. If this assessment is passed successfully, the oral examination will cover two of the four texts listed in the course bibliography. If the assessment is not passed, the oral examination will instead cover the entire course syllabus.
The final grade is based on a weighted average of the marks obtained in the assessments lnked to the main course content and those obtained in the evaluations of communicative skills carried out within the Language Learning Activities. All assessments must be passed in order to successfully complete the course.
The results of the individual tests and the final grade will be published on
the Internet as indicated by the teacher.
The tests relating to the Language Learning Activities will be organised as
follows:
LM I : literary translation from Italian into French (40 h) +
activities of linguistic mediation (Compte rendu) (40 h)
LM 2: literary translation from Italian into French (40 h) + note de
synthèse (24 h)
Students must pass the language proficiency tests before taking the oral
examination on the teacher's course For more information on the
acquisition of these competences and the methods of testing, please
refer to the specific web pages of the Centro Linguistico di Ateneo.
For information on the contents of the AAL Activities, as well as on the assessment procedures and the schedule of the related tests, please refer to the CLA website.
Contents
The course intends to propose the essential aspects of Translation theory
developed by some important French theorists, through an
approach that considers translation theory as deeply linked to translation
practice. A variety of translation strategies will also be presented to the
learners, enabling them to deal with the translation of texts belonging to
various genres, both literary and non-fiction. The role of the translator
as a linguistic and cultural mediator will be emphasised, and it will be
highlighted that translation is not only an (inter)linguistic operation, but also and above all
an (inter)cultural one.
The ability to open to the "Foreigner", that is a form of linguistic, cultural,
but also historical, political, psychological and literary otherness, as well
as to welcome this otherness into one's own linguistic, cultural and
literary system, will be the theoretical background to the methodologies
presented during the course. The translation activity will be constantly
nourished by a reflection which will also exploit some fundamental
notions elaborated in the field of French discourse analysis.
The texts considered will also stimulate reflection on the following
themes: 'linguistic hospitality', the relationship between identity and
otherness, language varieties and the representation of the Other (with
particular attention to 'paratopical', i.e. socially marginal, literary figures
such as the migrant or the 'different').
Online Resources
More information
Erasmus students and non-attending students are required to contact the
lecturer at the beginning of the course.
The teacher might require an additional oral interview, after the completion of the written examinations, if this is necessary to verify the effective acquisition of the knowledge and skills envisaged by the course learning objectives and to ensure the appropriate assignment of the final grade.