SPANISH LANGUAGE LM II B - 28030-MOD2

Linguistic Objectives (Communicative and Expressive Skills / AAL C2):

By the end of the course, the student will have deepened and strengthened their competence in the four communicative skills at level C2 of the Common European Framework of Reference. They will be able to understand highly complex texts and reformulate them using a different register from the original, modifying their textual structure.

Disciplinary Objectives:

At the metalinguistic level, by the end of the second-semester module, the student will have consolidated the analytical and metareflective skills acquired during the first semester and will be able to apply them to real texts before translating them into Italian and vice versa. Students will also be able to justify their translation choices, including in terms of semiotic equivalence; they will be familiar with Hyland’s interactive and interactional metadiscourse, translation universals, and the main translation methods and procedures. Finally, students will have learned to recognise the main features of the translation of opinion texts produced by generative AI and will be able to consult comparable monolingual and parallel corpora for the translation of journalistic texts from and into Spanish.

Both the linguistic and disciplinary objectives contribute to the achievement of the following learning outcomes, structured according to the Dublin Descriptors:

1. Knowledge and understanding (D1):

Understand complex, advanced-level (C2) written texts, recognizing their structure, register, communicative implicatures, intertextual references, and cultural and discursive connotations.

Demonstrate knowledge of the main mechanisms of linguistic variation (diatopic, diastratic, diamesic) and their relevance in translation.

Understand the role of intertextuality in the resemanticization and discursive manipulation often found in opinion journalism.

Be aware of the usefulness of comparable and parallel corpora as tools to support the translation process.

2. Applying knowledge and understanding (D2):

Reformulate written texts by modifying their register and textual organization, while maintaining coherence and meaning.

Analyze authentic texts through metareflective and pre-translation approaches, identifying implicatures, speech acts, and cultural references.

Use online corpora (such as CORPES XXI, CREA, Sketch Engine) to justify translation choices in journalistic texts.

Translate complex journalistic texts from Spanish into Italian and vice versa, taking into account communicative, pragmatic, and semiotic equivalence.

3. Making judgements (D3):

Critically evaluate translation strategies in relation to context, target audience, and communicative function.

Identify and interpret ideological elements in texts and in their translated versions.

Independently justify linguistic and translation choices, including those supported by corpus evidence.

4. Communication skills (D4):

Communicate accurately and fluently in both Italian and Spanish on complex and specialized topics.

Present and justify translation choices effectively, both orally and in writing, using appropriate technical language and structured argumentation.

Adapt discourse and register to the communicative context and intended purpose.

5. Learning skills (D5):

Integrate theoretical and practical tools to enhance language and translation competences.

Use digital resources (dictionaries, corpora, linguistic platforms) critically and appropriately.

Develop autonomy and reflective thinking throughout the language and translation learning process.