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Translation B-A 2 (French-Catalan)

Code: 101336
Credits: 6
2026/2027
Degree programme Type Course
Translation and Interpreting OB 2

Contact lecturer

Name :
Ariadna Aubach Andres
Email :
ariadna.aubach@uab.cat

Group languages

You can consult this information at the end of the document.

Prerequisites

Show that they know and understand the basic methodological principles governing translation, its professional aspects, basic instrumentals, and the main contrastive problems encountered in this linguistic combination.

 Apply this knowledge to solving basic translation problems in a variety of non-specialised texts written in standard language.

Objectives

The purpose of this subject is Consolidate the resolution of problems of translation of texts no specialized in standard language of different types (narrative, descriptive, conceptual, argumentative and instructive).

After completing the course, the student will be able to:

  • Demonstrate that it possesses and understands knowledge about the basic methodological principles that govern the Translation, professional aspects and basic
  • instruments, and the basic problems of   contrastivity of the linguistic combination
  • Apply this knowledge to solve translation problems of non-specialized genres in the language standard of different types.
  • Integrate knowledge to issue judgments on matters related to the translation of genres no specialized in standard language of different types

Learning outcomes

  1. Implementing strategies in order to produce written texts of different fields and with specific communicative purposes: Implementing strategies in order to produce different kinds of non-specialised written texts in standard dialect.
  2. Producing written texts that are appropriate to their context and possess linguistic correctness: Producing different kinds of non-specialised written texts in standard language that are appropriate to their context and possess linguistic correctness.
  3. Producing written texts from different fields and with specific communicative purposes: Producing different kinds of non-specialised written texts in standard dialect with specific communicative purposes.
  4. Solving interferences between the working languages: Solving interferences between the working languages.
  5. Applying lexical, morphosyntactic, textual, rhetorical and linguistic variation related knowledge: Applying graphic, lexical, morphosyntactic, textual and linguistic variation related knowledge.
  6. Implementing strategies in order to understand written texts from different fields: Implementing strategies in order to comprehend different kinds of non-specialised written texts in standard dialect.
  7. Comprehending the communicative purpose and sense of written texts of several fields: Comprehending the communicative purpose and sense of different types of non-specialised written texts in standard dialect.
  8. Students must demonstrate they know the technological resources needed to translate: Students must demonstrate they know the technological resources needed to translate.
  9. Students must demonstrate they know the technological resources needed to translate: Students must demonstrate they know the basic technological resources needed to edit different types of non-specialised written texts in standard dialect.
  10. Applying technological resources in order to solve translation problems: Applying the basic technological resources in order to solve different types of translation problems of non-specialised written texts in standard language.
  11. Formulating the appropriate informative needs in order to translate: Formulating the appropriate informational needs in order to translate different types of non-specialised written texts in standard dialect.
  12. Identifying the existing (digital and analogue) information sources in order to translate: Identifying the existing (digital and analogue) information sources in order to translate different types of non-specialised written texts in standard dialect.
  13. Successfully interrogating the documentation sources in order to translate: Successfully interrogating the documentation sources in order to translate different types of non-specialised written texts in standard dialect.
  14. Assessing the obtained results in the information retrieval process in order to translate: Assessing the obtained results in the information retrieval process in order to translate different types of non-specialised written texts in standard dialect.
  15. Applying the documentation resources in order to solve translation problems: Applying the documentation resources in order to translate different types of non-specialised written texts in standard dialect.
  16. Identifying the specific translation problems of non-specialised texts: Identifying the basic translation problems of different types of non-specialised written texts in standard dialect.
  17. Appropriately following the different phases for the creation of a translation and carrying out the assigned tasks: Appropriately following the different phases for the translation of different types of basic (narrative and descriptive) non-specialised written texts in standard dialect.
  18. Using the appropriate strategies and techniques in order to solve translation problems: Using the fundamental strategies and techniques in order to solve basic translation problems of different types of non-specialised written texts in standard dialect.
  19. Finding the most appropriate translation solution in each case: Finding the most appropriate translation solution in each case.
  20. Learning in a strategic, independent and continuous manner: Questioning and widening the acquired knowledge.

Contents


  • Resolution of translation problems of narrative genres not specialized in standard language: history book fragment, short biography, short story, etc.

  • Resolution of problems of translation of descriptive genres not specialized in standard language: tourist guide fragment, descriptions of houses, kitchens, etc. in decorative magazines, descriptions  of characters or situations in novels, descriptions of entities (international organizations, associations of countries, etc ).

  • Rsolution of problems of translation of non-specialized specialized genres in standard language: entry of consultation encyclopaedia, essay fragment ( Traductology, Linguistics, Philosophy, etc.). 

  • Resolution of translation problems of non-specialized argumentative genres in the standard language: editorial about a topic of current affairs, opinion articles on a topic of current affairs,  formal complaints letter, etc.

  • Resolution of problems of translation of non-specialized instructional genres in the standard language: medication leaflet, instructions for frequent use, advertising text, etc. 

  • Use of tools (technology and documentation) for the translation of non-specialized texts in the standard language of different types: the same ones from the 1st year (introduction to translation) + Analogue dictionaries, synonyms and antonyms, collocations, of difficulties, etc. Encyclopaedias Style books Parallel texts. Use  of general corpora. Forums and general blogs. Distribution lists.

Learning activities and methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning outcomes
Documentation search 33 1.32 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Exercise resolution 15 0.6 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11
Completion of translation activities 30 1.2 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Preparation of exercises, translations and work 40 1.6 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Extension of knowledge 8 0.32 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Preparation of portfolio 15 0.6 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

To achieve the established objectives, this subject involves both lectures and practical classes.
All activity deadlines are indicated in the subject's schedule and must be strictly adhered to.
The work students carry out mainly consists in:

  • Resolution of directed, supervised or autonomous exercises
  • Presentations of individual or group work
  • Debates (in person or in forums)
  • Techniques of cooperative learning
  • Documentation searches
  • Reading assignments
  • Tutorials
  • Written assignments
  • Assignments to be performed outside class
  • Exercises to be performed in class
  • Translation exercises
  • Translation projects
  • Preparation of a portfolio
  • Preparation of translation tasks
  • Exam
Annotation: within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

Assessment

Continuous assessment activities

Title Weight Hours ECTS Learning outcomes
Exam 1 (Narrative and Descriptive Genres) 25% 2 0.08 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
Exam 2 (Expository, Argumentative, and Instructional Genres) 30% 2 0.08 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
Portfolio and Translation Exercises with Commentary 20% 3 0.12 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 18, 19, 20
Final examination of translation 25% 2 0.08 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20

Continuous assessment

Students must provide evidence of their progress by completing tasks and tests. Task deadlines will be indicated in the course schedule on the first day of class

 Related matters

 The above information on assessment, assessment activities and their weighting is merely a guide. The subject's lecturer will provide full information when teaching begins.

 Review

 When publishing final marks prior to recording them on students' transcripts, the lecturer will provide written notification of a date and time for reviewing assessment activities. Students must arrange reviews in agreement with the lecturer.

 Missed/failed assessment activities

 Students may retake assessment activities they have failed or compensate for any they have missed, provided that those they have actually performed account for a minimum of 66.6% (two thirds) of the subject's final mark and that they have a weighted average mark of at least 3.5. Under no circumstances may an assessment activity worth 100% of the final mark be retaken or compensated for.

 The lecturer will inform students of the procedure involved, in writing, when publishing final marks prior to recording them on transcripts. The lecturer may set one assignment per failed or missed assessment activity or a single assignment to cover a number of such activities.

 Classification as \"not assessable\"

 In the event of the assessment activities a student has performed accounting for just 25% or less of the subject's final mark, their work will be classified as \"not assessable\" on their transcript.

 Misconduct in assessment activities

 Students who engage in misconduct (plagiarism,copying, personation, etc.) inan assessment activity will receive a mark of “0” for the activity in question. In the case of misconduct in more than one assessment activity, the students involved will be given a final mark of “0” for the subject.

 Students may not retake assessment activities in which they are found to have engaged in misconduct. Plagiarism is considered to mean presenting all or part of an author's work, whether published in print or in digital format, as one's own, i.e. without citing it. Copying is considered to mean reproducing all or a substantial part of another student's work. In cases of copying in which it is impossible to determine which of two students has copied the work of the other, both will be penalised.

Single assessment

This subject may be assessed under the single assessment system in accordance with the terms established in the academic regulations of the UAB and the assessment criteria of the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting.

Students must make an online request within the period established by the faculty and send a copy to the lecturer responsible for the subject, for the record.

Single assessment will be carried out in person on one day during week 16 or 17 of the semester. The Academic Management Office will publish the exact date and time on the faculty website.

On the day of the single assessment, teaching staff will ask the student for identification, which should be presented as avalid identification document with a recent photograph (student card, DNI/NIE or passport).

Single assessment activities

The final grade for the subject will be calculated according to the following percentages:

 

  • Final translation test (different from the one corresponding to Continuous Evaluation). Fiction text 30%.
  • Final translation test (different from the Continuous Assessment). Non-fiction text 30%.
  • Presentation of a translation exercise with commentary. 40%

 

 

Grade revision and procedures for the subject are the same as those for continual assessment. See the section above in this Study Guide.

Bibliography

GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

A) FRENCH BIBLIOGRAPHY


1. ORTHOGRAPHY

Dournon, J. (1974). Dictionnaire d’orthographe et des difficultés du français. Hachette.


2. GRAMMARS

Adam, J.-M. (1990). Éléments de linguistique textuelle. Mardaga.

Arrivé, M., Gadet, Françoise, & Galmiche, M. (1993). La grammaire d’aujourd’hui: Guide alphabétique de linguistique française. Flammarion.

Bonnard, H. (1984). Code du français courant: Grammaire seconde, première, terminale. Magnard.

Callamand, Monique. (1987). Grammaire vivante du français. Larousse-Clé International.

Charaudeau, P. (1992). Grammaire du sens et de l’expression. Hachette.

Dubois, J., & Lagane, R. (1973). La nouvelle grammaire du français. Larousse.

Grevisse, M. (1986). Le bon usage. Duculot.

Grevisse, M. (1982). Le Français correct: Guide pratique. Duculot.

Hamon, A. (1993). Grammaire: Guide pratique. Hachette.

Le Goffic, P., & Combe, Nicole. (1975). Les constructions fondamentales du français. Hachette-Larousse.

Moirand, Sophie. (1990). Une grammaire des textes et des dialogues. Hachette.

Monnerie, Annie. (1987). Le français au présent. Didier/Hatier.

Renouard, M. (1992). Gammes français langue étrangère. Clé International.

Grammaire Larousse du français contemporain. (1964). Larousse.

Pièges et difficultés de la langue française. (1988). Bordas.


3. DICTIONARIES AND LANGUAGE DIFFICULTY MANUALS

Colin, J.-P. (1970). Nouveau dictionnaire des difficultés du français. Hachette-Tchou.

Dubuc, R. (1971). Objectif: 200; deux cents fautes à corriger. Éditions Ici-Radio Canada; Leméac.

Dupré, P. (1972). Encyclopédie du bon français dans l’usage contemporain: Difficultés, subtilités, complexités, singularités. Trévise.

Hanse, J. (1983). Nouveau dictionnaire des difficultés du français moderne. Duculot.

Thomas, A. (1974). Dictionnaire des difficultés de la langue française. Larousse.

Dictionnaire des structures du vocabulaire savant. (1980). Le Robert.

Dictionnaire des anglicismes. (1980). Le Robert.

Dictionnaire pratique des faux-frères. (1979). Nathan.

Lafleur, B., & Brunot, F. (1980). Dictionnaire des homonymes de la langue française. Lafleur.



B) CATALAN BIBLIOGRAPHY


1) Monolingual Catalan dictionaries:

Institut d’Estudis Catalans. (1998). Diccionari de la llengua catalana (4a ed.). Enciclopèdia Catalana.

Alcover, A. M., & Moll, F. de B. (1988). Diccionari català-valencià-balear. Moll.

Pey, S. (1986). Diccionari de sinònims i antònims (9a ed.). Teide.

Raspall, J., & Martí, J. (1995). Diccionari de locucions. Edicions 62.

Espinal, Maria Teresa (2004). Diccionari de sinònims de frases fetes. Servei de Publicacions de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; Publicacions de la Universitat de València; Publicacions de l’Abadia de Montserrat.

Aritzeta, Maria (1996). Diccionari de termes literaris. Edicions 62.


2) Bilingual dictionaries:

Castellanos, C., & Castellanos, R. (2003). Diccionari francès-català. Enciclopèdia Catalana.

Botet, R., & Camps, C. (2007). Dictionnaire catalan-français. Éditions El Trabucaire.

Castellanos, C., & Lenoir, Françoise (2000). Diccionari de paranys de traducció francès-català (faux amis). Enciclopèdia Catalana.

Camps, C., & Botet, R. (2006). Dictionnaire français-catalan d’expressions, locutions et proverbes. Éditions El Trabucaire.


3) Catalan dictionaries:

Institut d’Estudis Catalans. (s. f.). Diccionari de la llengua catalana (DIEC2). https://dlc.iec.cat/

Alcover, A. M., & Moll, F. de B. (s. f.). Diccionari català-valencià-balear (DCVB). Institut d’Estudis Catalans. http://dcvb.iecat.net/

Optimot. (s. f.). Optimot: Consultes lingüístiques. Generalitat de Catalunya. http://optimot.gencat.cat

Enciclopèdia Catalana. (s. f.). Enciclopèdia.cat. https://www.enciclopedia.cat/

Freelang. (s. f.). Diccionari francès-català i català-francès. https://www.freelang.com/freelang/


4) French dictionaries and encyclopedias:

Trésor de la langue française informatisé. (s. f.). ATILF (Analyse et traitement informatique de la langue française). http://atilf.atilf.fr/tlf.htm

Littré: Dictionnaire de la langue française. (s. f.). Reverso. http://littre.reverso.net/dictionnaire-francais/

Dictionnaire de l’Académie française. (s. f.). Académie française. http://www.academie-francaise.fr/dictionnaire/

Larousse: Dictionnaires de français. (s. f.). Larousse. https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires

Le Dictionnaire. (s. f.). Le Dictionnaire. https://www.le-dictionnaire.com

Dicorama: Annuaire de dictionnaires. (s. f.). Dicorama. https://www.dicorama.com

DicoWeb: Annuaire des dictionnaires et des encyclopédies en ligne. (s. f.). DicoWeb. https://www.dicoweb.levillage.org

Encyclopædia Universalis. (s. f.). Encyclopædia Universalis. https://www.universalis-edu.com

Lexilogos: Plan du site. (s. f.). Lexilogos. http://www.lexilogos.com/plan_site.htm


Other:

Rousseau, Martine, & Houdart, O. (s. f.). Langue sauce piquante. Le Monde. https://correcteurs.blog.lemonde.fr/


Complementary texts:

Fabra, P. (1919). Gramàtica francesa. Editorial Catalana.

Verdaguer, P. (1976). Le Catalan et le Français comparés. Barcino.


Websites:

Optimot. (s. f.). Optimot. Generalitat de Catalunya. https://aplicacions.llengua.gencat.cat/llc/AppJava/index.html

ésAdir. (s. f.). ésAdir: El portal lingüístic de la Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals. https://esadir.cat

Software

No specific software is used for this subject

Course groups and languages

The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE

Type of teaching Group Language Semester Shift
(PAUL) Classroom practices 1 Spanish second semester morning-mixed