Documentation applied to translation and interpreting
Code: 101485Credits: 3
| Degree programme | Type | Course |
|---|---|---|
| Translation and Interpreting | OB | 2 |
Contact lecturer
- Name :
- María Pilar Cid Leal
- Email :
- pilar.cid@uab.cat
Teaching staff
- María Pilar Cid Leal
Group languages
You can consult this information at the end of the document.
Prerequisites
None.
Objectives
The aim of this subject is to provide knowledge about information and documentation resources necessary for translation and interpreting.On successfully completing this subject, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the most appropriate information and documentation resources for translation and interpreting.
- Use such resources efficiently and assess their reliability.
Learning outcomes
- Formulating the appropriate informative needs in order to translate: Formulating the appropriate informative needs in order to translate.
- Successfully interrogating the documentation sources in order to translate: Successfully interrogating the documentation sources in order to translate.
- Assessing the obtained results in the information retrieval process in order to translate: Assessing the quality of the information sources.
- 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.
- Applying the documentation resources in order to solve translation problems: Applying the documentation resources in order to solve translation problems.
- Working effectively in teams: Working effectively in teams.
- Working effectively in teams: Accepting and meeting the group standards.
- Working effectively in teams: Cooperating in the definition, organisation, distribution, and fulfilment of the group tasks.
- Working effectively in teams: Considering other people's points of view and providing feedback in a constructive manner.
- Working effectively in teams: Contributing to group cohesion.
- Working effectively in teams: Managing in a constrictive way group differences, disagreements and conflicts.
- Reasoning in a critical way: Reasoning in a critical way.
- Reasoning in a critical way: Students must make their own judgements.
- Reasoning in a critical way: Arguing the relevance of the judgements made.
- Formulating the appropriate informative needs in order to interpret: Formulating the appropriate informative needs in order to interpret.
- Identifying the existing (digital and analogue) information sources in order to interpret: Knowing and identifying the existing (digital and analogue) information sources in order to interpret.
- Successfully interrogating the documentation sources in order to interpret: Successfully interrogating the documentation sources in order to interpret.
- Assessing the obtained results in the information retrieval process in order to interpret: Assessing the obtained results in the information retrieval process in order to interpret.
- Applying the documentation resources in order to solve interpretation problems: Applying the documentation resources in order to solve interpretation problems.
- Assessing the amount of information sources: Assessing the amount of information sources.
Contents
Topic 1. Information and documents. How to document a translation.
Topic 2. Information sources: concept, typology and use.
Topic 3. Assessment of information sources.
Topic 4. Disinformation.
Topic 5. Citations and bibliographical references.
Topic 6. Information retrieval.
Topic 7. Searching on the internet: general and specialised search engines.
Topic 8. Bibliographical sources. Bibliographical search.
Topic 9. Digital repository and press sources (current and historical).
Topic 10. Linguistic sources.
Learning activities and methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures, debates and discussions in class | 16 | 0.64 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 |
| Written assignments | 13 | 0.52 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20 |
| Reading assignments | 13 | 0.52 | 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 |
| Reading materials published on the Virtual Campus | 12 | 0.48 | 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 |
| Exercises to be performed in class and outside class | 13 | 0.52 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 |
To achieve the course objectives, this the instructional methodology integrates both theoretical and practial components, with practical activities requiring computer access and internet connectivity.
Students are responsible for regularly consulting all course information and materials published on the Virtural Campus/Moodle platform.
The required student worload comprises the following elements: attendance and active participation in class; engagement in debates and discussions; completion of assigned readings; practical exercices and examinations.
Assessment
Continuous assessment activities
| Title | Weight | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exam on readings | 20% | 2 | 0.08 | 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 20 |
| Exam 2 (theory and practice) | 35% | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 |
| Exam 1 (theory and practice) | 35% | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 |
| Exercises | 10% | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 |
CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT
Students must provide evidence of their progress by completing various tasks, all of them compulsory. These activities are detailed in the table at the end of this section of the Study Guide.
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.
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. Under no circumstances may an assessment activity worth 100% of the final mark be retaken or compensated for.
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.) in an assessment activity will receive a mark of “0” for the activity in question. In thecase of misconduct in more than one assessmentactivity, the student involved will be given a final mark of “0” for the subject. Assessment activities in which irregularities have occurred (e.g. plagiarism, copying, impersonation) are excluded from recovery.
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 teacher 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 a valid 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:
- Exam on theory (35%).
- Practical exam (35%)
- Exam on readings (30%)
Grade revision and resit procedures for the subject are the same as those for continual assessment. See the section above in this study guide.
USE of AI
In this course, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies may or may not be permitted depending on the activity. The permitted and prohibited uses in each case will be detailed in the course introduction. Students must clearly identify which parts were generated using AI technologies, specify the tools used, and include a critical reflection on how these tools influenced the process and the final result of the activity. A lack of transparency regarding the use of AI in graded assignments will be considered a breach of academic integrity and may result in a partial or total penalty on the assignment grade, or more severe sanctions in serious cases.
Bibliography
Basic literature
Cordón García, José A.; et al. (2022). Fuentes de información y métricas de la investigación: la búsqueda documental en el contexto del acceso abierto. Madrid: Pirámide.ISBN: 9788436847161.
López-Borrull, Alexandre (2023). “En busca de la verdad perdida: redes sociales y desinformación”. Anuario ThinkEPI, v. 17, e17a44. https://openaccess.uoc.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/90c68ed1-3f16-4bf9-afa3-bb54541239d0/content.
Pariser, Eli (2021). El Filtro burbuja: cómo la web decide lo que leemos y lo que pensamos. Barcelona: Taurus. ISBN: 9788430618712.
O’Neil, Cathy. (2018). Armas de destrucción matemática: cómo el Big Data aumenta la desigualdad y amenaza la democracia. Madrid: Capitán Swing. ISBN 9788494740848.
Sáinz, Milagros; Arroyo, Lidia; Castaño, Cecilia. (2020). Mujeres y digitalización: de las brechas a los algoritmos. Madrid: Ministerio de Igualdad. Instituto de la Mujer y para la Igualdad de Oportunidades. (Mujeres, tecnología y sociedad digital; 3). DOI: 10.30923/MujDigBreAlg-2020.
*** Sales Salvador, Dora, ed. (2023). Documentación aplicada a la Traducción y a la Interpretación: estrategias, fuentes y recursos documentales. Gijón: Trea. ISBN: 9788419823083.
Scolari, Carlos A. (2022). La guerra de las plataformas: del papiro al metaverso. Barcelona: Anagrama. ISBN: 9788433916686.
Wardle, Claire; Derakhshan, Hossein (2017). Information Disorder: toward and interdisciplinary framework for research and policy making. Strasbourg: Council of Europe. Council of Europe report DGI(2017)09. https://rm.coe.int/information-disorder-toward-an-interdisciplinary-framework-for-researc/168076277c.
Zuboff, Shoshana (2020). La era del capitalismo de vigilancia: la lucha por un futuro humano frente a las nuevas fronteras del poder. 1ª ed. Barcelona: Paidós. (Paidós estado y sociedad). ISBN: 9788449336935.
Software
Search in databases, digital repositories and specialised search engines.
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 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |
| (PAUL) Classroom practices | 2 | Catalan | first semester | morning-mixed |
| (PAUL) Classroom practices | 3 | Spanish | first semester | morning-mixed |
| (PAUL) Classroom practices | 4 | Spanish | second semester | morning-mixed |
| (PAUL) Classroom practices | 5 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
| (PAUL) Classroom practices | 6 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |