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Master's Degree Dissertation

Code: 43780
Credits: 15
2026/2027
Degree programme Type Course
Automatic Translation: Technologies of Translation OB 0

Contact lecturer

Name :
Pilar Sanchez Gijon
Email :
pilar.sanchez.gijon@uab.cat

Teaching staff

Mireia Vargas Urpi
Christian Olalla Soler
Sergi Alvarez Vidal
Pilar Sanchez Gijon
Adrià Martin Mor

Group languages

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

Prerequisites

Having taken, or taking, the previous MA modules.

Objectives

The aim of this module is to enable the student to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to prepare a final master's dissertation in the field of translation technologies or technology research.

Learning outcomes

  1. Use acquired knowledge as a basis for originality in the application of ideas, often in a research context.
  2. Integrate knowledge and use it to make judgements in complex situations, with incomplete information, while keeping in mind social and ethical responsibilities.
  3. Communicate and justify conclusions clearly and unambiguously to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.
  4. Carry out complete translation processes in a team, integrating complex workflows.
  5. Identify and anticipate problems and solutions associated with the various types of translation projects and the stages in these.
  6. Detect design flaws in tools (interface, workflow, etc.), in traditional and automated translation processes.
  7. Devise a research process in one of the areas of translation studies.
  8. Plan the stages and resources to carry out research into one of the areas of translation studies.
  9. Select the right research methods for each object of research.
  10. Perform critical analyses and syntheses of new ideas in one of the areas of Translation Studies.
  11. Use the appropriate documentation for a research process in one of the areas of translation studies.
  12. Make original contributions to the research community.
  13. Make informed, well-reasoned decisions in the field of translation technologies.
  14. Manage one's own knowledge consistently and systematically, in coordination with other persons and independently, with the emphasis on quality.

Contents

Redacting the Master's dissertation according to the detailed instructions provided by the coordination.

Learning activities and methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning outcomes
Training activities carried out by the student on a self-study basis outside the classroom. 225 9 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Training activities supervised by the teaching staff. 150 6 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Classroom-based training activities. 0 0
  • Tutoring.
  • Writing the master's dissertation.
  • Reading: books/articles/reports of interest.
  • Self-study.
  • Preparing reports/essays.
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
Written dissertation 80% 0 0 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Master's dissertation defense 20% 0 0 2, 3, 12, 14
  • 80% : Written report of the Master's dissertation, divided into
    • 5% Project.
    • 5% First submission.
    • 5% Second submission.
    • 5% Third submission.
    • 60% Final Submission.
  • 20% : Defence of the Master's dissertation.

 CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT

 Students must provide evidence of their progress by completing the partial submissions and the master's dissertation.Task deadlines will be indicated in the course schedule on the first day of class. The  information on  assessment activities and their weighting is  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.  

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 willbe 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 the case of misconduct in more than one assessment activity, 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 module is not suitable for single assessment.

Bibliography

The bibliography will depend on the scope of the TFM. Below are basic references of the field.

Creswell, J. W. (2014). Research Design. Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods Approaches. 3ª ed. Thousand Oaks, London, New Delhi: SAGE.

Diaz Fouces, O., García González, M. (eds.) (2008). Traducir (con) software libre. Granada: Comares.

Esselink, B. (2000). A practical guide to localization. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.

Flick, U. (2007a). Designing qualitative research. London [etc.]: SAGE.

Flick, U. (2007b). Managing quality in qualitative research. Los Angeles: SAGE.

Flick, U. (2009). An Introduction to qualitative research. Londres [etc.]: SAGE.

Jiménez-Crespo, M. A. (2013). Translation and Web Localization. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.

Kenny, D. (2009). Corpora. En: Mona Baker y Gabriela Saldanha (eds.), Routledge encyclopedia of translation studies (p. 59-62). Londres: Routledge.

Martín-Mor, A.; Piqué, R.; Sánchez-Gijón, P. (2016). Tradumàtica: Tecnologies de la traducció. Vic: Eumo Editorial.

O’Hagan, M. (2009). \"Computer-aided translation (CAT)\". En: Mona Baker y Gabriela Saldanha (eds.), Routledge encyclopedia of translation studies (p. 48-51). Londres: Routledge.

Oliver, A. (2016). Herramientas tecnológicas para traductores. Barcelona: UOC.

Oliver, A.; Moré, Q. (2007). Les tecnologies de la traducció. Barcelona: UOC.

Ping, K. (2009). \"Machine translation\". En: Mona Baker y Gabriela Saldanha (eds.), Routledge encyclopedia of translation studies (p. 162-168). Londres: Routledge.

Saldanha, G. & O'Brien, S. (2013). Research methodologies in translation studies. Manchester: St Jerome.

Somers, H. (ed.) (2003). Computers and translation: A translator’s guide. Amsterdam-Philadelphia: John Benjamins.

RojoLópez, A. M. (2013). Diseños y métodos de investigación en traducción. Madrid: Síntesis.

Saldanha, G., & O’Brien, S. (2013). Research Methodologies in Translation Studies. Manchester, UK : St. Jerome Publishing.

Van Peer, W., Hakemulder, J., & Zyngier, S. (2012). Scientific methods for the humanities. Amsterdam [etc.] : Benjamins.

Williams, J.; Chesterman, A. (2002). The map: a beginner's guide to doing research in translation studies. Manchester: St. Jerome.

Software

  • Text editors.
  • Assisted-translation tools.
  • Machine translation tools.
  • Desktop publishing tools.
  • Quality control tools.

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
(TFMm) Treball de fi de màster 1 Unknown Undefined morning-mixed