Business and Commercial Translation Practice (French to Portuguese)

Objectives

1.Development of the competences of analysis and criticism bearing in mind the translation activity in specialised domains;
2.Identification and suggestion of  adequate solutions to the difficulties and specificities of translation, through the explanation of some aspects belonging to the semiotics domain of literary translation;
3.Awareness and practice of the various modalities of translation, applying them coherently and permanently to the practical cases presented.

General characterization

Code

711111094

Credits

6.0

Responsible teacher

Margarida Gouveia Esperança Pina Saraiva de Reffoios

Hours

Weekly - 4

Total - 168

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

Available soon

Bibliography

Berg, R.-J. (2005). Parlons Affaires – Initiation au Français économique et commercial. Londres: Heinle & Heinle Publishers. 
Capul, J.; Garnier, O. (2005), Dictionnaire d’économie et de sciences sociales. Paris: Hatier.
Penformis, J (2004), Vocabulaire progressif du français des affaires. Paris: Nathan.
Kristeva, I. (2009). Pour Comprendre la Traduction. Paris: L’Harmattan.
URL: http://iate.europa.eu

Teaching method

Practical and theoretical classes, using Information and communication technologies (support of Moodle platform), academic databases and (digital) library resources to provide support for social and human sciences research. 75% minimum attendance  is required.
Lectures: 25%, practical classes: 75%
In class teaching.

Evaluation method

Participation in class is mandatory and includes an oral presentation(20%), A mid-term test(40%), and a final test(40%)

Subject matter

1.Legal, administrative, accounting and human resource management issues;
2.Productive performance of companies and their integration in the economy;
3.Functions of translation in business communication;
4.Execution of tasks identification and resolution of lexical, semantic and syntactic difficulties patents in a diverse corpus of business texts;
5.For translations of texts of various  kinds, related to different aspects of business. 

Programs

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