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The course is connected to the following study programs

Teaching language

Norwegian, English, other languages used for translation

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

After completing the course, the student will have in-depth knowledge about

 

  • the main characteristics of selected types of business, administrative, and legal texts.
  • the main similarities and differences between the two languages the student works with, pertaining to business, administrative and legal texts.
  • the main language resources and digital tools that are used by professional translators and writers within the fields of business, administration, and law.
  • the main issues and methods used to research professional communication.

 

Skills

After completing the course, the student will be able to

  • critically assess and edit business, administrative, and legal texts written and translated by others (incl. machine translated texts).
  • critically assess, select and use different language resources and digital tools while writing or translating business, administrative, and legal texts.
  • translate a variety of challenging business, administrative, and legal texts between the languages in the language pair the student works with.

Contents

The students will gain knowledge and skills vital to producing professional translations of texts of a business-related, administrative and legal nature. The course focuses on research-based knowledge of writing and translation within these fields, and the students are expected to practically apply this to their editing- and translation tasks. Different language resources (like corpora, term banks, standards) and digital solutions for translation, post-editing and working with terminology will be critically assessed and used for practical tasks. An important goal is for the students to gain the skills to find appropriate language resources for use while writing and translating, and that they can consider what terminology and different linguistic alternatives are best suited for a given communication situation. This enables the students to continue developing their own skill sets as translators after they have completed their degree.

Teaching and learning methods

Teaching consists of seminars and working with texts while receiving tutor guidance. In the seminars, the students will study and discuss course reading and real-life examples linked to the texts, and working with texts will be the foundation for student discussions. In addition, students will complete and hand in multiple translation and editing assignments, both individually and in groups. The seminars will also consist of textual analysis.

Estimated workload: 270 hours.

Examination requirements

Students must hand in and pass five written assignments, four of which are individual submissions and one is a group assignment. Further instructions will be specified in Canvas.

Examinations

Course portfolio exam containing a selection of the student’s own work handed in during the course. The portfolio will consist of three of the texts, all weighted equally. Detailed information about the portfolio will be given in Canvas. Grade A to F.

Student evaluation

The person responsible for the course decides, in cooperation with student representative, the form of student evaluation and whether the course is to have a midway or end of course evaluation in accordance with the quality system for education, chapter 4.1.

Offered as a free-standing course

Yes, if there are places available.

Admission Requirement if given as a free-standing course

Same admission requirements apply as for the master's programme in Translation and Professional Communication.

Admission for external candidates

No
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