Pratique de la stylistique comparée (SFE-199) [offered in French only]

This course is offered in French only and is intended for people translating or revising English-to-French texts.

Category

Professional training

Description

As you know, a good translation is not only faithful to the source text but also idiomatic, meaning that it sounds completely natural to the target audience. This is where humans outshine machines.

If you’d like to stick less closely to the English when translating, if you want to produce a more natural target text when using neural machine translation (NMT), or if you’re looking to make the texts you revise more idiomatic, then this workshop is for you!

You’ll learn to recognize, name and define some useful principles of comparative stylistics—which you may already be using instinctively—and how to apply them in your day-to-day work to produce translations from English that sound more idiomatic in French.

You’ll leave this workshop with greater confidence not only in your ability to produce good French translations and revisions, but also in your continued relevance in this technologically evolving world.

Theory, group discussions and practical exercises are planned.

Open to

Specialists in translation or revision (English to French)

Prerequisite

You must already be involved in translating or revising English-to-French texts.

Language

The workshop is given in French; however, you are welcome to use the official language of your choice.

Learning objectives

At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• define what comparative stylistics is
• recognize and name some useful principles of comparative stylistics
• use comparative stylistics principles in their daily work
• produce translations that are more idiomatic in French

Dates and length

Please consult the Translation Bureau course directory and calendar.

Seat allocation

Maximum of 12

The Translation Bureau reserves the right to cancel this activity unless there are at least 6 registrations.

Course fee

$200 (free of charge for Translation Bureau employees)

20% discount for members of a recognized professional association. Please send proof of certification, such as a photo of your membership card, to btformation.tbtraining@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca.

Registration

To register for this workshop, please consult the Translation Bureau course registration procedure and form.