MVKS16R Law and Administration Translation Seminar Finnish - French, 5 ECTS – School of Language, Translation and Literary Studies

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MVKS16R Law and Administration Translation Seminar Finnish - French 5 ECTS

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Master's Programme in Multilingual Communication and Translation Studies

Preceding studies

Compulsory:

RANAV3 Translation French-Finnish I

TRMU1 Translation and Interpreting in Theory and Practice

TRMU2 Multilingual Translation Workshop

MVKS57 Texts and Translating in Law and Administration

Corresponding course units in the curriculum

School of Language, Translation and Literary Studies
Curricula 2012 – 2015

MVKS16R Law and Administration Translation Seminar Finnish - French 5 ECTS

Belongs to following study modules

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course unit, the student will have a thorough understanding of the law and administration translation field and its characteristics and methods. The student will be able to translate texts in the field of law and administration from Finnish into French and justify their translation solutions. The student will also have an understanding of the role that juridical terms, the rigid form of juridical texts and set phrases have in the field of law and administration translation. The student will be able find equivalents for terms and typical expressions in the field of law and administration and to assess their suitability for use in a specific context.

The course unit explores the central text genres of law and administration translation, communicative situations, operators and sources of information, and the distinguishing features of legal language. In addition, the course unit includes analysing texts in the field of law and administration, using parallel texts, and translating and justifying translation solutions.