Specialised Terminologies Translation and Text Revision

Specialised communication is of great professional importance and is characterised by the appropriateness of the use of terminology and the orientation of content to the recipient.
Training and translation management are objectives of our Specialisation Course which:
a) provides the necessary skills for editing, translating, revising and communicating in specialist and professional fields
b) enables the in-depth analysis of specialised terminology and its varieties, as well as knowledge of appropriate sources and types of oral and written texts
c) provides the most advanced preparation for specialised communication professionals in the international arena

Promoted by: Faculty of Linguistic Sciences and Foreign Literatures University Language Centre (Se.L.d'A)
Observatory for Terminology and Language Policies

In collaboration with: Ass.I.Term (Italian Association for Terminology) | Realiter (Pan-Latin Terminology Network)

The course - fully online - will start on February 2nd and end on May 3rd, 2024.
The total commitment required amounts to 120 academic hours, including 40 hours for the final project work.
Four modules of 20 hours each.

Each module comprises two parts:
in the first part, a scientific introduction to the topic of the module is delivered by an expert in the field in order to highlight:

• the complexities of the area covered by the module;
• the selection of primary and secondary sources;
• the professional characteristics required of a language expert working in the field under consideration.

In the second part, workshop hours offer:

• the analysis of textual case studies;
• the practice of team working methods, according to organisational management patterns that are implemented in the linguistic-translation area.

The online activities provide tasks to consolidate and explore the module, exercises and exchanges with the instructors.
The languages of the online exercise activities are English, French, Spanish, German and, on request, Portuguese, Arabic and Russian. The participant will have access to online tutorials in English. It is possible to access the tutorials in an additional language, subject to a fee adjustment upon registration.

MODULE 1: Terminology activities in specialist communication
MODULE 2: Revision and editing: quality and storytelling
MODULE 3: Translation management
MODULE 4: Terminology and social media: texts and SEO techniques

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The project work
The project work (40 hours) will be developed and managed online through the tools offered by the dedicated platform. Ihroughout its development, trainees will work independently and in 1-to-1 sessions with Course Specialists, under the supervision of the Course Coordinator. It will end with the presentation of the project work by the participants on Friday, 3 May 2024, at 10 a.m., on the Blackboard platform.

SCIENTIFIC DIRECTOR
Maria Teresa ZANOLA
Full Professor at the Faculty of Linguistic Sciences and Foreign Literatures, Scientific Director of the University Language Service (Se.L.d’A.) and the Observatory for Terminologies and Language Policies

COURSE COORDINATOR
Anna SERPENTE
Lecturer in Terminologies and Specialist Translation and coordinator of the Translation and Text Revision Service of the University Language Centre - Se.L.d'A