Audiovisual Adaptation Project - English

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

• analyse a source document, identify potential textual and cognitive difficulties and assess the strategies and resources needed to reformulate it in line with communicative needs (1 – Translation); 
• summarise, rephrase, restructure, and shorten a message and adapt it to market needs rapidly and accurately in at least one target language, using written and/or spoken communication (2 – Translation); 
• implement the instructions, style guides, or conventions relevant to a particular translation (5 – Translation); 
• translate general and domain-specific material in one or several fields from one or several source languages into their target language(s), producing a ‘fit for purpose’ translation (6 – Translation); 
• translate different types of material on and for different kinds of media and target audiences, using appropriate tools and techniques (7 – Translation); 
• check, review, revise and evaluate their own work and that of others according to standard or work-specific quality objectives and assess the appropriateness of using tools for the work at hand (11 – Translation); 
• pre-process, process and manage files and other media/sources as part of the translation workflow, e.g., web and multimedia files (17 – Technology). 

• manage the translation process from English into French strictly respecting deadlines, client instructions, and the specific international quality standards that apply to a particular medium; 
• work interactively with other team members; 
• supply a finished product.