Carleton University · FREN 3511

Written Expression and Translation

Official title : Expression écrite et traduction

Credits : 0.5 creditReference year : 2026-27

Description

Improvement of written expression through applied translation practice. Analysis of the main syntactic, semantic and discursive interferences between French and English. Further development of textualization practices: coherence and cohesion, idiomatization, registers, paraphrase, stylistic considerations, etc. Approach emphasizing pragmatic texts.

Prerequisites

  • Prerequisite(s): one FREN course at the 2000-level, or permission of the Department.

Conditions and arrangements

  • Prerequisite(s): one FREN course at the 2000-level, or permission of the Department.
  • Three-hour-per-week course.
Reference text in its original language

Perfectionnement de l'expression écrite au moyen d'un apprentissage appliqué de la traduction. Analyses des principales interférences syntaxiques, sémantiques et discursives entre le français et l'anglais. Approfondissement des pratiques de textualisation: cohérence et cohésion, idiomatisation, registres, paraphrase, considérations stylistiques, etc. Approche privilégiant le texte pragmatique.

  • Prerequisite(s): one FREN course at the 2000-level, or permission of the Department.
  • Cours trois heures par semaine.

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