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Overview
Translation : The emphasis of this course will be on the understanding and in-depth analysis of a variety of texts of various areas in order to determine which are the essential elements needed in pr茅cis-writing. The exercises, which will be of a very practical nature, will include the summarizing of reports, minutes and abstracts. Students will learn to summarize texts accurately and concisely in a way that respects the form and rhetoric of the original text and exploits its idiomatic nature. Objectives: The student will perfect skills in analytical reading of texts for contents and structure skills in rendering the texts in a condensed form the capacity to synthesize./ Ce cours met l'accent sur la compr茅hension et l'analyse de textes de diff茅rents domaines pour en d茅gager les 茅l茅ments essentiels n茅cessaires 脿 la r茅daction d'un r茅sum茅. Les exercices de nature tr猫s pratique consistent notamment 脿 faire la contraction de rapports, de comptes rendus et de r茅sum茅s. L'茅tudiant doit en arriver 脿 une expression juste et concise qui respecte la forme et le style du texte original et en fait ressortir le caract猫re idiomatique. Objectifs : L'茅tudiant devra se perfectionner dans les domaines suivants : aptitude 脿 analyser un texte pour en d茅gager le contenu et la structure; aptitude 脿 rendre un texte en le r茅sumant; capacit茅 de synth猫se.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Restriction(s): Only open to students in one of the following programs: Graduate Diploma in Translation; Spanish to English; Graduate Diploma in Translation; Spanish to French.