2023_24
Educational guide 
Faculty of Arts
A A A 
english 
Professional English-Spanish Translation (2015)
 Competences


Type A Code Competences Specific
  A1 Identify the social role of the translator and apply and integrate professional ethical standards to the translation practice.
  A2 Negotiate with the client and manage workloads, stress, costs and income and continuous training.
  A3 Produce and present a translation in accordance with clients' instructions.
  A4 Produce a translation following Spanish or English rhetoric conventions and applicable textual genre standards.
  A5 Identify and transfer linguistic variation, cultural elements and pragmatic features in English and Spanish texts. Recognize their function and meaning.
  A6 Describe and self-evaluate comprehension problems in English and Spanish and apply strategies to solve them.
  A7 Identify information and documentation needs and develop strategies for documentary and terminological research.
  A8 Prepare drafts, reformulate, restructure, synthesize and post-edit effectively in English and Spanish.
  A9 Use effectively a set of CAT tools in translation, correction, publishing, terminology, formatting and documentary research (e.g. word processors, spell checkers and grammar, Internet, translation memories, terminology databases , speech recognition programs).
  A10 Prepare and produce a translation in different formats and for different media / technical means.
  A11 Become familiar with and adopt new multimedia and audiovisual translation tools, translation memories and machine translation.
  A12 Create and manage databases and files for their use in the field of translation and linguistic consulting.
Type B Code Competences Transversal
  CT1 Become sufficiently independent to work on research projects and scientific or technological collaborations within their thematic area
  CT2 Forming opinions on the basis of the efficient management and use of information
  CT3 Solve complex problems critically, creatively and innovatively in multidisciplinary contexts
  CT4 Work in multidisciplinary teams and in complex contexts
  CT5 Communicate complex ideas effectively to all sorts of audiences
  CT6 Develop abilities to manage their professional career
  CT7 Apply ethical principles and social responsibility as a citizen and a professional.
Type C Code Competences Nuclear