Educational guide 2023_24 Faculty of Arts

Professional English-Spanish Translation (2015)

Methodologies

	Description
Introductory activities	Introduction to the virtual platform, syllabus review. Explanation of the role of technologies in the workflow.
Problem solving, exercises	The student learns to use assisted translation programs and translation memories through practical group activities: Translation activities with TM, MT and TM/MT, Postediting activities, Peer revision and postediting, Pre-editing activities, Empirical comparisons of the major variables.
IT-based practicals	Students learn to create and manage databases through collaborative group activities
Reading written documents and graphs	Students read and work on documents published in a variety of formats. The documents can be selected or produced by the lecturers so that students can develop the more theoretical competencies and acquire the knowledge they need for practical activities.
Self-monitoring activities	Students are asked to do some activities, which have little weight in the final grade, that enable them to control their learning process. These activities can be of various sorts. One of the most common formats is the self-assessment test.
videoconferencing	Students are asked to do some activities, which have little weight in the final grade, that enable them to control their learning process. These activities can be of various sorts. One of the most common formats is the self-assessment test.
Collaborative work	Students engage in group work. The main aim of this activity is for students to work together to achieve a common goal. All the members contribute their own knowledge and learning to the knowledge and learning of the group.
Personal attention	Questions can be answered via email, Skype, or face-to-face tutorials.

Competences	Learning outcomes	Contents
Planning	Methodologies	Personalized attention
Assessment	Sources of information	Recommendations