Qualification “Interpretation translation practice and theory”

Fr-01. The French Language. The two-semester course is intended for students with no previous French Language experience and offers an intensive study in various linguistic areas including French orthography, lexicology, grammar and style; various types of collocations; speech etiquette, etc. The course focuses on the development of functional socio-cultural competence in listening comprehension, speaking, reading and writing.

Fr-01.II.F. Beginning French. An introductory French language course with emphasis on the four basic skills – reading, writing, speaking and listening comprehension. Role-play and various audio-visual aids are actively utilized to better students’ performance. 152 h., test, 4 ECTS

Fr-01.II.S. Beginning French (continued). The sequel to Fr-01.II.F focuses on developing skills and abilities acquired during the previous semester. Major emphasis on forming pronunciation habits and activizing grammar and speech patterns. Audio-visual aids are widely used in class. 152 h., exam, 4 ECTS

Lecturer: V.Yu. Tulakova

Fr-02. French. Oral Speech Practice. The course is designed for students studying French as long as one semester (Fr-01.II.F.). The course emphasizes the further development of dialogue/monologue-building skills, deepening students’ language acquisition abilities. The course offers insight into French culture and traditions.

Fr-02.II.S. Beginning French (continued). 76 h., test, 2 ECTS

Fr-02.III.F. Elementary French. 228 h., test, 6 ECTS

Fr-02.III.S. Elementary French (continued). 228 h., exam, 6 ECTS

Lecturer: V.Yu. Tulakova

Fr-03. French. Translation/Interpretation. The course focuses on forming and developing the skills necessary for pre-translation analysis of an original French text and working out the general strategy of translation/interpretation. (Prerequisites Fr-01.II.F. and Fr-01.II.S.)

Fr-03.III.F. Elementary French. Interpretation: mnemonic techniques (for oral and written texts). Enlarging active vocabulary. General words and set expressions. Pre-arranged interpretation of shortened discourse from French into Russian. 76 h., test, 2 ECTS

Fr-03.III.S. Elementary French (continued). Translation: types of translation. Linguistic units as seen in translation, text-building in French and observing its national peculiarities in translation. Loan translation. 76 h., test, 2 ECTS

Fr-03.IV.F. Intermediate French. Lexical and semantic modifications in translation/interpretation. “Untranslatable” units. Translator’s notes. Literary translation: basics. 152 h., test, 4 ECTS

Fr-03.IV.S. Intermediate French (continued). Interpretation: cliches and their classification. Expressing conclusion, deduction and argumentation in a target language. 120 h., test, 3 ECTS

Fr-03.V.F. Upper-intermediate French. Translation: rendering phraseology and idioms. Business French survival kit. 180 h., test, 5 ECTS

Fr-03.V.S. Upper-intermediate French (continued). Interpretation: successive interpretation of socio-political discourse. Interpreter guide practical training (basics). Business language: communication and business etiquette. 108 h., exam, 3 ECTS

Lecturer: A.V. Golubeva

Fr-04. Linguistic Survey of the French Language. This two-semester course overviews theoretical issues of French Phonetics and Lexicology (fall semester); Grammar and Stylistics (spring semester).

Fr-04.IV.F. Intermediate French. Phonetics (a theoretical course): general and particular phonetics, pronunciation standard, phonology, the system of French phonemes, syllable, syntagm, accentual structure of French words, intonation and prosody.
Theoretical Lexicology: lexicology and other branches of linguistics, word, nomination, etymology, linguistic sign, semantics, homonymy and polysemy, word-building, word combinatory. 68 h., test, 2 ECTS

Fr-04.IV.S. Intermediate French (continued). Theoretical Grammar: French morphology and syntax, suprasegmental units (text and its structure, hypertext). Theoretical Stylistics: expressive means of the French language, stylistic devices, functional stylistics, registers, decoding stylistics and text interpretation (basics). 68 h., exam, 2 ECTS

Lecturer: V.Yu. Tulakova