Transversal Competence II
5
2019-2020
02006523
Cross-curricular Competences
Portuguese
Face-to-face
SEMESTRIAL
1.5
Compulsory
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado
Recommended Prerequisites
English
Teaching Methods
Lectures, followed by support to the development of the two translation works: Portuguese-English and English-Portuguese. There is time allocation for classes in the library. At the end of the semester the classes are used for the oral presentation of the works and for its discussion, correction and evaluation.
Learning Outcomes
This course increases the ability of reading, interpretation, translation and presentation of technical and scientific texts in English.
Work Placement(s)
NoSyllabus
Dictionaries and glossaries. Online dictionaries and glossaries. Online translators. Using the Web in the interpretation and translation. Using the B-ON for contextual deduction of technical and scientific terms. The IATE (Inter-Active Terminology for Europe) the EU inter-institutional terminology database. The ON LINE CORPORA. The COMPARA. Reading, interpretation, translation and presentation of technical and scientific texts in Portuguese and English.
Head Lecturer(s)
Paulo José Venda Oliveira
Assessment Methods
Continuous assessment
Classification in the presentation and writing of the English-Portuguese translation: 50.0%
Classification in the presentation and writing of the Portuguese-English translation: 50.0%
Bibliography
Dictionary of Engineering. McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing (2003).
Oxford Dictionary of Current Idiomatic English. A P Cowie, I R McCaig & Ronald Mackin (1984).
The Wiley Dictionary of Civil Engineering and Construction. Webster, L. (Editor) (1997).
IATE <http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/SearchByQueryLoad.do?method=load>
ON LINE CORPORA <http://corpus.byo.edu/>
COMPARA <http://www.linguateca.pt/COMPARA/psimples.php>
English Style Guide
<http://ec.europa.eu/translation/writing/style_guides/english/style_guide_en.pdf>
Environmental Engineering Glossary Environmental Engineering Glossary
<http://civil.engr.siu.edu/ray/glossary.htm>
http://ec.europa.eu/translation/index_en.htm
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/freesearch.html
http://oxforddictionaries.com/