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Description

Workshop dealing with the various techniques used to paraphrase a French text.

Open to

Translators, revisers and other communication professionals

Prerequisite

None

Language

The workshop will be given in French.

Learning objectives

At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Express themselves more clearly, quickly and spontaneously and use idiomatic expressions.
• Identify the main ideas and any secondary ideas more quickly and easily.

In addition, participants will have reactivated their passive vocabulary and enriched their active vocabulary.

Method

• Theory (presentation of various techniques, including emphasis, inversion, disjunction, transposition, etc)
• Practical exercises in French and in a translation context.

Duration

one day

Course fee

$345 (Free of charge for Translation Bureau employees)

20% discount for members of a recognized professional association with proof of current membership (photocopy of membership card).

Dates

Course Calendar

Number of participants

8 to 10

We reserve the right to cancel this activity unless at least eight participants are expected to attend.