Difficultés de la langue anglaise : « Buzzwords 2.0 »

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Professional training

(Training intended for people working into French)

Description

This workshop, given in French for French-speaking language professionals, will cover different buzzwords in English: what they mean and how and why they are used.

Open to

Translators, revisers and other communications professionals.

Prerequisite

Participants should be doing English-to-French translation as part of their regular duties.

Language

This workshop is conducted in French.

Learning objectives

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

• Explain what buzzwords are and spot them in a text;
• Apply different techniques to find the meaning of a buzzword and translate it into idiomatic French;
• Properly consult recent reference material.

Method

• presentations
• discussion
• exercises

Duration

One half-day

Course fee

$200 (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

10 to 12

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