Linking Words, Verb Tenses and Prepositions, Oh My!

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Description

How should we deal with all those linking words used in French? And what about verb tense? Should we always translate the French conditional by the same tense in English?

During this workshop, we will address these recurrent translation problems and many more.

Open to

Language professionals in the Translation Bureau, in other government departments and agencies, and in the private sector.

Prerequisite

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

Language

This workshop is conducted in English.

Learning objectives

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

• Spot some of the potential translation problems in their texts;
• Deal with these problems accurately and idiomatically in English;
• Consult recent references on style and usage.

Method

• presentations
• exercises
• discussion

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

10 to 12