FREN 3160

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FREN 3160
Translating French: Theory and Practice

Course information provided by the 2024-2025 Catalog. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

In this course, both seminar and workshop, students discuss writing about translation, mostly in French, and practice translating from French to English.  The theoretical texts studied represent a variety of perspectives and the French texts translated, a variety of literary and non-literary genres.  Students will investigate ways of addressing various types of difficulties they encounter in the process of translating across languages and cultures with the aim of developing their own principled approach to translating.


Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: FREN 2310 or CASE Q++ placement.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2024SP, 2023SP, 2020SP

Distribution Category (ALC-AS) (FL-AG)

When Offered Spring.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5799 FREN 3160   SEM 101

  •  
    • MWF
    • Jan 21 - May 6, 2025

    • Alkire, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Prerequisite: FREN 2310 or Cornell Advanced Standing Exam (CASE) Q++ placement.