Even more practical comparative stylistics (French to English) (SFE-256)

Professional training

Now that you’ve taken the first two workshops in this series and are thinking more consciously about writing natural-sounding English, it’s time to delve a little deeper into the world of comparative stylistics.

In this workshop, you’ll learn even more principles of comparative stylistics that you can use to make all your translations sound more idiomatic—even ones you’ve run through machine translation systems. You’ll have the opportunity to apply this new set of principles consciously in discussions and group exercises that will focus on the practical rather than the theoretical. The tools you’ll gain will help you be more confident in your ability to produce good translations and revise others’ work effectively.

Specialists in translation or revision (French to English)

You must already be involved in translating or revising French-to-English texts.

Taking both Practical comparative stylistics (French-to-English) (SFE-253) and More practical comparative stylistics (French-to-English) (SFE-255) first is recommended.

The workshop is given in English; however, you are welcome to use the official language of your choice.

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

• name and explain a new set of helpful principles of comparative stylistics
• use those principles in your daily translation and revision work
• produce English translations that sound more idiomatic

Please consult the directory and schedule of Translation Bureau courses.

Maximum of 12

The Translation Bureau reserves the right to cancel this activity unless there are at least 6 registrations.

$200 (free of charge for Translation Bureau employees)

20% discount for members of a recognized professional association. Please send proof of certification, such as a photo of your membership card, to btformation.tbtraining@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca.

To register for this workshop, please consult the Translation Bureau course registration procedure and form.