FREN422-26S2 (C) Semester Two 2026

French Translation

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 13 July 2026
End Date: Sunday, 8 November 2026
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 26 July 2026
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 27 September 2026

Description

FREN422 will explore the application of translation theories in a French-language context. Students will examine translations to and from French and English via multiple genres, techniques and methodologies, from literary to technical translations.

Learning Outcomes

This course prepares students according to the UC’s graduate attributes in the following ways:

Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award as well as Employable, innovative and enterprising
students will gain professional and transferable skills pertaining to advanced language learning, particularly in a vast array of disciplines, spanning the environmental sciences, linguistics, political sciences, and law, to name a few.

Biculturally competent and confident
students will discuss topics related to indigeneity and colonialism, particularly in the Francosphere. Comparisons will be drawn between these contexts and Aotearoa.

Engaged with the community
this course is designed to engage with the French-speaking community in Christchurch.

Globally aware
Foreign language learning, at its very core, is an international and multicultural discipline. Students will further intercultural competence and understanding of a globalized world through language, textual, and translation studies.

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Employable, innovative and enterprising

Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

Biculturally competent and confident

Students will be aware of and understand the nature of biculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, and its relevance to their area of study and/or their degree.

Engaged with the community

Students will have observed and understood a culture within a community by reflecting on their own performance and experiences within that community.

Globally aware

Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Programme Coordinator.

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Antonio Viselli

Lecturer

Eric Mouhica

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Weekly forum posts (10) 30% Due weeks 2-11
Translation 1 20% Due week 7
Translation 2 30% Due first week of University exam period
Participation 20% Weekly

Textbooks / Resources

Texts and materials will be available via Ako | Learn.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $2,299.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .

All FREN422 Occurrences

  • FREN422-26S2 (C) Semester Two 2026