Face-to-face , first and second term, 60 hours of theory.

French

MHCG1281A - Digital tools [1 Q. • 30 Th. • Pond. : 40] Marlene Vrancx
MHCG1281B - Language technology [2 Q. • 30 Th. • Pond. : 60] Andrea Pizarro Pedraza

MHCG1281A - Digital Tools:
On completing this Course students should:
- carry out simple documentary research ;
- type text with a certain ease and speed;
- use the Microsoft Office suite for their translation activities;
- use Windows to archive documents ;
- create and manage PDF files;
- use the standard functionalities of the MemoQ CAT tool.

MHCG1281B - Language Technology :
On completing this Course students should :
- understand the basic concepts of language technologies
- know some important applications of these technologies (editing, search, human-computer communication, machine translation,...)
- understand the fundamental techniques of automatic language processing
- be able to perform advanced queries on several platforms and corpora (e.g. Sketch Engine)
- build a linguistic database on Excel
- make annotations

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MHCG1281A - Digital Tools :
A ‘practical' introduction to digital tools:
This Learning Activity includes an introduction to the basic theory and concepts of information technology and the terminology used in the field. After a presentation by the course tutor of a range of software, students perform a series of individual PC-based exercises related to translation activities.

MHCG1281B - Language Technology :
This teaching activity aims to introduce the basic concepts and terminology related to language technologies. The theoretical explanations will be illustrated by concrete examples. In the practical part, exercises will be demonstrated on several software and platforms so that students can practice them independently.

MHCG1281A - Digital tools :
First term, lectures and practical sessions (30 hours).

MHCG1281B - Language Technology :
Second term, lectures and practical sessions (30 hours)

We may have to switch to remote teaching methods, depending on how the COVID-19 situation evolves.

This module is subdivided into two parts (part Digital Tools and part Language Technology) and has two separate exams. The global mark is an average calculated as described below. A 10/20 or higher mark will automatically be transferred to the second exam session. It's thus not possible to re-sit the exam related to this part of the course.

MHCG1281A - Digital Tools: (40% of the final mark given to the course unit)
Written examination with open questions and PC-based exercices. Students who do not have their own login and password will not be allowed to take the exam.

MHCG1281B - Language Technology: (60% of the final mark given to the course unit)
Written test with theoretical questions and practical exercises.
Exercise file to be handed in (date to be confirmed).



Students resitting the exam for this course in 2022-23 will be assessed on the course material of the current year, i.e. 2022-23.

The written tests, normally in face-to-face sessions, can be adapted into remote written tests, depending on how the COVID-19 situation evolves.

GILE, D. (2005) : La traduction. La comprendre, l'apprendre, Presses Universitaires de France, Paris.
GOUADEC, D. (2002) : Profession : traducteur, La Maison du Dictionnaire, Paris.
JURAFSKY,D. and James H. MARTIN (2022): Speech and Language Processing (3rd ed. draft) https://web.stanford.edu/~jurafsky/slp3/
LÉON, J. (2015): Histoire de l'automatisation des sciences du langage, ENS Éditions, Paris.
HABERT, B., NAZARENKO A. and SALEM A. (1997) : Les linguistiques de corpus, Armand Colin, Paris.http://lexicometrica.univ-paris3.fr/livre/les_linguistiques_de_corpus_1997/

MHCG1281A - Digital Tools :
A programme handout as well as several exercice maps are made available progressively on the Moodle of the course. The PowerPoint presentation will not be delivered to the students.

MHCG1281B - Language Technology : idem