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The requirements for the state examination (examination conditions, deadlines, evaluation, examination board, participation) are specified in Article 15 of the Study Regulations of the Faculty of Arts of Comenius University (VP 5/2020).

One of the components of the state examination of Master of Philology study programmes at the Department of English and American Studies is "Translation and Interpreting", in which the student must demonstrate translation and interpreting skills at the level corresponding to the profile of a graduate of the given study programme. The state examination includes translation from/into English and consecutive/simultaneous interpreting from/into English with emphasis on the following parameters:

- Translation of a short text with emphasis on terminological accuracy, stylistics, spelling, culture and quality of written expression.

- Interpretation of a short speech with an emphasis on maintaining the basic logical structure of the text, completeness of information, quality and variety of language, pronunciation and clarity, the culture of speech, and ability to work dynamically with the ear-voice-span and use of crisis strategies.

A. Characteristics of the translation section:

TYPE OF TEXT

- Into Slovak: popular to scholarly (should demonstrate the ability to both stylize and look up terms)

- Into English: popular to technical (same topic as encountered in class, but different text)

TEXT LENGTH

- into Slovak: 1 (less than) standard page (1500-1800 characters)

- for English: 1 (less than) standard page (1500-1800 characters)

TEXT VARIABILITY

- into Slovak: yes, different text for each semester (or different texts to be given to students via Moodle, the possibility of creating a database of texts in sequence)

- into English: yes, different text for each semester (or different texts to be given to students via Moodle, the possibility of creating a database of texts in sequence)

ALLOCATED TIME

- into Slovak: 90 min.

- into English: 90 min.

COMPUTER

- into Slovak: yes (computer room)

- into English: yes (computer room)

INTERNET

- into Slovak: yes (the instructor will make sure that students do not read, do not send translations to each other etc.)

- into English: yes (the instructor will make sure that students do not read, send translations, etc.) etc.)

HANDING IN TRANSLATIONS

- into Slovak: via Moodle/USB

- into English: via Moodle

GRADE

- into Slovak: the student has to translate the text obtaining at least the grade E; the final grade is calculated from the grades obtained in translation and interpretation

- into English: the student has to translate the text obtaining at least the grade E; the final grade is calculated from the grades obtained in translation and interpretation

Areas of assessment:

1. Terminological accuracy

2. Stylistics

3. Orthography, culture and quality of written expression

B. Characteristics of the interpreting part:

Consecutive interpreting: 3-5 minute speech EN -> SK - genre: journalism with a focus on on current political events, containing idioms, rhetorical turns, a few figures and proper names; any technical terminology and lesser-known terms must be communicated in advance.

Areas of assessment (in order of importance):

1. preservation of the basic logical structure,

2. completeness of information,

3. quality and variety of language, pronunciation and clarity, culture of expression,

4. observance of speaking time.

Simultaneous interpreting: 10-minute speech EN -> SK - popular-instructional text, partly professional, ideally from the topics covered in class during the Master's degree. The speech would should contain enumerations, figures of speech, and, to a limited extent, proper names and numbers. Possible technical terminology and less familiar terms must be announced in advance.

Areas of assessment:

1. maintenance of basic logical structure,

2. completeness of information,

3. quality and variety of language, pronunciation and clarity, culture of expression,

4. ability to work with the ear-voice-span and use of crisis strategies.

Intermediate/final assessment weighting: 0/100 (%)

Successful completion of the state examination requires at least a C1 level of English according to Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).

Participation in the course presupposes active command of Slovak.

Consecutive/simultaneous interpreting from/to English.

Translation from/to English.

0/100 (%)

Learning outcomes:

INTERPRETATION

Upon successful completion of the state exam, the student will be able to effectively use the techniques of consecutive and simultaneous interpreting, work fluently and promptly in the interpreting booth and interpret moderately difficult speeches from Slovak to English and vice versa. He/she will have sufficient automated processes required in interpreting and the ability to select primary and secondary information and to express these in a clear and refined manner in the target language.

TRANSLATION

Upon successful completion, the student will be able to work with conceptual apparatus, dictionaries and other reference sources and at an exceptionally high level and be proficient in both the foreign language and their own language. He/she can produce a high-quality, comprehensible and clear translation from English into Slovak and vice versa.

Literature recommended during Bachelor's and Master's studies in relevant subjects.

The student will pass all three parts of the state exam (translation, interpretation, and grammatical analysis of a French text), which make up 100% of the overall evaluation. Credits for the final exam will not be awarded to students who receive less than 60 % of the evaluation on every separate part of the exam. The final evaluation will be obtained based on the average calculated from all parts of the exam.

Grading scale: 100-90: A, 89-85: B, 84-75: C, 74-70: D, 69-60: E, 59-0: FX.

French language, Slovak language

1. Written translation of a short French essay into Slovak

2. Consecutive interpreting with the help of notation – a French text of four minutes

3. Analysis of French morphosyntactic phenomena in the translated essayistic text and their use in everyday communication

Scale of assessment (preliminary/final): 0/100

The graduate of the state exam will demonstrate the ability to translate into Slovak a short French essay on the spot, the topic and character of which is related to the texts translated during the studies. The student will submit the edited and stylistically corrected text in standard Slovak.

The graduate of the state exam will demonstrate the ability to consecutively interpret, without hesitation orally reproduce a French text of up to four minutes into Slovak, the subject matter and character of which is related to the texts interpreted during the studies.

The graduate of the state exam will demonstrate the ability to use grammatical and syntactic analysis of selected linguistic phenomena in a short French essayistic text and will also demonstrate the ability to analyse their complexity and specificity in the context of translation into Slovak.

Secondary literature recommended during bachelor and master studies in relevant subjects and obligatory source literature according to the lists published in the individual years.

The student will pass both parts of the state exam (history of literature, culture and civilization of France), the evaluation of which constitutes 100% of the overall evaluation. Credits for the final exam will not be awarded to students who receive less than 60 % of the evaluation on every separate part of the exam. The final evaluation will be obtained based on the average calculated from all parts of the exam.

Grading scale: 100-90: A, 89-85: B, 84-75: C, 74-70: D, 69-60: E, 59-0: FX.

French language, Slovak language

Overview of the development of French literature in the 19th and 20th centuries, major literary movements, and key authors; brief overview of the historical development and cultural history in the territory of present-day France and European Francophone countries from their origins to the present.

Scale of assessment (preliminary/final): 0/100

The student who passes the state exam demonstrates knowledge of 19th and 20th century French literary history and the culture and civilization of France within the required scope specified in the theses for the state exam corresponding to the scope of the material covered in the courses or designated for individual study. The state exam also includes mastery of the source literature specified in the individual courses throughout the course of study.