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.

Primary and secondary literature from required courses recommended by the chair of the committee and the recommended literature of the compulsory elective courses taken.

1. An oral examination consisting of morphological-syntactic-lexical-lexical-phraseological analysis and interpretation of a text in Dutch, which tests the knowledge of the Dutch language at C1 level 2. An oral examination on topics in the history of the literatures of the Dutch-speaking countries and the culture of the Netherlands and Belgium in Dutch.

A student may take the state examination a) after obtaining at least the number of credits necessary for the proper completion of studies, b) after successfully completing the compulsory courses, compulsory elective courses and elective courses in the composition determined by the study programme, c) after fulfilling the student's obligations arising from Section 71, subsection 3, letter b of the Higher Education Act, d) if no disciplinary proceedings are conducted against him/her. Successful completion of the subject of the state examination is one of the conditions for successful completion of the study programme. The subject of the state examination shall be evaluated by the State Examination Board with classification grades A to FX. The marking of the state examination or part thereof is decided by consensus by the examination board. If the Board of Examiners fails to reach a consensus, the marking of the State examination or part thereof shall be decided by vote. In accordance with the wording of the Faculty's study regulations (VP 5/2020, Art. 15) and the Faculty's study timetable, the dean sets the framework dates for the state examinations. Departments are obliged to publish their state examination dates on the website at least 5 weeks before the examination. The student shall register for the state examination via the academic information system at least three weeks before the date of the examination. A student is entitled to one regular and two make-up examination dates. The regular examination date is the one for which the student first applied on the date set for the national examinations. If a student has been awarded a grade of FX in the regular state examination, the student may take the make-up state examination dates (a) on subsequent state examination dates in the relevant academic year or (b) on state examination dates in any of the subsequent academic years in accordance with section 65(2) of the Higher Education Act. If a student is unable, for serious reasons, to attend a state examination date for which he or she has registered, he or she shall be obliged to apologise in writing to the chair of the examination board in advance or, at the latest, within three working days after the date of the state examination or part thereof if there were serious obstacles preventing him or her from apologising in advance. If the student fails to appear for the state examination or part thereof on the specified date without an excuse, or if the chairman of the examination board does not accept the student's excuse, the student shall be marked with a grade of FX for that date of the state examination. The student must achieve a pass mark of at least 60% in all parts of the state examination.

Dutch (C1), Slovak (C1/C2)

The oral exam consists of a morphological-syntactic-syntactic-lexical-phraseological analysis and interpretation of a text in Dutch, which tests the C1 level of the language. Supplementary questions in the text cover key topics in Dutch literature, morphology, syntax, lexicology, history and cultural history of the Netherlands and Belgium.

The tutor announces the topics via the German Studies website at the beginning of the last semester.

0/100

The student is able to contextualise selected knowledge, phenomena and personalities from the cultural environment of the Netherlands and Belgium in Dutch, to grasp the textual context and to interpret its content.

The student is able to characterise a given literary epoch according to a given question about literature, to know the basic details of the life and overall work of a given author and to interpret a given literary excerpt in the context of a given work (e.g. a chapter from a novel). Can compare the work with other works that are the subject of the national examination, and knows the basic data on the reception of the author and the work in question.

The student is able to orient himself in the morphological, syntactical and lexical phenomena of Dutch and, according to a given question, is able to orient himself in a given area of non-Dutch studies.

Primary and secondary literature listed for each compulsory and optional

subjects, available lexicographical aids.

Translation of a popular and educational or professional text from Dutch into Slovak

Translation of a popular-educational or professional text from Slovak into Dutch

Consecutive interpretation from Slovak into Dutch

Consecutive interpretation from Dutch into Slovak

Interpretation of a letter from Dutch into Slovak

Demonstration of translation competence - professional and popular-instructional text and interpreting competence in the range of the topics covered - consecutive interpreting, simultaneous interpreting, interpreting from a letter. The student must achieve a score of at least 60% in each part of the subject of the final state examination.

Dutch (B2), Slovak (C1)

Brief outline of the course:

1. The student will translate a popular-educational or professional text from Dutch into Slovak in the range of about 150 words. Specification of the translation task depending on the text.

2. The student will translate a popular-educational or professional text from Slovak into Dutch in the range of approx. 150 words. Specification of the translation task depending on the text.

3. The student will translate a text from Dutch into Slovak, total length approx. 1

standard page

4. The student consecutive interprets a freely read text from one of the areas discussed in the seminar (e.g. politics, social security, SMEs, EU, etc.) from Slovak into Dutch. Duration approx. 5 minutes.

5. The student simultaneously interprets a text from one of the areas discussed at the seminar (e.g. politics, social security, SMEs, EU, etc.) from Dutch into Slovak.

0/100

The student is able to demonstrate translation competence from and into a foreign language as well as

interpreting competence (simultaneous and consecutive interpreting in both directions, interpreting from a letter).

When translating, the student is able to adapt the translation strategy to the specifics of the text, use translation

aids, create a professional translation depending on the specified task.

In consecutive interpreting, the student is able to adequately translate a text using interpreting

notation, emphasis is placed on the communicative aspect of consecutive interpreting - eye contact, delivery, voice work.

In simultaneous interpreting, the student is able to adequately and at an appropriate pace interpret the text being presented. In interpreting from a letter, the student demonstrates the ability to respond dynamically

to the text, to interpret the presented text at an adequate level of content and style. Emphasis on

the communicative aspect of interpreting.