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Translation from Portuguese and English

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Bachelor of Philology with a specialization 035.053 Philology (Romance Languages and Literatures (incl. Translation), first foreign language – Portuguese)

4 years

240

6

First (Bachelor)

Humanities

KnowledgeField EN

Complete general secondary education

Final certification is public and includes: 1) Integrated Final Examination in Translation and Portuguese, 2) Final Examination in English, 3) defense of Bachelor's qualification work.

PLO 1. Communicate freely on professional issues with experts and non-experts in Ukrainian and foreign languages (Portuguese and English), in oral and in written form, use these languages to organize effective cross-cultural communication. PLO 6. Use information and communication technologies to solve complex specialized tasks and issues of professional activity. PLO 7. Understand the major issues of philology and approaches to solving those using relevant methods and innovative approaches. PLO 14. Use Portuguese and English in oral and written form, in different genre and style varieties and registers of communication (formal, informal, neutral), for solving communicative tasks in everyday, public, educational, professional and academic spheres of life. PLO 16. Know and understand basic concepts and theories in the field of translation studies, be able to apply this knowledge in professional activities. PLO 21. Interpret, abstract, annotate and adequately translate (from Portuguese, English and Ukrainian) oral and written texts of various styles and genres, except highly specialized ones. Complete list of program learning outcomes is available in the profile of the educational program.

Full-time form

Exams (written, oral, mixed form), credit tests, differentiated credit tests, mid-course control, current control (presentations, reports/abstracts), defence of course projects/ course work, final (certification) exams, defence of bachelor's qualification paper. Assessment of learning outcomes is carried out on a 100-point scale and a national scale. The minimum positive level of assessment is 60 points. According to the exam results, the student is graded on a 4-point scale: “Excellent” (90-100 points), “Good” (75-89 points), “Satisfactory” (60-74 points), “Unsatisfactory” (35-59 points). If the exam is not conducted, the results are evaluated on a 2-point scale: “Passed” (60-100 points) or “Fail” (0-59 points). Specific assessment procedures are explained in the programs of the disciplines. The basic principles of assessment are explained in the "Regulations on the organization of the educational process in Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv".

Translation Internship with a break from theoretical training aims to develop and consolidate translation skills. During the internship, students have the opportunity to practice Portuguese-Ukrainian written and oral translations, compiling a bilingual glossary, as well as preparing parallel text corpora, performing abstract translations, making annotations, etc. Translation Internship can take place at state, governmental and non-governmental organizations and institutions, diplomatic missions of Portuguse-speaking countries, translation agencies, industrial enterprises, publishing houses, travel bureaus or agencies, the Center for Portuguese Language and Culture.

Graduates can work in various sectors of the economy which require services of translation, creation, analysis, evaluation of texts; in educational, scientific, literary and publishing fields; in the media; in PR-agencies; in various foundations, unions, humanitarian organisations, museums, art and cultural centres, etc.

Graduates have the right to continue their studies at the second level of higher education (03 Humanities).