Translation Bureau's course directory and calendar
The Translation Bureau offers professional training and language training for administrative staff and personalized training in English and French.
Consult the directory and calendar below for the full list of workshops offered by the Translation Bureau. You can search by course title and code, course category, target audience, course language and date. When you select the title of a workshop, you will also access details such as a short description, the target audience, prerequisites, the language the workshop will be given in, learning objectives and methods, length of the course, number of participants and registration fees.
We recommend reading the description and the workshop prerequisites you are interested in before registering to ensure you will be meeting your training goals.
Note
Please note that the courses are offered in virtual classrooms (MS Teams) and that a 25% discount will be applied to the registration fee for an indefinite period.
| Course title and code | Target audience | Language | Dates (virtual classroom) |
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| Buzzwords et mots nouveaux (SFE-156) [offered in French only] | Translators, revisers and other language professionals (English-to-French) | French |
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| Difficulté de la langue anglaise : « Tricky grammar » (SFE-152) [offered in French only] | Translators, revisers and other language professionals (English-to-French) | French | Not applicable |
| Difficulté de la langue anglaise : « Working the other way » (SFE-153) [offered in French only] | Translators, revisers and other language professionals (French-to-English texts) | French | Not applicable |
| English editing workshop (SFE-252) [reserved for Translation Bureau employees] | Translators, revisers and other language professionals (reserved for Translation Bureau employees) | English | To be determined |
| Éviter les ruptures de construction (SFE-115) [offered in French only] | Translators, revisers and other language professionals (English-to-French) | French |
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| French-to-English revision mentoring session [1 day] (SFE-203) | Revisers (French-to-English texts) | English [For French equivalent, consult Séance de mentorat en révision de textes traduits de l'anglais au français [1 jour] (SFE-103)] | Upon request |
| French-to-English revision mentoring session [2 days] (SFE-204) | Revisers (French-to-English texts) | English [For French equivalent, consult Séance de mentorat en révision de textes traduits de l'anglais au français [2 jours] (SFE-104)] | Upon request |
| French-to-English translation mentoring session [1 day] (SFE-201) | Translators (French-to-English) | English [For French equivalent, consult Séance de mentorat en traduction de l'anglais au français [1 jour] (SFE-101)] | Upon request |
| French-to-English translation mentoring session [2 days] (SFE-202) | Translators (French-to-English) | English [For French equivalent, consult Séance de mentorat en traduction de l'anglais au français [2 jours] (SFE-102)] | Upon request |
| Initiation à la traduction juridique : Connaissances générales et problèmes fréquents – Volet I (SFE-164) [offered in French only] | Translators, revisers and other language professionals (English-to-French) | French | To be determined |
| Initiation à la traduction juridique – Volet II (SFE- 165) [offered in French only] | Translators, revisers and other language professionals (English-to-French) | French | To be determined |
| Initiation à Twitter et à la traduction de gazouillis (SFE-140) [offered in French only] | Translators, revisers and other language professionals (English-to-French) | French |
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| Introduction to revision (beginner) (SFE-220) | Translators, revisers and other language professionals (French-to-English texts) | English [For French equivalent, consult Introduction à la révision (débutant) (SFE-128)] | Not applicable |
| La caractérisation des fautes (SFE-409) [offered in French only] | Translators, revisers and other language professionals (English-to-French) | French |
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| Le bon mot à la bonne place (SFE-138) [offered in French only] | Translators, revisers and other language professionals (English-to-French) | French |
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| Les anglicismes (SFE-191) [offered in French only] | Administrative personnel (writing and/or proofreading in French) | French | To be determined |
| Mastering Neural Machine Translation with DeepL (SFE-246) [New] [reserved for Translation Bureau employees] | Translators, revisers and other language professionals (English-to-French) (reserved for Translation Bureau's employees) | English [For French equivalent, consult Apprivoiser la traduction automatique neuronale avec DeepL (SFE-146)] |
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| Pleins feux sur les prépositions (SFE-110) [offered in French only] | Translators, revisers and other language professionals (English-to-French) | French | To be determined |
| Quality control of freelance texts (SFE-223) [reserved for Translation Bureau's employees] | Translators and revisers (French-to-English) (reserved for Translation Bureau's employees) | English [For French equivalent, consult Contrôler la qualité des textes de pige (SFE-410)] | To be determined |
| Rédiger sans faute (SFE-196) [offered in French only] | Administrative personnel (writing and/or proofreading in French) | French | To be determined |
| Reformuler avec créativité (SFE-109) [offered in French only] | Translators, revisers and other language professionals (English-to-French) | French | To be determined |
| Traduire des gazouillis : Un beau défi! (SFE-141) [offered in French only] [New] | Translators, revisers and other language professionals (English-to-French) | French | To be determined |
Information and registration
- For more information on the course content or to discuss your specific needs, please contact the Translation Bureau
- To register for a workshop, please visit the page Translation Bureau's course registration procedure and form