Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

At the beginning of the course, the evaluation activities and the relevant deadlines will be specified in a document accessible from the virtual campus.

Continuos assessment

Possible assessment activities

• Real or simulated translation tasks, or tasks related to relevant aspects of translation.
• Translation projects.
• Reports/forums on translations or on tasks related to key aspects of translation.
• Reflective diaries/sheets/reports about the learning process or on the process of preparing translations.
• Student portfolio.
• Oral presentation or defence of assignments.
• Attendance at lectures or activities related to translation or German culture.
• Reports on readings relevant to the content of the subject.
• Theoretical test on translation topics studied throughout the course.
• Critical analysis and comparison of different translations of the same text.

Rules for the presentation of assessment activities

• All assessment activities must specify the name and surname(s) of the author(s), the name of the lecturer, the subject and the academic year.
• The assessment activities and the student's portfolio must be submitted within the established deadlines in order to be assessed.
• Unless otherwise specified, assessment activities must be submitted in editable text format (DOC or ODT).
• Unless otherwise specified, the use of machine translation or artificial intelligence software is not allowed.

Review

When publishing final marks prior to recording them on students' transcripts, the lecturer will provide written notification of a date and time for reviewing assessment activities. Students must arrange reviews in agreement with the lecturer

Missed/failed assessment activities

Students may retake assessment activities they have failed or compensate for any they have missed, provided that those they have actually performed account for a minimum of 66.6% (two thirds) of the subject's final mark and that they have a weighted average mark of at least 3.5. The lecturer will inform students of the procedure involved, in writing, when publishing final marks prior to recording them on transcripts. The lecturer may set one assignment per failed or missed assessment activity or a single assignment to cover a number of such activities. Under no circumstances may an assessment activity worth 100% of the final mark be retaken or compensated for. 

Consideration of  "not assessable"

In the event of the assessment activities a student has performed accounting for just 25% or less of the subject's final mark, their work will be classified as "not assessable" on their transcript.

Misconduct in assessment activities

Students who engage in misconduct (plagiarism, copying, personation, etc.) in an assessment activity will receive a mark of “0” for the activity in question. In the case of misconduct in more than one assessment activity, the students involved will be given a final mark of “0” for the subject. Students may not retake assessment activities in which they are found to have engaged in misconduct. Plagiarism is considered to mean presenting all or part of an author's work, whether published in print or in digital format, as one's own, i.e. without citing it. Copying is considered to mean reproducing all or a substantial part of another student's work. In cases of copying in which it is impossible to determine which of two students has copied the work of the other, both will be penalised.

Single assessment

This subject may be assessed under the single assessment system in accordance with the terms established in the academic regulations of the UAB and the assessment criteria of the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting.

Students must make an online request within the period established by the faculty and send a copy to the lecturer responsible for the subject, for the record.

Single assessment will be carried out in person on one day during week 16 or 17 of the semester. The Academic Management Office will publish the exact date and time on the faculty website.

On the day of the single assessment, teaching staff will ask the student for identification, which should be presented as a valid identification document with a recent photograph (student card, DNI/NIE or passport).

Single assessment activities

Single assessment will include a minimum of three assessment activities of different types, as stated in the assessment guidelines.

Grade revision and retake procedures for the subject are the same as those for continual assessment. See the section above in this Study Guide.