Setting up a New Masters in CAT and Project Management: Challenges and Prospects

This article describes the new Masters, the ‘Master en traduction spécialisée multilingue: technologies et gestion de projets’ that was set up at the University of Lille III in 2004 (UFR des LEA). Some information is given about the context in which this socalled ‘Master professionnel’ was created and about its contents, the main focus being on the ‘profession-oriented’ aspect of the programme, and the plusses and possible minuses that such an approach represents

On verbal concord with collective nouns in British English

International audienceThe article aims to find out whether verbal concord with collective nouns (e.g. committee) in British English is indeed governed by the commonly accepted principle that a focus on the individuals that belong to the group results in the use of a plural verb, whereas a focus on the group as a unit leads to the use of a singular verb. This is a quantitative study: data extracted from the British English sections of the Collins Cobuild corpus have been subjected to statistical tests. The investigation reveals that, with a few exceptions, the preference for a singular verb of the so-called ‘verb-number-variable’ collectives (i.e. collective nouns that occur with both singular and plural verbs) is significant, which suggests that semantic and pragmatic factors do not play the crucial role they are commonly thought to play in the verb number assignment process. The article also includes taxonomic observations: in the first part, in which collectives are defined, a survey is given of their semantic and morphosyntactic characteristics

Immunologic work up of subjects who didn't respond appropriately to a rabies post exposure prophylaxis

Background New recommendations for rabies postexposure prophylaxis (rPEP) were published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization in 2010. In view of these new recommendations, the adequacy of rPEP among patients consulting the travel clinic of the University Hospital of Lausanne has been investigated and 6,8% of patients have been identified as non-responders with the new rPEP regimen. In this study we have selected the non-responders for a complete immunologic work up. Method Clinical and paraclinical immunologic investigations have been done to the non- responders patients. Those investigations have been conducted to look for an increased susceptibility to infections and an immunodeficiency. The investigations included a clinical evaluation, a full blood count, measurement of the immunoglobulin levels, a numeration of the subpopulations of the lymphocytes, a HIV test and an evaluation of the humoral response to tetanus, pneumococcal, and hepatitis B vaccinations. A lymphocyte proliferation assay with rabies antigen was performed to assess the cellular immune response. Results 9 subjects with rabies antibody titers ≤0,5 IU/ml after an rPEP with 4 doses were included in this study (=non-responders). 8/9 of these non-responders had an unremarkable medical history. 9/9 of them had normal paraclinical tests that did not suggest an immunodeficiency. The results of the lymphocyte proliferation assay with rabies antigen showed a significant correlation between the level of the humoral and cellular response. Conclusion These results suggest that a 4 dose intramuscular rPEP elicits in some patients a relatively poor humoral and cellular response, even in the absence of any immunosuppression. A serology on day 21 of the rPEP seems therefore useful to identify the patients who don't respond appropriately. Those non-responders should receive additional doses until they reach an antibody titer above 0.5 IU/ml

On the necessity of distinguishing between (un)boundedness and (a)telicity

International audienceIt is argued that two different types of concept are often intermingled in discussions of Aktionsart. The most common type of classification is one of situation types, relating to the potential actualisation of a situation, although some of the definitions have to do with the actual realization of the situation. This distinction, adequately captured by the notions (a)telicty and (un)boundedness (Declerck 1989), is explored and it is shown how NPs, PPs and tense influence a sentence's classification as (un)bounded

Some observations on the expression of temporal relations in future time relative clauses

International audienceThis paper deals with the question whether the syntactic diffrence between restrictive relative clauses (RRC) and nonrestrictive relative clauses (NRRC) results in different tense systems determining the choice of verb forms to indicate future time. It is shown that future-time NRRCs only allow the use of absolute tenses to express temporal relations, whereas in RRCs, relative tenses can be used as well. However, there are a number of constraints on the use of relative tenses even in RRCs, a phenomenon that has escaped most linguists' attention. In this paper, a survey is made of factors that determine whether or not it is possible to use relative tenses to refer to future-time situations in RRCs

On the pragmatics of modal verbs

This paper reflects on the nature of the contextual meaning that is often associated with modal verbs. Four examples are given of contextual effects that have been discussed in the literature: pragmatic strengthening and weakening, dynamic implication, strength of the modality and subjective vs. objective modality. It is argued that these four cases are not entirely similar when they are considered from the perspective of the semantics-pragmatics interface and the categorisation of modal meaning. This study shows what unites and what differentiates these four facets of the ‘pragmatics’ of modals

What counts as useful advice in a university post-editing training context? Report on a case study.

International audienceThe aim of this paper is to identify posteditingguidelines that need to be highlightedin the context of translation training.The analysis of a corpus of textspost-edited by 10 translation trainees revealshow they intuitively approach postediting.The corpus shows that stylisticand phraseological changes are kept to aminimum, and that most errors occur inthe field of calque or translation loss. Onthe basis of the intuitive post-editingstrategies observed, a number of recommendationsare made for teaching purposes,and they include the need for error analysis of MT output

Contribution des modèles numériques de terrain à la simulation des écoulements dans un réseau hydrographique : exemple du bassin de Bras-David (Guadeloupe)

A partir des Modèles Numériques de Terrain (MNT), il est possible d'établir un modèle de drainage de la surface suivant la méthode dite de la "descente maximale" (approximation d'un écoulement superficiel dans la direction de la ligne de la plus grande pente). Le modèle ainsi obtenu est corrigé afin de respecter le principe de la connexité à l'exutoire des "chemins de l'eau" simulés dans les zones exoréïques. Il permet d'extraire le réseau de talweg puis le réseau hydrographique associé à partir d'un critère d'encaissement des formes de terrain mesuré à partir du MNT. L'écoulement concentré peut alors être simulé. Deux caractéristiques hydrodynamiques des bassins versants modélisés sont : le temps de réponse à une impulsion instantanée, et le débit maximum spécifique. Un exemple d'application est donné sur le bassin du Bras-David (34 km2) en Guadeloupe. Les caractéristiques hydrodynamiques simulées respectent l'ordre de grandeur des valeurs observées sur des crues unitaires réelles. La méthode proposée permet d'esquisser certaines propriétés de formes de l'hydrogramme unitaire, liées exclusivement aux pentes des profils en long et aux caractéristiques du résea