PLAGIARISM If you copy or translate textual elements, place the text

PLAGIARISM
What is plagiarism?
Here is the official definition of plagiarism found on the ULB Library website, on
http://www.bib.ulb.ac.be/fr/aide/eviter-le-plagiat/index.html :
« Le plagiat, c'est l' « Utilisation des écrits d'autrui sans mention d'emprunt. »1 Le plagiat constitue
donc un vol, un pillage d'idées et de théories appartenant à d'autres : en évitant de mentionner de qui
elles émanent, les fraudeurs se les attribuent donc, au détriment de leurs créateurs.
Concrètement, le plagiat, c'est :
 Copier textuellement un passage d'un livre, d'une revue ou d'une page Web sans le mettre
entre guillemets et/ou sans en mentionner la source.
 Insérer dans un travail des images, des graphiques, des données, etc. provenant de sources
externes sans indiquer la provenance.
 Résumer l'idée originale d'un auteur en l'exprimant dans ses propres mots, mais en omettant
d'en indiquer la source.
 Traduire partiellement ou totalement un texte sans en mentionner la provenance.
 Utiliser le travail d'une autre personne et le présenter comme le sien (et ce, même si cette
personne a donné son accord). »
How to avoid plagiarism?
In order to avoid plagiarism, you need to apply the rules related to paraphrases and quotations.
If you copy or translate textual elements, place the text between inverted commas and include
a bibliographic reference that is sufficiently complete to be easily identified (the minimum
being the author’s name, the title and the date). For example, this reference can be placed as a
footnote and/or refer back to the complete bibliography at the back of your work.
If you use elements which are not non-textual (i.e.: illustrations, graphs, data, statistics,
images, etc.) you must also indicate its complete bibliographic reference.
These rules apply regardless of the place where you found the copied element: a book, a
magazine, a newspaper, a website, an electronic journal, etc.
Paraphrasing consists in completely rewriting in your own words the passages that you want
to exploit, by changing the vocabulary and the grammatical structure. Paraphrasing is not the
same as translating a passage or simply using synonyms. Even if you paraphrase your source
of information, you must mention its bibliographic reference.
What happens if you plagiarise?
If you plagiarise, you will face strong sanctions. You will get 0/20 as your final mark for
LANG-H-300 and will automatically be adjourned from the exam session. The President of
the BA3 Exam Jury will be notified before the deliberations, and all the teachers present at the
deliberations will also be notified of your fraud.
Plagiarism is very easily detected as your English teacher knows your level of language well.
Should you be in any doubt as to whether you are plagiarising, it is advised you consult your
teacher before committing the irreparable.
1
Définition de l'Office québécois de la langue française, Grand Dictionnaire Terminologique, 2006.