摘要:Writing a synthesis in a foreign language is a very complex exercise. It is a reduction of several texts which treat the same subject and however, may be of various types. Writing a synthesis means confronting and blending together elements from multiple sources, which involve several mental operations: analysis, comparison, judgement. This work aims to present the advantages this exercise has in the professional development of future translators, as well as the methods they are taught to use in order to obtain a good synthesis. Studying how to write a synthesis is very profitable as it improves the students’ qualities of thinking and expression.