| CODE | TTI5020 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Consecutive Interpretation | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Translation, Terminology and Interpreting Studies | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | At the end of the study-unit students will be capable of giving a fluent and effective consecutive interpretation of an intermediate speech lasting 5 to 7 minutes into the target language, accurately reproducing the content of the original and using appropriate terminology and register. Training in these skills will require a variety of exercises, such as content analysis and memory exercises, consecutive interpretation with and without notes, summarisation, sight translation, proficiency and fluency exercises, and note-taking techniques. The speeches used will confront the students with a diversity of subject areas, styles and registers, and their length, information density and difficulty will increase as the study-unit progresses, up to intermediate level. Study-Unit Aims: - Enhance the students’ memory skills through memorisation, note-taking and speech analysis exercises; - Train the students to give a coherent interpretation of speeches progressively increasing in length and difficulty (up to intermediate level and up to a maximum of 5 to 7 minutes); - Familiarise students with a variety of consecutive interpretation settings, including remote settings. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Accurately analyse speeches, up to intermediate level, with a view to interpreting them consecutively; - Have a sound understanding of the note-taking and memorisation techniques required for consecutive interpretation. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Give a fluent and coherent consecutive interpretation of an intermediate-level speech lasting 5 to 7 minutes into the target language, accurately reproducing the content of the original and using appropriate terminology and register. Main Text/s: - Gillies A. (2005) Note-Taking for consecutive interpreting, St. Jerome Pub. - Nolan J. (2012) Interpretation: techniques and exercises. 2nd edition. Multilingual Matters. - Phelan M. (2001) The interpreter’s resource. 1st ed. Bristol: Multilingual Matters. Supplementary reading: - Eynaud J. (2011) Interpreting Models and Strategies for Maltese Interpreters: A Coursebook on Interpreting Studies. Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | The students’ A language (native language) must be Maltese. Students must be proficient in English or Italian as a B language (near-native level). If they do not have a B language, they must have two C languages (official EU languages, one of which must be English, French or German). The students’ proficiency will be assessed prior to the course through a compulsory aptitude test. Additional A and B languages may be added in the future. The course description will be revised annually based on the language profiles in demand with the EU interpreting services and the available resources. The current profile is: A + B or A + CC. The language profiles can be found on https://europa.eu/interpretation/doc/language_profiles.pdf |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Practical | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Michelle Vigar Lucienne Attard Nicola Fiona Mangani |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2024/5. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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