Course Title: Context and Practice of Interpreting 2 (in both language directions) Cantonese

Part A: Course Overview

Course ID: 037731

Program: C6067

Course Title: Context and Practice of Interpreting 2 (in both language directions) Cantonese

Portfolio: DSC

Nominal Hours: 80.0

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Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

LANG5412

City Campus

TAFE

365T Global Studies, Soc Sci & Plng

Face-to-Face

Term1 2007

Course Contact: Miranda Lai

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99253523

Course Contact Email: miranda.lai@rmit.edu.au


Course Description

This course aims to further develop students’ skills and knowledge in oral transfer, the primary competency of the Professional Interpreter, and to locate and apply the relevant contextual knowledge required of complex assignments.


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Pre-Requisites:
Context and Practice of Interpreting 1 (in both language directions)
Co-Requisites:
This course will be delivered concurrently with LANG5396 (VBN932) Discourse Studies for Interpreters and LANG5398 (VBN934) Ethics and Professional Practice.



National Competency Codes and Titles

VBN926

Context and Practice of Interpreting 2 (in both language directions) Arabic


Learning Outcomes

1. Carry out the interpretation of dialogues and short speeches in the consecutive mode at the professional level.
2. Examine a range of institutional and professional contexts in which interpreting and translating take place as professional activities, and apply related concepts and vocabulary within more complex interpreting practice.


Overview of Assessment

NAATI Accreditation Examination: 2 bilingual dialogues and 2 speeches (one from English into LOTE, one from LOTE into English) to be interpreted consecutively
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