PdF:AJ5205 Interpreting Skills - Course Information

AJ5205 Interpreting Skills

Extent and Intensity

0/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Martin Němec, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

doc. Mgr. Olga Dontcheva-Navrátilová, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Popelková
Supplier department: Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education

Timetable of Seminar Groups

AJ5205/01: Sat 7. 3. 8:30–12:40 učebna 64, Sat 4. 4. 8:30–12:40 učebna 64, M. Němec

Prerequisites

As the seminar is practically oriented, it is necessary that students can easily understand English speakers and will be ready to react and try the job of an interpreter.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

Interpreting seminar is practically oriented and the task is to learn and try to interpret in real life situations.
At the end of this course, the students should have the ability to self study the techniques necessary for the interpreting.
Main objectives can be summarized as follows:
to try consecutive techniques
to try simultaneous techniques

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the students will be able:
manage the consecutive interpreting techniques,
manage simultaneous interpreting techniques.

Syllabus

• 1) Basics of interpreting
• 2) How to make it?
• 3) Preparations, study of vocabulary
• 4) Journalism - interpreting media
• 5) Technical Presentation - how to interpret
• 7) Consecutive skills
• 8) Simultaneous skills

Literature

• GILLIES, Andrew. Note-taking for consecutive interpreting : a short course. Manchester: St. Jerome Publishing, 2005, 239 s. ISBN 1900650827. info
• PÖCHHACKER, Franz. Introducing interpreting studies. 1st publ. London: Routledge, 2004, xii, 252. ISBN 0415268877. info
• Teaching translation and interpreting : training, talent and experience. Edited by Cay Dollerup - Anne Loddegaard. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1992, vii, 343. ISBN 1556194536. info
• ČEŇKOVÁ, Ivana. Teoretické aspekty simultánního tlumočení : na materiálu rusko-českém a česko-ruském. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1988. info
• Problémy překladu a tlumočení : teorie - výuka - praxe. Edited by Milan Hrala - Ladislav Zadražil. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1981. info

Teaching methods

class practice

Assessment methods

Methods:
practical exercise
Credit Requirements:
- attendance
- practising interpreting skills
- final interpreting task - 4 minutes of simultaneous interpreting

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Předmět bude realizován, pokud se přihlásí alespoň 15 studentů.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin ve 2 blocích.

Teacher's information

Pokud již předem víte, že není možné z nějakých organizačních důvodů možné se dostavit do oblou bloků výuky, neregistrujte si prosím tento předmět. Výuka je ryze praktická a není možno zameškanou látku dohnat nějakou formou samostudia.
PLEASE NOTE! Due to the quarantine in semester Spring 2020, the credit requirements will be fulfilled only by online means. All the tasks will be evaluated online and the feedback will be only provided by mail and further online means in IS MUNI.

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