NJI_320 Preparing for Simultaneous Interpreting (SI)

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Magdalena Havlová, CSc. (lecturer)
PhDr. Zdeněk Mareček, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Magdalena Havlová, CSc.
Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: PhDr. Dana Spěváková
Supplier department: Department of German, Scandinavian and Netherland Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 12:00–13:40 G21
Prerequisites
Good knowledge of German to be able to interpret in both directions (German-Czech, Czech-German). For this reason this course is not suitable for Bachelor studies students.
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 15 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/15, only registered: 0/15, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/15
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Various kinds of interpreting will be discussed (sight translation, consecutive and simultaneous interpreting), as well as problems and inhibitions in the process of SI.
Syllabus
  • 1. Working with text to prepare for SI: syntactic and semantic simplification, gisting 2. Note-taking 3. Exercises to practise concentration, correct breathing and voice techniques 4. Preparing specialized glossaries from various domains 5. Speaker-Interpreter-Listener interaction 6. Literature and culture 7. Music 8. Legal interpreting 9. Interpreting business meetings 10. Medicine and technology 11. Ethical aspects of interpreting
Literature
  • Christiane Driesen, Haimo Petersen: Gerichtsdolmetschen : Grundwissen und -fertigkeiten. Tübingen : Narr, 2011 .
  • Doing justice to court interpreting. Edited by Miriam Shlesinger - Franz Pöchhacker. Philadelphia: John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2010, viii, 246. ISBN 9789027287625. info
  • The interpreting studies reader. Edited by Franz Pöchhacker - Miriam Shlesinger. 1st publ. London: Routledge, 2002, xii, 436. ISBN 0415224780. info
  • PÖCHHACKER, Franz. Introducing interpreting studies. 1st publ. London: Routledge, 2004, xii, 252. ISBN 0415268877. info
Teaching methods
Explanations based on practical situations, work in groups and individual practice
Assessment methods
Active participation, continuous assessment
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Spring 2019, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022.
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