Exercises in interpreting in English
- Credits: 6
- Ending: Examination
- Range: 4C
- Semester: winter
- Year: 2
- Faculty of Applied Languages
Teachers
Included in study programs
Teaching results
Knowledge:
- mastering the basic interpreting strategies of reception and oral production of spoken discourse in English and Slovak - selective listening and text production - paraphrasing, compression, generalization, etc.
Competence:
- enhancing memory, interpreting techniques, and interpreting specialized texts, especially in social and economic disciplines.
Skills:
- the ability to translate a short 3-5-minute oral discourse from/into the Slovak language using interpreting notation along with acquired interpreting techniques and strategies.
Indicative content
- Spoken word reception and short-term memory in consecutive interpreting.
- Speech analysis - summaries.
- Recognition and division of main ideas.
- Initial stages of notation. Subordinate clauses. Abbreviations (general, personal). Keywords.
- Connecting expressions. Use of the left margin. Reproduction of speeches from notes.
- Verticality and hierarchy of values. Symbols (universal, specific). Memory aids.
- Writing for different types of lectures and speakers (high language style).
- Spoken discourse in the unilateral and bilateral form of interpretation.
Support literature
Support literature:
1. Downie. Jonathan. Being a successful interpreter: Adding value and delivering excellence. Routledge (2016).
2. Gillies, Andrew. Conference Interpreting: A Student´s practice book. Routledge (2013).
3. ORCIT: www.orcit.eu
Optional literature:
4. Setton, Robin. Conference Interpreting. A Trainer´s Guide. John Benjamins (2016).
5. Müglová, Daniela. Komunikácia, Tlmočenie, Preklad, alebo: Prečo spadla Babylonská veža? Nitra: Enigma (2018).
Requirements to complete the course
Interim evaluation: 30%
Final evaluation: 70%
Student workload
Full-time study: 156 hours. Of which:
52 hours – attendance at seminars
32 hours – preparation for seminars and for the interim evaluation
72 hours – preparation for the final exam
Language whose command is required to complete the course
Slovak, English
Date of approval: 09.02.2023
Date of the latest change: 17.05.2022