Exercises in interpreting in Spanish
- 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 Spanish 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
Required:
1. Downie. J. Being a successful interpreter. Adding value and delivering excellence. London and New York: Routledge Tylor and Francis Group, 2016. ISBN-13: 978-1138119697
2. Gillies, A. Conference Interpreting A Student´s practice book. London New York: Routledge Tylor and Francis Group, 2013. ISBN-13: 978-0415532365
3. Online Resources for Conference Interpreter Training (ORCIT): www.orcit.eu
Optional:
4. Setton, R. Conference Interpeting. A Trainer´s Guide. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2016. ISBN: 9789027258632
5. Müglová, D. Komunikácia, Tlmočenie, Preklad, alebo: Prečo spadla Babylonská veža? Nitra: Enigma, 2018. ISBN: 9788081330742
6. Vertanová S.; Andoková M.; Štubňa P.; Moyšová S. Tlmočník ako rečník. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, 2015. ISBN: 978-80-223-4994-9
Requirements to complete the course
Interim evaluation: 40%
Final evaluation: 60%
Student workload
Total student workload: 156 hours.
Attendance at seminars: 52 hours
Preparation for seminars: 42 hours
Preparation for the exam: 62 hours
Date of approval: 09.02.2023
Date of the latest change: 19.05.2022