Credit Points 10

Legacy Code 101482

Coordinator Kenny Wang Opens in new window

Description This is a compulsory unit in all the postgraduate NAATI approved awards. It aims to provide practice and constructive feedback to students preparing for the accreditation examinations. A pass in the unit in at least one of the following options: Interpreting, Translation into English, or Translation from English with 70% will make students eligible for NAATI accreditation on completion of the rest of the requirements of the course.

School Humanities & Comm Arts

Discipline Translating and Interpreting

Student Contribution Band HECS Band 1 10cp

Level Postgraduate Coursework Level 7 subject

Equivalent Subjects LGYB 3382 - Accreditation Studies

Restrictions

Students must be enrolled in programs 1777, 1776, 1775, 1816, 1637, 1638 or 1639. Special Requirements Corequisites: For Students enrolled in 1637.1 Graduate Diploma in Interpreting the following corequisites apply: 100916, 100921, 100922, 100927 and A7456. For Students enrolled in 1637.2 Graduate Diploma in Interpreting the following corequisites apply: 100916, 100922, 101695, 101696 and A7456. For Students enrolled in 1638.1 Graduate Diploma in Translation the following corequisites apply: 100917,100921, 100924, 100927 and A7456. For Students enrolled in 1638.2 Graduate Diploma in Translation the following corequisites apply: 100917,100924, 101695, 101696 and A7456. For Students enrolled in 1639.1 Master of Interpreting and Translation the following corequisites apply: 100916, 100917, 100921, 100922, 100924, 100927 and A7456. For Students enrolled in 1639.2 Master of Interpreting and Translation the following corequisites apply: 100916, 100917, 100922, 100924, 101695, 101696 and A7456.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

1. demonstrate understanding of the format, standards and requirement of NAATI accreditation examinations;
2. apply the translation and/or interpreting techniques necessary to pass accreditation examinations;
3. produce accurate and idiomatic translations and/or interpreting;
4. critique interpreting and translation quality through implementing principles of translation/interpreting quality assessment.

Subject Content

Dialogue and consecutive interpreting in simulated settings such as medical consultations, public meetings and courtrooms
Translation to and from English of 250-word passages in a variety of formal genres under timed conditions
Sight translation of written texts (190-210 words in length)