Welcome to Polilengua’s Introduction to Interpreting
About the course
This course aims at enhancing learners’ basic interpreting skills. The course is designed to be an introduction to fundamentals of conference interpreting from English into Arabic and vice versa. It covers techniques of at sight, consecutive, and simultaneous interpreting in a variety of texts (e.g. journalistic, business, medical…etc). The course includes theoretical and practical aspects and tasks, enhancing the skills of the students. The class will be conducted in both English and Arabic, as the instructional materials, assignments and activities compass both languages.
Course content
- Introduction to interpreting
- Interpreting techniques
- At sight interpreting
- Consecutive interpreting
- Simultaneous interpreting
- Note-taking techniques
- Technology of interpreting
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students should:
- Master different interpreting techniques and become able to employ them, while respecting the speaker’s intentions and register.
- Understand the difference between translation and interpretation.
- Manage stress, breathing and public speaking fright.
- Employ various techniques to produce a logical progression of ideas in the TL.
- Interpret consecutively and simultaneously a 2-5-minute simple text
- Develop expertise in their working languages in practicing interpreting.
- Demonstrate a thorough command of their working languages while interpreting.
- Enhance the speed of the mental process while interpreting.
Course Requirements
Applicants must have…
- Good command of English and Arabic
- Basic computer literacy.
- PC/Laptop.
- Good internet connection.
Curriculum
- 12 Sections
- 83 Lessons
- Lifetime
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- OrientationOrientation3
- Assignments2
- GlossariesIncrease your wordrobe!14
- Module 1Introduction to Interpreting4
- Module 2Modes of Interpreting: At sight Interpreting2
- Module 3Modes of Interpreting: Consecutive Interpreting16
- 6.1Consecutive Interpreting
- 6.2Processes of Consecutive Interpreting (P1)
- 6.3Processes of Consecutive Interpreting (P2)
- 6.4Listening Exercise 1
- 6.5Listening Exercise 2
- 6.6Listening Exercise 3
- 6.7Understanding and Analyzing P1
- 6.8Understanding and Analyzing P2
- 6.9Processes of Consecutive Interpreting (Memory & Remembering)
- 6.10Visual Prompts
- 6.11Memory Palace technique
- 6.12Exercise #1
- 6.13Narrative prompts
- 6.14Narrative prompts Exercise 1
- 6.15Narrative prompts Exercise 2
- 6.16Settings for Consecutive Interpreting
- Module 4Consecutive Interpreting Exercises5
- Module 5Note-taking for Consecutive Interpreting2
- Module 6Simultaneous Interpreting7
- Module 7Interpreting Strategies: (Simultaneous and Consecutive)27
- 10.1Interpreting Strategy #1
- 10.2Interpreting Strategy #2
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- Module 8Foods to boost brain and memory1
- Final exam2
