Translator and interpreter training: module 3, Simultaneous interpreting 2, elective module: specialised language Field of study: English Philology
Programme code: 02-S1FA12.2018

Module name: Translator and interpreter training: module 3, Simultaneous interpreting 2, elective module: specialised language
Module code: 02-FA-TX-S1KT3-TS-6
Programme code: 02-S1FA12.2018
Semester: summer semester 2020/2021
Language of instruction: Polish
Form of verification: exam
ECTS credits: 3
Description:
Students acquire and develop interpreting skills necessary for simultaneous interpreting of legal and medical texts. They develop their knowledge of the interpreting process and important factors having a direct impact on its outcome. These factors include interpreting methods and procedures. Students interpret texts from Polish into English and from English into Polish. They work in class (individually, in pairs or in groups) and at home. The texts to interpret vary in terms of genre, subject matter and target audience.
Prerequisites:
(no information given)
Key reading:
Chmiel, A., & Janikowski, P. (Eds.). (2015). Dydaktyka tłumaczenia ustnego. Katowice: Stowarzyszenie Inicjatyw Wydawniczych przy współpracy UŚ i UAM. Florczak, J. (2013). Tłumaczenia symultaniczne i konsekutywne: teoria i praktyka. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo C. H. Beck. Jones, R. (2014). Conference interpreting explained. Amsterdam/New York: Routledge.
Learning outcome of the module Codes of the learning outcomes of the programme to which the learning outcome of the module is related [level of competence: scale 1-5]
The student possesses skills allowing them to organise their own work and complete interpreting tasks; is able to work with a partner in a booth. [TX-S1KT3-TS-6_K1]
 FA1_K04 [4/5]
The student applies their knowledge in a wide cultural context of the dynamic service market. [TX-S1KT3-TS-6_K2]
 FA1_K05 [4/5]
The student is able to apply their knowledge of the English-speaking world to appropriate historical and current cultural processes, art movements and social phenomena and use it in the interpreting process. [TX-S1KT3-TS-6_U1]
 FA1_U05 [3/5]
The student is able to apply their knowledge while performing interpretations in the legal and medical context. [TX-S1KT3-TS-6_U2]
 FA1_U07 [2/5]
The student knows linguistic, cultural, literary and socio-historical contexts of the English-speaking world and contrasts them with the corresponding Polish realities. [TX-S1KT3-TS-6_W1]
 FA1_W06 [2/5]
The student has reliable knowledge of the most important historical and contemporary cultural and artistic trends as well as their representatives in the English-speaking world and in Poland. [TX-S1KT3-TS-6_W2]
 FA1_W12 [1/5]
Type Description Codes of the learning outcomes of the module to which assessment is related
Polish-English and English-Polish interpreting [TX-S1KT3-TS-6_w_1]
The student interprets a short text. The interpretation is discussed with the teacher.
 TX-S1KT3-TS-6_K1 TX-S1KT3-TS-6_K2 TX-S1KT3-TS-6_U1 TX-S1KT3-TS-6_U2 TX-S1KT3-TS-6_W1 TX-S1KT3-TS-6_W2
Exam [TX-S1KT3-TS-6_w_2]
A-B (Polish-English) and B-A (English-Polish) simultaneous interpreting
 TX-S1KT3-TS-6_K1 TX-S1KT3-TS-6_K2 TX-S1KT3-TS-6_U1 TX-S1KT3-TS-6_U2 TX-S1KT3-TS-6_W1 TX-S1KT3-TS-6_W2
Form of teaching Student's own work Assessment of the learning outcomes
Type Description (including teaching methods) Number of hours Description Number of hours
practical classes [TX-S1KT3-TS-6_fs_1]
Classes are conducted in an interpreting laboratory which enables individual work with students.
 30
Individual homework recordings of short texts. Self-development with quasi-translation exercises; Self-development of vocabulary base.
 30 Polish-English and English-Polish interpreting [TX-S1KT3-TS-6_w_1] Exam [TX-S1KT3-TS-6_w_2]
Attachments
Module description (PDF)
Information concerning module syllabuses might be changed during studies.
Syllabuses (USOSweb)
Semester Module Language of instruction
(no information given)