2017/18 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

FREN3880 Introduction to Professional Translation and Interpreting

20 creditsClass Size: 24

Module manager: Terry Bradford
Email: flltjbr@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2017/18

Pre-requisite qualifications

Ability to study a module taught in French, usually evidenced by having successfully completed level 2 of a degree programme including French.

This module is mutually exclusive with

FREN2350	Introduction to Professional Translation and Interpreting
FREN2355	Introduction to Professional Translation and Interpreting
FREN3800	French-English Translation Skills for Erasmus Students

This module is approved as a discovery module

Module summary

Lectures will cover professionalism & ethics, modes of interpreting, types of translation (including sight translation), and strategies for effective translation & interpreting. The lectures will allow for discussion of certain issues. Seminars will enable students to play the roles of interpreter (acting also as sight-translator), service provider, and 'client'.

Objectives

This module gives you the opportunity – through role-play and simulated scenarios – to try different modes of translation and interpreting. It raises questions of ethics – as well as linguistics – and what it means to be a professional interpreter.

Learning outcomes
1/ To introduce you to some of the theory of translation as well as different modes of interpreting;
2/ To practise sight translation and different types of interpreting: liaison, community, simultaneous interpreting, and chuchotage;
3/ To consider the importance of ethics.

Syllabus

At the end of the module students should be able to:
1/ understand different modes/contexts of interpreting;
2/ interpret (and to sight-translate) appropriately in given contexts;
3/ show awareness of the ethical dimension of the professional linguist's work.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	20	1.00	20.00
Seminar	10	1.00	10.00
Private study hours			170.00
Total Contact hours			30.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Private study

This involves reading (theory), research for fortnightly role-play scenarios, and practice (autonomous and in groups) in preparation for the assessment.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Monitoring will take the form of formative sight translation and interpreting exercises. It will also involve observation of contribution in seminars.
Written feedback will be provided mid-course on the portfolio (and glossary).

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Portfolio	1500 words and a glossary of 40-50 terms	50.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		50.00

The portfolio consists of: a reflective overview of sources of research as well as a discussion of glossary terms (with examples of faux amis). The glossary will be on a theme of the student’s choosing: e.g. skin complaints.

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Practical Exam / OSCE	0 hr 60 mins	50.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		50.00

The practical spot exam will be internally organised by module tutors. Interpreting (4-6-minute scenario) and Sight Translation (400 words max)

Reading list

There is no reading list for this module

Last updated: 21/04/2017

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