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ITP 104 - Consecutive Interpreting


Credits: 4
4 Skills Lab Hours

Prerequisites: A grade of “C” or better in ITP 103  
Co-requisites: ASL 210  

Description
This course further develops students’ translation and discourse analysis skills by applying them to consecutive interpretation. Consecutive interpretation skills leads to greater accuracy in simultaneous interpretation, while allowing students to work on a dynamically equivalent message with less time pressure than simultaneous interpreting. Students learn to assess their own work and the work of peers for accuracy and equivalence.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will:

  1. Describe the differences between translation, consecutive and simultaneous interpretation.
  2. Apply a variety of processing models (Gish, Cokely, Colonomos, Russell among others) to a variety of source material.
  3. Apply discourse analysis and translation skills to new texts to produce consecutive interpretations.
  4. Analyze a work product for strengths and needs to find positive evidence of equivalence and errors and omissions.
  5. Produce an interpretation that conforms to the linguistic, cultural and professional norms of the speaker.
Listed Topics
  1. History of consecutive interpreting
  2. Errors in interpretation
  3. Listening
  4. Memory
  5. Reformulation
  6. Monitoring and correction
  7. Uses for consecutive interpreting
  8. Notetaking
Reference Materials
Instructor-approved textbooks and materials
Students who successfully complete this course acquire general knowledge, skills and abilities that align with CCAC’s definition of an educated person. Specifically, this course fulfills these General Education Goals:
  • Communication
  • Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Approved By: Dr. Quintin B. Bullock Date Approved: 4/26/2021


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