ITP 208 - Simultaneous Interpreting

 
Description
Simultaneous Interpreting is the process which allows people who do not have the same language or culture to communicate directly across those boundaries using a professional interpreter who are trained to attend to one language while expressing themselves simultaneously in another. In this course, students will draw upon their previous coursework to combine the multiple skill processes needed to produce this type of interpretation. This course will be taught in American Sign Language (ASL). Observations for this course will require students to have approved PA clearances.

1. Apply principles learned in translation, discourse analysis, and consecutive interpreting to produce a dynamically equivalent message in the target language.
2. Engage in deliberate practice to assess their own work for errors and reformulate their work to improve it.
3. Demonstrate bicultural competence in their work through their word and sign choices commensurate with the culture they are interpreting into.
4. Articulate the difference between consecutive and simultaneous interpreting and cite examples of when it is appropriate to use one over the other.
5. Continue to develop comprehension skills in both ASL and English vocabulary to find an appropriate equivalent in the target language.

1. Bridging to simultaneous interpreting from consecutive interpreting
2. Sources of errors in interpretations
3. Comprehension of the source language
4. Transfer of meaning, dynamic and functional equivalence
5. Theories and models of interpreting (Giles Effort Model, Gish, Colonomos, Cokely)
6. Reformulation of the source text
7. Self-monitoring and correction

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