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Communication Skills for Translators and Interpreters - TRAN881
This unit is offered on a pass/fail basis.
This unit will focus on working with students to equip them with the necessary spoken and written language skills in English and/or their LOTE (dependent on assessed need) to function as professional translators and interpreters. Students will be given the opportunity to develop their expertise in various genres and text types encountered in the translation and interpreting profession, and will be assessed on the grammar, vocabulary, clarity of expression, register, pragmatics, coherence, and fluency of their language usage; and will also be equipped with the tools for self and peer assessment of language skills.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| When Offered: | S1 Day - Session 1, North Ryde, Day S1 External - Session 1, External (On-campus dates: Compulsory) S2 Day - Session 2, North Ryde, Day |
| Staff Contact(s): | Dr Adrian Buzo |
| Prerequisites: |
Admission to MTransInter or PGDipTransInter or MTransInterMAppLing or MTransInterMIntRel or MIntRel or PGCertTransInter |
| Corequisites: | |
| NCCW(s): | TRAN832, TRAN833 |
| Unit Designation(s): | |
| Assessed As: | Pass/Fail |
| Offered By: | Department of Linguistics Faculty of Human Sciences |
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