Simultaneous interpretation and translation (B language) - English level 1 3200-M1-3TSYBA1

Student’s time investment:
30 class hours;
30 hrs preparation + final assignment or test preparation.
In sum: 60 hrs, corresponding to 2 ECTS.

The aim of the course is to introduce students to basic notions related to simultaneous interpreting. The semester starts with students learning about the basic characteristics of simultaneous interpreting and oprocesses occurring during bilingual language control and concurrent listening and speaking. They will learn how to work in booths and use the interpreter desks. Subsequently, students acquire simultaneous interpreting skills first due to simple exercises, and subsequently - by means of simple, short texts (up to 10 minut). Students acquire the skills of paraphrasing, rendering sense and logic, interpreting facts (including numbers and proper names), constructing logical target texts and speaking fluently. At the same time, the teacher provides for practical information about the interpreting profession and professional conduct, as well as basic information about working with clients and other interpreters. In the course of the semeter, the students polish their interpreting skills, at the same time enhancing their general knowledge and language skills, both in their foreign and native lanuguage.

Type of course

obligatory courses

Mode

Classroom

Prerequisites (description)

Introduction to simultaneous interpreting This course covers the following elements: 1. Introduction to interpreting modes and the characteristics of interpreting; 2. Introduction to methods, strategies and techniques of simultaneous interpreting from language B to language A (Polish); 3. Introduction to working in the booth: working with the microphone, interpreter desk, using „mute/cough”; switching from interpreter passive to active mode and vice versa; 4. Developing interpreting skills by means of interpreting gradually more difficult texts; 5. Developing skills such as attentional switching bilingual activation, ear-voice span management and anticipation; developing the interpreter’s working memory; 6. Enhancing the techniques of interpreting narrative and argumentative, circa 10-minute-long texts; 7. Enhancing the quality of interpreting based on the following criteria: accuracy, fluency, target text logic and correctness; 8. Ethics in interpreting.

Course coordinators

Term 2026L:

Wojciech Figiel
Tomasz Korybski

Term 2024L:

Wojciech Figiel
Gabriela Flis
Tomasz Korybski

Term 2025L:

Katarzyna Czarnocka-Gołębiewska
Wojciech Figiel

Learning outcomes

KNOWLEDGE
The graduate knows:
− types and forms of simultaneous interpreting and its development trends (S2_W01, K_W02, K_W03, K_W05, K_W11)
− the tools, basic strategies and techniques of simultaneous interpreting, as well as the rules of cooperation in the booth and working with a microphone (S2_W02, K_W01, K_W02, K_W03, K_W10)
SKILLS
The graduate is able to:
− use the technique of divided attention (S2_ K_U01, K_U03, K_U05)
− maintain optimal décalage (S2_ K_U01, K_U03, K_U05)
− use the anticipation strategy (S2_ K_U01, K_U03, K_U05)
− simultaneously interpret from Spanish into Polish (language A) and from Polish (language A) into Spanish a narrative and argumentative text on current events, 10 minutes long, with a medium level of lexical and phraseological difficulty. (S2 _K_U03, K_U04, K_U07, K_U08, K_U09, K_U10, K_U11, K_U13)
SOCIAL COMPETENCES
The graduate is prepared:
− to uphold the ethos of the translation profession and to observe and develop the principles of professional ethics for interpreters (S2_KO8, K_K04, K_K05)
− to critically evaluate original texts/oral statements and their translations. (S2_KO1, K_K01, K_K05, K_K06)
− recognise the importance of knowledge, including translation knowledge, in solving translation problems. (S2_KO2, K_K01, K_K02, K_K05)

Assessment criteria

- regular attendance, 80% of all classes as a minimum
- active participation in classes
- successful delivery of final exercise/s, assessment criteria:
- content: 60%
- language: 20%
- delivery: 20%

Bibliography

Gile D. 1995b. Basic concepts and models for interpreter and translator training. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: J.Benjamins
Gillies A. 2000/2004 Tłumaczenie ustne. Nowy poradnik dla studentów. Conference interpreting. Kraków: Tertium
Jones R. 2002. Conference Interpreting Explained. Manchester: St. Jerome Publishing.
Kopczyński A. 1980. Conference Interpreting. Some Linguisitic and Communicative Problems. Poznań: Wyd.UAM
Tryuk M. 2006. Przekład ustny środowiskowy. Warsaw: PWN
Tryuk M. 2006 (red.) Teoria i dydaktyka przekładu konferencyjnego. Warszawa: Wyd. Takt.
Tryuk M. 2007 Przekład ustny konferencyjny. Warszawa, PWN.
Tryuk M. (red.)2010. O tłumaczach, prawnikach, lekarzach i urzędnikach. Teoria i praktyka przekładu środowiskowego w Polsce. Warsaw: Wyd. BelStudio
Ocena tłumaczenia ustnego/Evaluating an Interpreter’s Performance 1998. Łódź: OBiSP UŁ.
Seleskovitch D., Lederer M. 2002. Pedagogie raisonnée de l’interprétation. Paris: Didier Erudition.

AIIC.: www.aiic.net
SCIC EU: www.scic.ec.europa.eu
STP: www.stp.org.p
STP: www.stp.org.p
EMCI: www.emcinterpreting.org

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