(MA) Master of Arts
Conference Interpreting with Advanced Technologies (Chinese-English)
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University of Essex
University of Essex
Language and Linguistics
Colchester Campus
Masters
Full-time
MA T1QE12
10/05/2023
Details
Professional accreditation
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Admission criteria
We will consider applicants with a 2:2 or above (or international equivalent) in a subject which has a major component of English.
If Mandarin Chinese is not your first language, you will need to hold HSK level 6 to be considered for this course.
Applicants may be required to attend an interview (by skype) and successfully pass Translation and Interpreting aptitude tests.
IELTS (International English Language Testing System) code
IELTS 6.5 overall with a minimum component score of 6.0
If you do not meet our IELTS requirements then you may be able to complete a pre-sessional English pathway that enables you to start your course without retaking IELTS.
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External examiners
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External Examiners are normally academics from other higher education institutions, but may be from the industry, business or the profession as appropriate for the course.
They comment on how well courses align with national standards, and on how well the teaching, learning and assessment methods allow students to develop and demonstrate the relevant knowledge and skills needed to achieve their awards.
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Programme aims
1. To develop high-level interpreting skills, including Simultaneous Interpreting, Simultaneous Interpreting with Text, Consecutive Interpreting, Bilateral Interpreting and Sight Translation.
2. To provide knowledge and technologies to develop skills for computer-assisted interpreting
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3. Using advanced technologies to enhance interpreters’ efficiency in pre-task preparation, terminology acquisition, self-evaluation and acquisition of subject knowledge
4. To provide students with principles underlying the practice of translation and interpreting.
5. To develop students’ ability to translate accurately between English and Chinese and delivering assignments to variable deadlines.
6. To build up experience and professional skills required as a conference interpreter with mock conferences, events, fieldtrips and internships
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7. To provide students with an overview of key theoretical concepts and professional practices in Computer Aided Translation, machine translation and post-editing skills necessary for employment in professional translation.
8. To prepare students to professional translation and interpreting Project Management.
9. To give students the opportunity to undertake a practical project in translation and interpreting and to reflect critically on the experience.
10. To provide students with a solid understanding of the code and ethics of professional translation, and interpreting.
Learning outcomes and learning, teaching and assessment methods
On successful completion of the programme a graduate should demonstrate knowledge and skills as follows:
A: Knowledge and understanding
A1: Essential knowledge and skills required to work as an advanced level of interpreter in the language industry
A2: Technologies used to enhance interpreting performance and interpreter's efficiency.
A3: Technologies used to support translation, post-editing and interpreting.
A4: Specialist handling of Terminology (Termbases), Translation Memories, Machine translation and post editing skills for a range of commercial, public sector and media contexts.
A5: Proficient knowledge of Translation and interpreting Project Management
A6: Theories of translation and Interpreting
Learning methods
A1 and A2 is addressed through lectures, seminar discussion and lab practices. A3 and A4 are addressed through attendance at lectures and application of the principles encountered in lectures to practical tasks undertaken in classes, labs and in independent work. A4 is developed through the construction of personal glossaries and Translation Memories based on assignments undertaken in class, lab and independent work.
Assessment methods
Methods used to assess knowledge and understanding typically include lab tests, translation audio-visual assignments, for the technical modules and quizzes/essays writing for the theoretical modules. The most highly weighted measure of students’ knowledge and understanding is the MA dissertation, which comprises a practical translation/interpreting or practical subtitling project component, and a reflective/evaluative component.
B: Intellectual and cognitive skills
B1: Identification of the key elements of information in a range of different types of oral and written discourse.
B2: Organisation of ideas, arguments and evidence in the production of written and oral discourse.
B3: Communicating ideas expressed in one language effectively in a second language.
B4: Use of language that is appropriate to different spoken registers and written genres.
Learning methods
Methods used to develop intellectual/cognitive skills typically include acquisition of knowledge through lectures (B1 and B4), and application of knowledge acquired in lectures to practical tasks undertaken in classes, labs and in independent work (B1-B5).
Assessment methods
Methods used to assess knowledge and understanding typically include translations and interpreting coursework, essay/report writing. The most highly weighted measure of students’ intellectual and cognitive skills is the MA dissertation, which comprises a practical translation, or practical interpreting assignment and a reflective/evaluative component.
C: Practical skills
C1: Production of fast and accurate written translations of texts drawn from a variety of genres.
C2: Production of fast and accurate translations of aurally presented discourse across a range of registers (Subtitling/Dubbing/voiceover).
C3: Competent usage of computer-based technologies and audio-visual technologies in translation and interpreting.
C4: Competent and effective post editing skills appropriate to machine translation and other Computer Aided Translation
C5: Advanced research skills and pre-task preparation techniques
Learning methods
Methods used to develop practical skills typically include working with specialised software, translation and post editing skills undertaken in classes and labs and undertaken as independent work outside the classroom. A series of seminars and workshops led by industrial professionals will complement the standard teaching.
Assessment methods
Methods used to assess knowledge and understanding typically include translations and interpreting coursework, essay/report writing. The most highly weighted measure of students’ intellectual and cognitive skills is the MA dissertation, which comprises a practical translation, or practical interpreting assignment and a reflective/evaluative component.
D: Key skills
D1: Communicating ideas, information and arguments in oral and written form between English and Chinese, with a level of fluency, accuracy, clarity and effectiveness across a range of registers and styles
D2: IT skills that include Word-processing, PowerPoints, email, searching of e-resources, term-management applications, cloud-sharing applications, e-meeting applications, Computer Aided Translation (CAT) and use of dubbing and subtitling software.
D3: Interpreting numbers in contexts
D4: Pre-task preparation techniques, finding, understanding and organising information; project management; evaluating the merits of different solutions to problems.
D5: Collaborating with others to practice and acquire skills, produce joint solutions to problems, peer-evaluation.
D6: Working autonomously; time management; working to deadlines; using e-resources to inform decisions.
Learning methods
Methods used to develop key skills typically include designed individual/group interpreting practice, task-based learning activities, translation practice using a variety of CAT tools including machine translation, post editing, inside as well as outside the classroom.
Assessment methods
Methods used to assess key skills typically include: Role-plays, interpreting tasks, presentations, mock conferences, translations and post editing tasks, quizzes and essay writing. The most highly weighted measure of students’ acquisition of key skills is the MA dissertation, which comprises a practical translation, or practical interpreting project component and a reflective/evaluative component.