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340083 UE Simultaneous Interpreting II: Russian (2024S)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 34 - Translationswissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

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Details

max. 30 participants
Language: Russian

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Friday 15.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 1 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 1.OG
  • Friday 22.03. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 1 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 1.OG
  • Friday 12.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 1 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 1.OG
  • Friday 19.04. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 1 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 1.OG
  • Friday 03.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 1 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 1.OG
  • Friday 10.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 1 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 1.OG
  • Friday 17.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 1 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 1.OG
  • Friday 24.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 1 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 1.OG
  • Friday 31.05. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 1 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 1.OG
  • Friday 07.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 1 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 1.OG
  • Friday 14.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 1 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 1.OG
  • Friday 21.06. 13:15 - 14:45 Hörsaal 1 ZfT Gymnasiumstraße 50 1.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

GOALS: To improve the skill of simultaneous interpreting from Russian into German and vice versa, by practicing and critically assessing your own work; improve the capacity to do research on various topics; expanding vocabulary in both languages; raise awareness of quality criteria in simultaneous interpreting (e.g. coherence, level of expression etc.); Improving interpreting strategies (anticipation, condensation, time lag etc.) team work in the interpreting booth
CONTENT: Simultaneous interpreting of texts (usually videos) from different fields, such as politics, economics, culture, social affairs etc.
METHODS: Practicing, peer-to-peer feedback and feedback provided by the lecturer; (critical) self-assessment by presenting an "interpreting portfolio"

Assessment and permitted materials

Attending the course and active participation
Interpreting videos and texts (both with and without preparation)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Attendance and participation (students are allowed to be absent max. 2 times per semester)
Working on vocabulary (will be encouraged by testing)
Interpreting during the class, including feedback for peers
Creating an "interpreting diary" at the end of the semester (written reflection on selected own, partly transcribed interpreting performances).

The grade is made up of the following components:
Transcribed interpreting recordings (min. 5): 70 %
Homework and active participation in the units: 30%.
For a positive semester grade, more than half of the performances must be positively evaluated.
Interpreting is graded according to the criteria of content (50 %), target language (30 %) and interpreting skills and presentation (20 %), see assessment criteria: https://transvienna.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/z_translationswiss/Studium/Masterstudium/BEURTEILUNGSKRITERIEN_SIM-Studierende.pdf.
Grading:
90 %: 1
80 %: 2
70 %: 3
60 %: 4
<60 %: 5

Examination topics

Continuous assessment of students' performance
Interpreting in class
Active participation
(if necessary, 2-3 test simulations, so as to get used to the testing situation)

Reading list

- Pöchhacker, Franz (2007) Dolmetschen. Konzeptuelle Grundlagen und deskriptive Untersuchungen. Tübingen: Stauffenburg
- Pöchhacker, Franz (2016): Simultandolmetschen. In: KADRIĆ, M., KAINDL, K. (Hg.): Berufsziel Übersetzen und Dolmetschen. Grundlagen, Ausbildung, Arbeitsfelder. Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto, 65-83
- Stähle, Jürgen (2009) Vom Übersetzen zum Simultandolmetschen. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag
- Zwischenberger, Cornelia (2013) Qualität und Rollenbilder beim simultanen Konferenzdolmetschen. Berlin: Frank & Timme

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