Recommended Study Sequence

This unit will aim to provide an overview of the major theoretical notions which underpin the practice of Interpreting and Translation. A background knowledge of this theory is essential in the development of professional skills, behaviour and praxis.

This core unit in the postgraduate Interpreting and Translation programs is divided into two main sections: interpreting techniques and translation techniques, including information technology. This unit deals with high-level specialised technical skills necessary for the different types of interpreting: dialogue, consecutive, simultaneous and sight translation. It also deals with various aspects of translation and information technology relevant to translation (i.e., computer-assisted translation technologies and the use of the Internet). The unit is run in English for students of all languages.

This unit aims to provide students with the opportunity to examine in depth some of the principal facets and manifestations of bilingualism and the problems involved in intercultural communication.

This unit aims to develop skills in translation from and into English in a number of specialised fields: medical documents; technical papers; legal documents; advertising material; journal articles. The aim of the unit is for students to develop skills in producing target texts in styles appropriate to the source text content and function, researching and developing appropriate specialist terminology, editing and revising, and producing camera-ready documents. The unit will be available, depending on sufficient demand, for Arabic, Japanese, Mandarin, Spanish and Vietnamese.

Students need to be Bilingual. Conference Interpreting is a highly complex activity which requires expertise in a variety of high level interpreting skills as well as knowledge of specialised terminology and contextual issues that relate to international fora. This unit aims to provide students with training in all of these areas. The theoretical concepts that underpin Interpreting will be taught and become the basis for all practical work.

This unit aims to equip students to perform adequately as legal interpreters by providing them with the relevant theoretical and practical training.

This unit aims to develop in students an understanding of the intricacies of the language of the law when used in written documents and mainly in the context of the courtroom. It will provide students with a historical overview of the development of Law English, its aims and purposes and its current uses. Special emphasis will be placed on the implications of legal language on legal translations and court interpreting, but the unit is suitable for monolingual students interested in the language of the law.

This unit will aim to provide an overview of the major theoretical notions which underpin the practice of Interpreting and Translation. A background knowledge of this theory is essential in the development of professional skills, behaviour and praxis.

This core unit in the postgraduate Interpreting and Translation programs is divided into two main sections: interpreting techniques and translation techniques, including information technology. This unit deals with high-level specialised technical skills necessary for the different types of interpreting: dialogue, consecutive, simultaneous and sight translation. It also deals with various aspects of translation and information technology relevant to translation (i.e., computer-assisted translation technologies and the use of the Internet). The unit is run in English for students of all languages.

Contrastive Linguistics is fundamentally about learning to describe and discuss the differences and similarities between languages, and in doing so to better understand the complexity of cross-linguistic work. The unit is not designed to produce narrow specialists in any of the braches of linguistics; but the successful student will be able to engage with the broad mass of linguistics literature and thus be able to enrich their knowledge, develop specialised interests, and be able to use linguistic theory to enhance their professional work.

This is an elective unit for honours and postgraduate students of languages and linguistics to provide a focused theoretical and research framework in the area of second language acquisition (SLA) from a psycholinguistic viewpoint. This unit widens the theoretical and methodological basis of those students intending to undertake further studies and/or research in the Linguistics and SLA area and also serves the language teachers interested in applying SLA-based knowledge to pedagogy and classroom research.

This unit aims to develop in students an appreciation of different literary genres in English and in their other language (LOTE) with an emphasis on stylistic and cultural issues to provide a basis for literary translation. The unit will cover literary translation theory and introduce relevant strategies to be applied in practice. The class will be non-language specific, but students will be expected to work from and into their language other than English.

This unit aims to develop students' skills in interpreting at the Professional level (formerly NAATI Level 3) through the modes of dialogue interpreting, consecutive interpreting, simultaneous interpreting and sight translation in the domain of health services.

This unit aims to develop skills in translation from and into English in a number of specialised fields: medical documents; technical papers; legal documents; advertising material; journal articles. The aim of the unit is for students to develop skills in producing target texts in styles appropriate to the source text content and function, researching and developing appropriate specialist terminology, editing and revising, and producing camera-ready documents. The unit will be available, depending on sufficient demand, for Arabic, Japanese, Mandarin and Spanish