Conference Interpreting Skills (CIS)
مهارات الترجمة في المؤتمرات
Conference Interpreting Skills training is a hands-on tailor-made program to set translators and potential professional translation seekers apart from the crowd and bring them eye to eye with the nuts and bolts of the interpreting industry. The training showcases current and potential employers and clients that you have solid nuggets of knowledge and know-how to wield a positive impact on bottom-line results and ensure smooth accurate interpreting.
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- Type: Classroom/Hybrid/Online/On-Client Premise
- Duration: 20 hours & 32 hours of structured remote practice
- Language: English and Arabic
Objectives:
Conference Interpreting Skills training is tailor-made to:
- Build up interpreting-related skills, including public speaking, mental alertness/split attention, note-taking and listening skills;
- Give the participants a space to practice sight translation, consecutive and simultaneous interpreting;
- Familiarize the participants with the interpreting equipment;
- Provide guidance on interpreting ethics and conduct; and
- Equip the participants with the tools needed to expand their knowledge.
Topics:
o Sight translation o Consecutive interpreting o Simultaneous interpreting |
o Sight translation practice
o Sight paraphrasing
o What to note
o How to note
o When to note
o Consecutive interpreting practice
o Practice exercise
o Practice various speeds of a speaker
o Practice various accents of a speaker
o Practice with the use of interpreting equipment
o Recording practice efforts and getting feedback on performance
o Receive a reading kit to support their general knowledge.
o Content is selected based on the
o Give a detailed assessment on the level of the interpreting skills through an exercise
o Design a practice plan over a course of one month
o Participants take away is a reading plan and a practice action plan to develop their skills further within the following 1-3 months upon their commitment to the plan.
Prerequisites
English and Arabic Language proficiency test
