APG5874 Global translation and interpreting professional practices
Faculty of Arts
APG5874 Global translation and interpreting professional practices is a level 5, 12-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2020 in Semester 1 at Caulfield. It needs APG5048 or APG5885 and unlocks 1 unit.
- Credit points
- 12
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 1
- Caulfield
- Workload
- 288 hours
- per semester
The 2027 handbook has no page for APG5874. This is its 2020 entry, the latest one.
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Requisites
Before APG5874
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
After APG5874
1 unit list APG5874 as a prerequisite or corequisite.
Enrolment rules
Students in the Translation stream should complete APG5048 prior to enrolling in this unit.
Students in the Interpreting and translation stream should complete APG5885 prior to enrolling in this unit.
Overview
Students undertaking this unit will be provided with opportunities to further develop their knowledge of the T&I sector, locally and globally, and to apply the professional skills and aptitudes they have developed during the course to more industry-centred activities.
Regular translation activities will be offered that aim to strengthen students' competence in domain-specific or specialised translation contexts as well as in project management, revision, editing, translation technology and post-editing.
Regular activities in interpreting will be offered that will provide students with the opportunity to learn more about professional practices in various fields of public service interpreting (legal, healthcare, mental health, etc) and in the conference interpreting sector (mock multilingual conferences and meetings where simultaneous and consecutive interpreting is required).
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Caulfield | On campus |
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Apply acquired T&I professional skills to simulated real-life situations;
- 2
Exercise professional judgement in developing new understandings of the T&I industry demands and requirements;
- 3
Develop further professional knowledge of T&I local and global norms and standards;
- 4
Show technical skill in designing, conducting and acting in mock professional situations;
- 5
Collaborate with industry professionals and fellow trainees on projects reflecting workplace practices.
Workload and teaching
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 288 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Marc Orlando
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Shani Tobias
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for APG5874?
You need APG5048 or APG5885 before you enrol. Enrolment rules also apply.
What can I take after APG5874?
APG5874 is a prerequisite or corequisite for 1 unit, including APG5616.
When is APG5874 offered?
In 2020, APG5874 runs in Semester 1 at Caulfield.
How much work is APG5874?
The handbook expects about 288 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
More details
- Credit points
- 12
- Level
- 5
- Study level
- Postgraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Arts
- Organisational unit
- Translation Studies
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.250
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 1
- Study abroad
- Not available
- Handbook years
- 2020