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Lecturer(s)
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Pálušová Martina, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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The course builds on Interpreting Practice 1 and focuses on the further development of practical interpreting skills in more demanding communicative situations. Students work with authentic materials that vary in topic, language, and style, including speeches, interviews, discussions, presentations, audio recordings, and video materials. Particular emphasis is placed on working with longer and more information-dense input, more demanding terminology, different registers, and a faster pace of speech. The course includes advanced practice in consecutive interpreting, both with and without note-taking, sight interpreting, and systematic training in simultaneous interpreting. Students develop skills in ongoing message analysis, anticipation, information selection and prioritisation, compression, reformulation, and strategies for dealing with problematic passages. The seminar also covers preparation for interpreting assignments, terminology management, subject-specific research, glossary building, and the further development of vocal delivery, articulation, pace, fluency, and the overall quality and professionalism of spoken output. An important component of the course is the analysis of interpreting performance, self-reflection, and peer feedback. Students compare different interpreting solutions, discuss strategies for managing challenging situations, and learn to assess interpreting quality independently in terms of accuracy, completeness, clarity, fluency, linguistic and terminological correctness, and appropriateness for the given communicative situation.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization)
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to develop students' practical interpreting skills through systematic training in various forms of interpreting. The course is designed as a practical seminar in which students work with texts, recordings, and audiovisual materials of different types, thematic areas, and registers. Emphasis is placed on the practice of consecutive and simultaneous interpreting, sight interpreting, interpreting in front of a group, and interpreting with headphones. Students learn to work with and without interpreter note-taking, develop memory, attention, rapid message analysis, compression, reformulation, and cultivated oral delivery in the target language.
Upon completion of the course, students are able to independently handle more demanding consecutive interpreting tasks, basic simultaneous interpreting, and sight interpreting. They can work with longer and more information-dense speeches and adapt their interpreting strategies to the pace of delivery, the thematic and terminological complexity of the source material, the communicative situation, and the target audience. Students are able to make effective use of interpreting notes, memory, and ongoing message analysis, identify and prioritise key information, and apply anticipation, compression, and reformulation strategies. They can independently prepare for a thematically defined interpreting assignment, conduct basic background research, process relevant terminology, and compile a practical glossary. They are also able to critically analyse their own and others' interpreting performance, make effective use of feedback, and select appropriate strategies for the further development of their interpreting skills.
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Prerequisites
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A very good command of Czech and Russian, the ability to understand spoken and written texts, and basic familiarity with the principles of interpreting are expected. Completion of a course in interpreting theory and methodology is an advantage.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral exam, Student performance, Analyssis of the Student's Portfolio
Active participation in seminars, with a maximum of two absences, continuous preparation, and regular completion of practical interpreting tasks are required. Students will work with selected texts and audio and video materials, prepare terminology for assigned topics, perform interpreting exercises, and take part in the analysis of their own and others' performances. The requirements may include an ongoing portfolio of interpreting exercises, a recording of the student's own performance, a reflection on the interpreting process, or a final practical interpreting output. The course is completed by obtaining a course-unit credit on the basis of active participation, completion of continuous assignments, and demonstration of basic practical interpreting skills.
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Recommended literature
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Csiriková, M. (1997). Propedeutická tlumočnická cvičení I.. Olomouc.
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Csiriková, M. (1998). Translatologická lexikálně gramatická a aktivizující cvičení.. Olomouc.
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GILE, Daniel. (2009). Basic Concepts and Models for Interpreter and Translator Training. Revised ed.. Amsterdam.
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Jankovičová, M. (1987). K metodike výučby konzekutívneho tlmočenia. Zb.. FF UK Bratislava.
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MIŇJAR-BĚLORUČEV, Rjurik Konstantinovič. (2005). Zapisi v posledovatelnom perevodě.. Moskva.
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NOLAN, James. (2012). Interpretation: Techniques and Exercises. 2nd ed.. Bristol.
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ROZAN, Jean-François. (2002). Note-taking in Consecutive Interpreting.. Krakow.
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SZABÓ, Csilla. (2006). Language Choice in Note-taking for Consecutive Interpreting.. Amsterdam.
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