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340239 UE Dialogue Interpreting: Education, Health and Social Service Settings French / Russian (2025W)

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

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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: French, Russian

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 14.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 8 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Tuesday 21.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 8 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Tuesday 28.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 8 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Tuesday 04.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 8 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Tuesday 11.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 8 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Tuesday 18.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 8 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Tuesday 02.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 8 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Tuesday 09.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 8 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Tuesday 16.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 8 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Tuesday 13.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 8 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG
  • Tuesday 20.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Seminarraum 8 ZfT Philippovichgasse 11, 2.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Aims, contents and method of the course
- Preparing practical and challenging dialogue interpreting situations (e.g. hospital, police, school, trade fairs and events ...);
- topic-related research and preparation for interpreting;
- improving interpreting strategies in different settings (consecutive interpreting, chuchotage, sight-reading interpreting)
- Developing and applying soft skills: cooperative preparation for interpreting assignments; working in a team of interpreters, etc.
- Analysis of the interpreting: Self- and peer-evaluation
- Analysis of quality criteria in dialogue interpreting
- Optimising the output and presentation

Assessment and permitted materials

The course is a continuous assessment course. All oral and written performances in classes (both online and face-to-face), homework and assignments on Moodle will be taken into consideration in the grading process.
Presence is required.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

After completing the course, students should be able to:
- prepare for a topic and conduct the necessary research work;
- analyse the roles and communication relationships in a dialogue communication situation and develop and apply interpreting strategies accordingly;
- interpret a contribution in a dialogue interpreting setting in a way that is appropriate to the situation, content-related and terminologically correct;
- critically reflect on and evaluate one's own interpreting performance or that of others.
Assessment of the performances
- Analysis of your own or your peers' interpreting performance 10 %.
- Active participation (glossaries, research, own speeches, etc.) 30 %.
- Interpreting performance in face-to-face classes 60 %.
Interpreting is assessed according to the assessment criteria for dialogue interpreting: https://transvienna.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/z_translationswiss/Studium/Masterstudium/BEURTEILUNGSKRITERIEN_DD-Studierende.pdf
Grading key:
1 (very good) 90 - 100 %
2 (good) 80 - <90 %
3 (satisfactory) 70 - <80 %
4 (sufficient) 60 - <70 %
5 (failed) <60 %

Examination topics

- Analysis of your own or your peers' interpreting performance 10 %.
- Active participation (glossaries, research, own speeches, etc.) 30 %.
- Interpreting performance in face-to-face classes 60 %.
Interpreting is assessed according to the assessment criteria for dialogue interpreting: https://transvienna.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/z_translationswiss/Studium/Masterstudium/BEURTEILUNGSKRITERIEN_DD-Studierende.pdf
Grading key:
1 (very good) 90 - 100 %
2 (good) 80 - <90 %
3 (satisfactory) 70 - <80 %
4 (sufficient) 60 - <70 %
5 (failed) <60 %

Reading list

Will be announced via Moodle.
Recommended reading:
- DABIĆ, Mascha (2021) Dolmetschen in der Psychotherapie. Prekäres Gleichgewicht. Tübingen: Narr Francke Attemtpo
- GRBIĆ, Nadja, PÖLLABAUER, Sonja (Hg.) (2006) "Ich habe mich ganz peinlich gefühlt." Forschung zum Kommunaldolmetschen in Österreich: Problemstellungen, Perspektiven und Potenziale. Graz: Institut für Translationswissenschaft Universität Graz
- KADRIĆ, Mira (2011) Dialog als Prinzip. Für eine emanzipatorische Praxis und Didaktik des Dolmetschens. Tübingen: Narr Verlag
- KADRIĆ, Mira (2016) Dolmetschen als Dienst am Menschen, In.: Kadrić, M., Kaindl, K. (Hg.) Berufsziel Übersetzen und Dolmetschen. Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto, 103-119
- MASON, Ian (Hg.) (2001) Triadic Exchanges. Studies in Dialogue Interpreting. Manchester: St. Jerome Publishing
- PÖLLABAUER, Sonja, PRUNČ, Erich (Hg.) (2003) Brücken bauen statt Barrieren. Sprach- und Kulturmittlung im sozialen, medizinischen und therapeutischen Bereich. Graz: Institut für Translationswissenschaft Universität Graz
- UNHCR-Trainingshandbuch für DolmetscherInnen im Asylverfahren (2015) Linz: Trauner Verlag. Online-Version unter: https://www.unhcr.org/dach/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2017/04/AUT_UNHCR_Trainingshandbuch_fuer_DolmetscherInnen_im_Asylverfahren.pdf

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