This course is designed to introduce to students the basics of interpretation and lay a foundation for their development of consecutive interpretation skills, focusing on interpreting English texts into Chinese.
The course begins with describing the qualities and essentials of interpreters, followed by the introduction to the types of interpretation. Next, students will learn some basic skills for interpretation, including information analysis, visualization and actualization, reasoning, logic and memory, etc. In addition, students will acquire note taking skills, expression techniques and interpretation principles. Finally, students will consolidate their learned skills through a series of hands-on interpretation experiences.
