TRIN 1031 - Standards of Practice and Skills of Interpreting

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture NoneLab None
Course Description: This course focuses on developing critical-thinking, decision-making, and cognitive skills related to interpreting. Coursework includes comparing and contrasting interpreting codes of ethics in different subdomains, reading and discussion of theory and research in the field, role-plays, and other exercises.
MnTC Goals
None

Prerequisite(s): TRIN 1000 with grade of C or higher, or concurrently enrolled. Assessment score placement in RDNG 1000 or completion of RDNG 0900 or RDNG 0950 with a grade of C or higher; assessment score placement in ENGL 1021 or completion of ENGL 0090 with a grade of C or higher; or instructor consent.
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: Language proficiency level equivalent to the American College Teachers of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) advanced-mid or higher rating in both English and the second language.

Major Content

Overview of Interpreting
Ethics and Ethical Decision-Making
Features of Interpreted Encounters
Role(s) of the Interpreter
Cognitive Skills
Cultural and linguistic considerations
Interpreting Assignment/Encounter Preparation

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:

define basic terminology in the field.
demonstrate basic situational management strategies.
display basic competence in consecutive interpreting.
describe basic concepts in the field.
explain the role of the interpreter.
describe the cognitive processes of interpreting.
apply the principles of one or more interpreting standards of practice and codes of ethics.

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TRIN 1031 - Standards of Practice and Skills of Interpreting