TRIN 1041 - Beginning Skills of Interpreting

1. Cognitive and analytical skills of interpreting
   1. Listening for the main idea
   2. Summarizing the main idea
   3. Linking ideas
   4. Chunking information
2. Situational Management
   1. Pausing and waiting
   2. Directing participant speed, pauses, waits, use of first person
   3. Asking for clarification
   4. Working with unfamiliar terms or concepts which do not exist in both languages or cultures
   5. Maintaining the interpreter¿s role, focus, neutrality
   6. Transparency of roles and actions
   7. Ethical decision making
3. Note-Taking
   1. Speech and listening analysis for main ideas
   2. Mini-summaries
   3. Mind-maps
   4. Links
   5. Verticality and hierarchies
   6. Symbols
   7. Delivery
4. Sight Translation
   1. Scanning texts for general information
   2. Parsing, chunking, and paraphrasing
   3. Textual analysis
   4. Derive meaning from contextual clues
5. Aspects of language
   1.   Register
   2. Addition and embellishment
   3. Slang
   4. Vulgar Language
   5. Jargon and technical vocabulary
   6. Numbers
   7. Idiomatic expressions
   8. False Cognates
   9. Syntax and morphology

1. demonstrate progression of consecutive interpreting skills.
2. set personal goals based on self-assessment.
3. demonstrate decision-making skills in ethically challenging situations.
4. apply interpreter codes of ethics and standards of practice.
5. integrate knowledge of the different interpreting roles into practice.

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