Translation and interpreting

Sight Interpretation

Release Date: 2017-09-22

1. Basic Course Information

Course Code: 090472
 Course Name: Sight Interpretation
 Course Type: Specialty Course
 Periods: 32
 Credits: 2.0
 Target Students: Undergraduates majoring in English 
 Assessment: Examination
 Preparatory Courses: E-C Translation, C-E Translation 

2. Brief Course Introduction

Sight Interpretation is a skill-based compulsory course for the English majors, which is designed to offer an opportunity for the students to undergo systematic sight interpretation training in terms of understanding, analyzing, and delivering. The course also involves a lot of exercises concerning different topics and styles for the students to lay a solid foundation for consecutive and simultaneous interpretation. As a stepping stone towards consecutive and simultaneous interpretation, sight interpretation is also widely used in professional environment.