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Course description

This course focusses on the acquisition of the skills needed to work as an in-house interpreter in large multinational companies. Consecutive interpreting skills will be further developed to deal with more complex business-related content, and students will be introduced to the theory and practice of simultaneous interpreting. Topics to be covered include advanced consecutive interpreting, simultaneous interpreting techniques and strategies, the use of booths and simultaneous interpreting equipment, and sight translation. Chuchotage, bidule and relay interpreting will also be introduced. Content covered will include business meetings including negotiations, shareholder meetings etc. Students will also be introduced to remote interpreting, with particular focus on remote simultaneous interpretation (RSI), an area of increasing worldwide demand.

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