Module manager: Dr Terry Bradford
Email: t.j.bradford@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
Ability to study a module taught in French, usually evidenced by having successfully completed level 1 of a degree programme including French.
This module is not approved as a discovery module
This module gives you the opportunity - through role-play and simulated scenarios - to try different modes of translation and interpreting. It raises questions of ethics - as well as linguistics - and what it means to be a professional interpreter. Please note this is an optional module and runs subject to enrolments. If a low number of students choose this module, then the module may not run and you may be asked to choose another module.
1. To introduce students to some of the theory of translation as well as different modes of interpreting;
2. To enable students to practise sight translation and different types of interpreting: liaison, community, simultaneous interpreting, and chuchotage;
3. To encourage students to consider the importance of ethics.
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
LO1. Understand challenges and solutions in French to English translation;
LO2. Understand different modes/contexts of interpreting (generally);
LO3. Interpret (and sight-translate, French>English) appropriately in given contexts;
LO4. Translate creatively, avoiding literal solutions by using both idiomatic and accurate language.
Skills Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
LO5. Communicate effectively in alignment with the requirements of professional translation/interpreting;
LO6. Use role-play and live and regular practice to support active learning.
Lectures will cover different modes of interpreting, types of translation (including sight translation), and strategies for effective translation & interpreting. The lectures – always interactive, in some way - allow for discussion of certain issues. Seminars enable students to play the roles of interpreter (acting also as sight-translator), service provider, and 'client'.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supervision | 1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Lecture | 20 | 1 | 20 |
| Seminar | 10 | 1 | 10 |
| Private study hours | 169.9 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 30.1 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200 | ||
Monitoring will take the form of formative sight translation and interpreting exercises. It will also involve observation of contribution in seminars. Written feedback will be provided mid-course on the portfolio (and glossary).
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | Glossary + Reflection | 50 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 50 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) (S2) | 0.0 Hrs 15 Mins | 50 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 50 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
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Last updated: 14/03/2025
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