PGDip in Conference Interpreting

Programme overview

Entry requirements

Entry Requirements are available on the Course Search entry

Programme specification

This programme will provide linguists, from the UK and abroad, who meet the entry requirements of the programme, with the opportunity to develop the skills of professional interpreting and translating and consolidate these skills by acquiring familiarity with a wide range of issues in the field of international affairs, politics, international business and science and technology.

Such training will enable graduates to apply the skills gained at the highest level in major international, governmental and non-governmental organisations as well as in commerce, diplomacy, industry and the academic world.

Intensive ‘hands-on’ teaching of interpreting is geared to international practice and includes a high level of participation of practicing professional conference interpreters.

Interpreting classes take place in state-of-the-art interpreting suites housed within the Language Centre, and simulated conferences in this suite comprise a major part of the training offered to students, enabling them to experience an environment as close as possible to that which they will be working in the future.

Our interpreting programmes are recognised by the International Association of Conference Interpreters (AIIC) and enjoy close ties with the UN (Geneva, Vienna) as well as the EU. We are regulated by a Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Leeds and the Directorate General for Interpretation and Conferences of the European Parliament in recognition of the excellence in the training of conference interpreters.

Key features:
- Research-led and specialised Conference Interpreting training
- Intensive ‘hands-on’ teaching of interpreting geared to domestic and international practices
- Market-oriented training with high level of participation of practicing professional interpreters and translators
- Practice in both consecutive and simultaneous interpreting
- Training in real life scenarios and mock conferences
- Practice in state of the art interpreting conference suites, translation labs and language lab
- Opportunity to take part in a study visit to the European Parliament / European Commission in Brussels or to the UN (Vienna or Geneva or IMO). The aim of the visits is to familiarize trainee interpreters with the work of professional conference interpreters and let them try their simultaneous skills in the booths.
- Close contact with various industry partners through the “CTS Professionalisation Talks” series

Year 1

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
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Students applying to take this programme are required to decide (at the application stage) between two pathways:
- the ACC pathway - in which students work from two foreign languages into English; and
- the AB pathway - in which students work bidirectionally between one foreign language and English

Compulsory Modules

ALL STUDENTS: Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MODL5380M	Interpreting Skills: Consecutive and Simultaneous	15	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP

Optional Modules

AB Pathway
In addition, candidates taking the AB Pathway will also be required to take the following Compulsory modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MODL5381M	Retour Interpreting: Consecutive	15	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)	PFP
MODL5384M	Advanced Retour Interpreting: Simultaneous	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP

Candidates doing the ACC Pathway will be required to take 30 credits of the following Consecutive Interpreting modules.

Candidates doing the AB Pathway will be required to take 15 credits of the following Consecutive Interpreting modules.

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MODL5360M	Consecutive Interpreting - Portuguese	15	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)	PFP
MODL5361M	Consecutive Interpreting - German	15	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)	PFP
MODL5362M	Consecutive Interpreting - Italian	15	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)	PFP
MODL5363M	Consecutive Interpreting - Spanish	15	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)	PFP
MODL5365M	Consecutive Interpreting - Chinese	15	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)	PFP
MODL5366M	Consecutive Interpreting - French	15	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)	PFP

Candidates doing both Pathways will be required to take 15 credits of the following Advanced Consecutive Interpreting modules.

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MODL5370M	Advanced Consecutive Interpreting - Portuguese	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
MODL5371M	Advanced Consecutive Interpreting - German	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
MODL5372M	Advanced Consecutive Interpreting - Italian	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
MODL5373M	Advanced Consecutive Interpreting - Spanish	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
MODL5375M	Advanced Consecutive Interpreting - Chinese	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
MODL5376M	Advanced Consecutive Interpreting - French	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP

Candidates doing the ACC Pathway will be required to take 30 credits of the following Simultaneous Interpreting modules.

Candidates doing the AB Pathway will be required to take 15 credits of the following Simultaneous Interpreting modules.

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MODL5350M	Simultaneous Interpreting: Portuguese	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
MODL5351M	Simultaneous Interpreting: German	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
MODL5352M	Simultaneous Interpreting: Italian	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
MODL5353M	Simultaneous Interpreting: Spanish	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
MODL5355M	Simultaneous Interpreting: Chinese	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
MODL5356M	Simultaneous Interpreting: French	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP

Candidates doing both pathways will be required to take 30 credits from the following optional modules:

Basket one: Translation in practice

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
ARAB5090M	Advanced English/Arabic Legal Translation	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL5006M	Introduction to Screen Translation	15	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL5018M	Genres in Translation	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL5019M	Introduction to Legal Translation	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL5030M	Literary Translation	15	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL5082M	Specialised Translation L1 A	15	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL5084M	Specialised Translation L1 B	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL5089M	Machine Translation and Natural Language Processing	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Basket 2: Skills for translators and interpreters

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MODL5007M	Corpus Linguistics for Translators	15	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL5009M	English for Translators	15	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL5014M	Rhetoric and Public Speaking	15
MODL5016M	Managing Business Across Cultures	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL5028M	International Organisations: Context, Theory and Practice	15	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL5050M	Writing for Professional Purposes	15
MODL5240M	Introduction to Dubbing and Voice Over	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Basket 3 (ACC pathway only). Further advanced consecutive interpreting:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MODL5370M	Advanced Consecutive Interpreting - Portuguese	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL5371M	Advanced Consecutive Interpreting - German	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL5372M	Advanced Consecutive Interpreting - Italian	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL5373M	Advanced Consecutive Interpreting - Spanish	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL5375M	Advanced Consecutive Interpreting - Chinese	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL5376M	Advanced Consecutive Interpreting - French	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Last updated: 26/09/2024 05:12:57

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