Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

• Cognitive Skills - Possess a solid theoretical grounding in translation and/or interpretation and be able to apply it to the professional practice thereof and actively pursue further independent development of it.
• Develop the necessary analytical and synthesis faculties to be able to understand and work on complex texts.
• Interpersonal and Communication Skills - Use and develop communication skills.
• Exercise their abilities to communicate and comprehend effectively.
• Capture the essence of a message in its original context and render it faithfully in another language.
• Be willing and ready to adapt to new and varied communication situations and environments; be flexible.

Learning Outcomes of UE

At the end of the second module of the master in interpreting, students will be able to:
- memorize a speech of a non- or averagely specialized nature while identifying and replicating its structure, using notes if required;
- fully understand and memorize a more highly specialized speech through the preparation of documents and terminology;
- render the speech in correct and fluent French with no errors of meaning and deliver the speech in a convincing fashion;
- give a description and rationale for the strategies employed.

They will be able to:
- interpret a speech in conditions approximating to professional reality;
- without meaning errors;
- in appropriate French, showing a mastery of registers and linguistic subtleties and respecting the requirements of rhetoric;
- describe and justify strategies employed.

They will also be able to:
- understand a French speech and pick up on the structure after hearing the speech for the first time;
- reformulate the speech in correct, natural Danish, avoiding literal translations, after having quickly researched the subject and terminology;
- describe and justify strategies employed

 

Content of UE

Consecutive and simultaneous interpretation of speeches of various length and complexity.
Topics deriving from major international meetings.

Consecutive interpretation, into the foreign language, of speeches of varying lengths and of a fairly low degree of specialisation.

Exercises based on non-prepared speeches, freely-rendered written texts or recordings of original speeches.
Memorization, note-taking and rendering in French.

Theoretical and practical work experience (visits, "dummy booths") within Parliamentary institutions and international organizations.
Consecutive and simultaneous interpretation of short and relatively non-specialized speeches.
 

Prior Experience

Not applicable

Type of Assessment for UE in Q2

• Oral Examination

Q2 UE Assessment Comments

Not applicable

Type of Assessment for UE in Q3

• Oral examination

Q3 UE Assessment Comments

Not applicable