Interpreter Education (INT) at Laurel Ridge Community College
Distance Learning
Time of Day
Term
- INT 105 - Interpreting Foundations I-II
- Develops fundamental skills of interpreting, including cognitive processes and intralingual language development in English and ASL. Reviews Process Models of interpreting, and uses one to analyze interpretations. Develops feedback skills essential to the team interpreting process. Part I of II.Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
3-4 credits - INT 106 - Interpreting Foundations I-II
- Develops fundamental skills of interpreting, including cognitive processes and intralingual language development in English and ASL. Reviews Process Models of interpreting, and uses one to analyze interpretations. Develops feedback skills essential to the team interpreting process. Part II of II.Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
3-4 credits - INT 107 - Translation Skills
- Further develops fundamental skills needed for the task of interpreting Targets comprehending source language (either ASL or English), transferring content into memory store (breaking from original form), restructuring into target language, maintaining message equivalence, conveying implicit and inferred information, and applying appropriate discourse structure. Review Process Model of interpreting, and uses it to analyze translations. Further develops feedback skills essential to the team interpreting process.Lecture 3-4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: INT 105.3-4 credits - INT 130 - Interpreting: An Introduction to the Profession
- Introduces basic principles and practices of interpreting, focusing on the history of the profession, logistics of interpreting situations, regulatory and legislative issues, resources, and the Code of Ethics. Describes the state quality assurance screening and national certification exam systems, including test procedures.Lecture 2-3 hours per week.
2-3 credits