Courting Interpretation

APA4247.01
Course System Home Terms Spring 2021 Courting Interpretation

Course Description

Summary

This course is the result of two years of planning, prompted by student need and informed by conversations with the National Center for State Courts, a task force of experts led by the Vermont Office of the Court Administrator, and The Consortium on Forced Migration, Displacement and Education. On the one hand, its purpose is linguistic, seeking to improve performance on the NCSC’s examinations to become a licensed, court-certified interpreter by mirroring their methodology and standards while interpreting real, local, very present cases. Practice exams will therefore include sight, consecutive, and simultaneous translation. On the other, it will provide readings, discussion, analysis, and workshops, from faculty and guest specialists, on the ethics of court translation, and medical, legal and law enforcement terminology. Although “housed” at Ź, with a focus on the 4-College Consortium, it is open to any and all sufficiently advanced speakers of Spanish and English.

Prerequisites

Permission of the instructors.

Please contact the faculty member : jpitcher@bennington.edu

Instructor

  • Jonathan Pitcher

Day and Time

Academic Term

Spring 2021

Area of Study

Credits

2

Course Level

4000

Maximum Enrollment

25