Graduate Certificate in Interpreting and Translation

Western Sydney University

About

The Graduate Certificate in Interpreting and Translation is aimed at providing suitable bilingual graduates with knowledge of the theoretical underpinnings and the essential skills of interpreting and translation.

The Graduate Certificate in Interpreting and Translation articulates into the Graduate Diploma in Interpreting, the Graduate Diploma in Translation, the Master of Arts Interpreting and Translation Studies and the Master of Interpreting and Translation.

Credit towards any of these courses is granted based on common units.

The course is suitable for people new to the discipline as well as for practising interpreters and translators wanting to learn about the theory and to improve their practical skills.

Structure

Qualification for this award requires the successful completion of 40 credit points including the units listed in the recommended sequence below.

Recommended Sequence

Full-time, Start-Year Intake

Code Name
101695 Introduction to Interpreting PG
Code Name
101696 Introduction to Translation PG

And 20 credit points from the pool units below

Full-time, Mid-Year Intake

Code Name
101695 Introduction to Interpreting PG
Code Name
101696 Introduction to Translation PG

And 20 credit points from the pool units below

Pool Units

Code Name
101827 Audiovisual Translation: Subtitling and Captioning
Code Name
101868 Business Interpreting
Code Name
101845 Community and Social Services Translation (PG)
Code Name
102167 Conference Interpreting
Code Name
102338 Intercultural Communication (PG)
Code Name
102015 Interpreting Skills (PG)
Code Name
101854 Language and Linguistics Research Methods
Code Name
101297 Languages and Linguistics Special Project
Code Name
100916 Legal Interpreting
Code Name
100925 Literary Translation
Code Name
100922 Medical Interpreting (PG)
Code Name
100917 Specialised Translation (PG)
Code Name
102524 Text Analysis for Translation (PG)
Code Name
101750 Translation Technologies (PG)

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