Listen to Jingjing Yu Lipski's story as she receives a Voltaire Award at Liberty Victoria. A great example of the ethical dilemmas that confront interpreters. Check minute 19:35 for her definition of what an interpreter does.
Read more about it on Liberty's Victoria press release.
Sunday, August 17, 2014
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Groundwater
Consecutive practice
Check Michael Caton's short speech at the Our Land Our Water Our Future campaign at the Sydney Mint in April 2014.
Michael Caton speaking at OLOWOF launch from David Lowe on Vimeo.
Check Michael Caton's short speech at the Our Land Our Water Our Future campaign at the Sydney Mint in April 2014.
Michael Caton speaking at OLOWOF launch from David Lowe on Vimeo.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Immigration- Note-taking practice
Hi all,
We have been looking at analysing speeches and discourse of different genres as a step to help us be better prepared for consecutive interpreting.
The video below is about immigration compliance. It is an info commercial, so sorry about the commercial aspect of it, but I think it will be very useful for you.
I have created a worksheet with some hints on how to use the video.
We have been looking at analysing speeches and discourse of different genres as a step to help us be better prepared for consecutive interpreting.
The video below is about immigration compliance. It is an info commercial, so sorry about the commercial aspect of it, but I think it will be very useful for you.
I have created a worksheet with some hints on how to use the video.
Sunday, March 30, 2014
Law and Justice
This week's topic is Law and Justice. There is currently a debate in our country about the proposed changes to the Australian Racial Discrimination Act. This video of Senator Penny Wong is a very good one to practise your note-taking and consecutive interpreting skills.
You can also check this previous post on Law and Order where you will find a slide show with the recording of a police officer explaining the process of an arrest.
This post on Court Interpreting will give you some background on the latest developments in legal interpreting studies in Australia as well as a sobering look at the situation of legal interpreting in Spain.
Check the video on this other post on Court Interpreting from Vancouver Community College on Ethical Challenges for Court Interpreters. You can use it for consecutive and note-taking practice .
Finally here is a post with links and resources related to the topics of Law, Police and Justice. Please feel free to send me any interesting materials that you think I could add to this list.
You can also check this previous post on Law and Order where you will find a slide show with the recording of a police officer explaining the process of an arrest.
This post on Court Interpreting will give you some background on the latest developments in legal interpreting studies in Australia as well as a sobering look at the situation of legal interpreting in Spain.
Check the video on this other post on Court Interpreting from Vancouver Community College on Ethical Challenges for Court Interpreters. You can use it for consecutive and note-taking practice .
Finally here is a post with links and resources related to the topics of Law, Police and Justice. Please feel free to send me any interesting materials that you think I could add to this list.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Consecutive Practice
Revisit this very good video on memory techiques and note-taking.
How can you practise consecutive interpreting at home?
There are many sites with video/audio materials that you can use to practise note-taking and consecutive interpreting skills. You can check educational institutions where translating and interpreting is taught, websites dedicated to famous speeches by politicians, famous speeches on films, TEd talks, university podcasts (iTunesU), radio programs (e.g. ABC Law Report), etc. Check the permanent links on the right side bar.
Today I am introducing WISE Interpreting Workshop speeches for consecutive practice. This is a project by The London Metropolitan University and the Universidad Europea de Valencia.
The video below is about cricket (English).
The video below is in Spanish and its topic is tourism (Las Fallas, Valencia).
How can you practise consecutive interpreting at home?
There are many sites with video/audio materials that you can use to practise note-taking and consecutive interpreting skills. You can check educational institutions where translating and interpreting is taught, websites dedicated to famous speeches by politicians, famous speeches on films, TEd talks, university podcasts (iTunesU), radio programs (e.g. ABC Law Report), etc. Check the permanent links on the right side bar.
Today I am introducing WISE Interpreting Workshop speeches for consecutive practice. This is a project by The London Metropolitan University and the Universidad Europea de Valencia.
The video below is about cricket (English).
The video below is in Spanish and its topic is tourism (Las Fallas, Valencia).
Monday, January 27, 2014
Our blog-Medical Interpreting
While you wait for our new course to begin, you can start getting familiar with our class blog. There are many links and past posts that will help you start broadening your knowledge of the interpreting and translating professions. All the permanent links are on the right hand side bar. Just have fun exploring them. One of our subjects is medical terminology. I came across this interesting post on medical interpreting. You can read the post and you can also listen to the recording, which is a bit different to the written text. Why don't you use the recording as note-taking practice? Here it is: the Most Important Medical Specialist You've Never Heard Of
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