Introduction to Spanish Interpreting for the Professions

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This is an introduction course in interpreting skills used in various fields and scenes such as international conferences and meetings, business and diplomatic assignments, courts and tribunals, hospitals and community settings. This course will aid students to improve their speaking, listening and reading skills through the practice of English to Spanish interpreting. Students are introduced to the different techniques to overcome problems in the simultaneous interpreting mode such as content analysis and memory exercises, consecutive interpretation without notes, summarization, sight translation and note taking techniques.