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CHIN3088 – Chinese-English-Chinese Interpreting II

2020 – Session 2, Special circumstance

Notice

As part of Phase 3 of our return to campus plan, most units will now run tutorials, seminars and other small group learning activities on campus for the second half-year, while keeping an online version available for those students unable to return or those who choose to continue their studies online.

To check the availability of face to face activities for your unit, please go to timetable viewer. To check detailed information on unit assessments visit your unit's iLearn space or consult your unit convenor.

General Information

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Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit Convenor
Lan Zhang
Contact via lan.zhang@mq.edu.au
343 Building 25WWB
TBC via iLearn
Credit points Credit points
10
Prerequisites Prerequisites
CHN386 or CHIN2086
Corequisites Corequisites
Co-badged status Co-badged status
Unit description Unit description

This unit is for interpreting training between Mandarin Chinese and English at an advanced level. Students will learn how to apply the AUSIT (Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators) Code of Ethics in different scenarios, such as community interpreting practice. Students will also enhance their understanding of interpreting theories and skills and be able to conduct Chinese-English dialogue interpreting and sight translation. Their inter-lingual communication skills will be further developed which will contribute to their future learning and work.

Important Academic Dates

Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  • ULO1: Apply inter-lingual communication skills
  • ULO2: Conduct Chinese English dialogue interpreting in community
  • ULO3: Conduct sight translation from English into Chinese
  • ULO4: Identify and discuss the key interpreting theories and apply enhanced analytical skills in communication via reflection on interpreting practice.
  • ULO5: Understand and apply the AUSIT (Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators) Code of Ethics

General Assessment Information

In addition to attending the seminars, you are expected to engage with your interpreting practice and reflection on your practice approx 10-12 hours each week.

Indicative examples of assessment tasks will be available on iLearn, along with marking criteria/rubrics.

Late Assessment Penalty

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – two (2) marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted more than seven (7) days (incl. weekends) after the original submission deadline. No late submissions will be accepted for timed assessments – e.g. quizzes, online tests.

 

 

 

 

Assessment Tasks

Name Weighting Hurdle Due
Active participation 5% No Ongoing
Practice task 20% No Ongoing
Speech and interpreting project 30% No Week 7-9
Interpreting and speaking demonstration 35% No Week12 and 13
Reflective journal 10% No Week 13

Active participation

Assessment Type 1: Participatory task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 26 hours
Due: Ongoing
Weighting: 5%

 

Students are to read and watch provided materials in iLearn and join the in synchronous and/or asynchronous discussion, as well as provide comments on peer students’ practice.

 


On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Apply inter-lingual communication skills
  • Identify and discuss the key interpreting theories and apply enhanced analytical skills in communication via reflection on interpreting practice.
  • Understand and apply the AUSIT (Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators) Code of Ethics

Practice task

Assessment Type 1: Practice-based task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: Ongoing
Weighting: 20%

 

Students will complete this task online via synchronous and/or asynchronous activities.

 


On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Apply inter-lingual communication skills
  • Conduct Chinese English dialogue interpreting in community
  • Conduct sight translation from English into Chinese
  • Identify and discuss the key interpreting theories and apply enhanced analytical skills in communication via reflection on interpreting practice.
  • Understand and apply the AUSIT (Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators) Code of Ethics

Speech and interpreting project

Assessment Type 1: Project
Indicative Time on Task 2: 5 hours
Due: Week 7-9
Weighting: 30%

 

Students are to deliver a speech and interpret a speech delivered by a peer student. Students will complete this task online via synchronous and/or asynchronous activities.

 


On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Apply inter-lingual communication skills
  • Conduct Chinese English dialogue interpreting in community

Interpreting and speaking demonstration

Assessment Type 1: Demonstration
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: Week12 and 13
Weighting: 35%

 

Students are to do a dialogue interpreting, a sight translation and answer an ethics question orally online via synchronous and/or asynchronous activities.

 


On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Apply inter-lingual communication skills
  • Conduct Chinese English dialogue interpreting in community
  • Conduct sight translation from English into Chinese
  • Understand and apply the AUSIT (Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators) Code of Ethics

Reflective journal

Assessment Type 1: Reflective Writing
Indicative Time on Task 2: 7 hours
Due: Week 13
Weighting: 10%

 

Students are to take notes for and reflect on their interpreting practice and submit a reflective journal.

 


On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Apply inter-lingual communication skills
  • Identify and discuss the key interpreting theories and apply enhanced analytical skills in communication via reflection on interpreting practice.
  • Understand and apply the AUSIT (Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators) Code of Ethics

1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:

  • the academic teaching staff in your unit for guidance in understanding or completing this type of assessment
  • the Writing Centre for academic skills support.

2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation

Delivery and Resources

Delivery:

Day, Internal,

Class work: one 2-hour seminar per week

Times and Locations for seminars: Please consult the MQ Timetables Website: http://www.timetables.mq.edu.au

Independent work: Apart from attending the class, you are expected to spend 10-12 hours each week on interpreting practice and reflection on your translation .

TECHNOLOGY USED AND REQUIRED

This unit will use:

 iLearn

Online Unit

Login is via: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/

Is my unit in iLearn?: http://help.ilearn.mq.edu.au/unitsonline/ to check when your online unit will become available.

Technology

Students are required to have regular access to a computer and the internet. Mobile devices alone are not sufficient.

For students attending classes on campus we strongly encourage that you bring along your own laptop computer, ready to work with activities in your online unit. The preferred operating system is Windows 10.

Students are required to access the online unit in iLearn by the end of Week 1 and follow any relevant instructions and links for downloads that may be required. If applicable, students are required to download the relevant language package prior to Week 2.

Please contact your course convenor before the end of Week 1 if you do not have a suitable laptop (or tablet) for in-class use.

 

Required resources:

You will need to prepare your own dictionari(es) .

Recommended: 

We also expect you to develop good dictionary skills using websites like dictionary.com, dict.cn, Google Translate and similar machine translation tools are not adequate dictionaries for translation as they omit context, don't give functional examples of language in use, and often provide the wrong word if the student doesn't know what they are looking for (e.g. nouns instead of verbs).

For students who do not have a sound foundation of basic grammatical knowledge we recommend, in addition to consulting MQ Learning Skills Advisers or completing MQ grammar workshops, the following text:

Swan, M, 2005. Practical English Usage, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Here are also recommended readings if you wish to know more about interpreting theories:

Zhong, Weihe, 2006. A Coursebook of Interpreting Between English and Chinese. Higher Education Press, Beijing

Paltridge, B., 2006. Discourse Analysis: An Introduction. Continuum, London.

 

Policies and Procedures

Macquarie University policies and procedures are accessible from Policy Central (https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policy-central). Students should be aware of the following policies in particular with regard to Learning and Teaching:

Students seeking more policy resources can visit the Student Policy Gateway (https://students.mq.edu.au/support/study/student-policy-gateway). It is your one-stop-shop for the key policies you need to know about throughout your undergraduate student journey.

If you would like to see all the policies relevant to Learning and Teaching visit Policy Central (https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policy-central).

Student Code of Conduct

Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/getting-started/student-conduct​

Results

Results published on platform other than eStudent, (eg. iLearn, Coursera etc.) or released directly by your Unit Convenor, are not confirmed as they are subject to final approval by the University. Once approved, final results will be sent to your student email address and will be made available in eStudent. For more information visit ask.mq.edu.au or if you are a Global MBA student contact globalmba.support@mq.edu.au

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Student Services and Support

Students with a disability are encouraged to contact the Disability Service who can provide appropriate help with any issues that arise during their studies.

Student Enquiries

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IT Help

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