Overview
Aims
To develop students`capacity of identifying and interpreting issues which can affect professional communication.
To inform the students about the principles which must be respected by translators and interpreters both in relation with other peers and in relation with managers.
To define notions such as quality of translation/interpretation, professional secrecy.
Course contents
1.Definition, object, necessity of deontology 2. Categories of translators and interpreters 3. International and national associations of interpreters and translators. Legislation and functioning. 4. The principles of interpretation. 5. Deontology of translators`profession. translators`obligations 6. Characteristics of the translator`s profession. Case study: the profile of the Romanian translator 7. Characteristics of the interpreter`s profession. case study: the profile of the Romanian interpreter
Learning outcomes
Students are able to understand the principles characterising translators` and interpreters` profession
Assessment
Written assignment