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15 Jan2015

Professional - Certificate in Business Translation and Interpretation Skills

Written by Nornashua Farhani Binti Abdul Ghaffar. Posted in Programmes

UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA PAHANG

MANDARIN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE CENTRE

Certificate in Business Translation and Interpretation Skills

1.  COURSE SINOPSIS

This course is designed to meet the needs of professionals who deal with Chinese documents and/or Chinese customers in their daily work and who desire to understand the grammatical differences between Chinese and English and want to master the basic theories and skills for Chinese-English bilateral translation and interpretation. The course aims to develop their capability for bilingual communication and enhance their employability

 

2.  COURSE OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

1.Enhance their ability to identify the linguistic differences between Chinese and English;

2.Perform Chinese-English bilateral translation, with emphasis on some commonly used business and trade documents;

3.Perform on the spot oral translation;

4.use different computer-aided translation tools.

 

3.  COURSE CONTENT & TIME ALLOCATION

This is a weekend course and lessons will be conducted on Saturday from 9.00-4.30pm with lunch break at 12.00-1.30 pm.

 

Topic & Contents

Time (hours) Allocation
  1. 1.Basic Theory of Translation

15
  1. 2.Contrastive Analysis of English and Chinese Language

30
  1. 3.Business Documents Writing (letters, reports, etc.,)

15
  1. 4.Chinese Business Documents Writing

15
  1. 5.Introduction to Computer-aided Translation

15
  1. 6.Characteristics of Spoken Language & Written Language with Special Rreference to English & Chinese.

15
  1. 7.Practical English to Chinese Translation

15
  1. 8.Practical Chinese to English Translation

15
  1. 9.Practical Oral Translation

15

Total (25 weeks x 6 hours/week)

150

 

4.  PROSPECTIVE

Executives who have good knowledge in both English and Chinese languages but are not proficient in using it for business writing/translation purposes.

 

5.  PROPOSED VENUE

MLCC/CMLHS MULTIMEDIA LABS (Negotiable)

 

6.  CERTIFICATE

Candidates who have successfully completing the course will be awarded Certificate in Business Translation and Interpretation Skills by MLCC.