B3720 - Dialogue Interpreting for Specific Purposes - French Language (First Language)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the cours, the student is familiar with the problems of dialogic interpretation and is able to evaluate deontologically correct behavior in that field; he/she is able to use a wide range of dialogic interpretation strategies between French and Italian in complex communicative situations involving a terminological component to be applied in the field.

 

Course contents

The 40-hours module (with 20 hours with the co-presence of PhD Marie-Line Zucchiatti https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/marieline.zucchiatti [http:] takes place during the second semester, year 3, LinTec, Curriculum B: Comunicazione internazionale per l'impresa e le istituzioni. It is part of the integrated course Linguaggi settoriali e mediazione - Lingua francese (prima lingua) and is aimed at further developing skills, strategies and techniques needed to perform dialogue interpreting in French-speaking and Italian healthcare setting. The module includes general language (vocabulary, terminology, syntax, idiomatic expressions, phraseological units) and cultural improvement, with a specific focus on oral language, both in French and Italian, and with an emphasis on specific semantic areas and topics dealt with the module. Students, in addition to being taught practical and theoretical aspects of dialogue interpreting in healthcare settings, will be made aware of ethical and quality standards and best practices in order to understand the role and responsibilities of a community interpreter.

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Class schedule: see right side

Office hours: see https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/elio.ballardini/ [http:]

Readings/Bibliography

Ballardini E. (1998). "La traduzione a vista nella formazione degli interpreti". Intralinea, 1. http://www.intralinea.org

Ballardini E. (2006) "Pour un enseignement universitaire de l’interprétation en milieu médical", Études de linguistique appliquée, 141: 43-50.

Carraro-Tomanek A. (2001). Manuale dell’interprete di trattativa. Milano: Arcipelago Edizioni.

Cavagnoli S. (2006). La comunicazione specialistica. Roma: Carocci.

Chessa F. (2012). Interpretazione dialogica. Le competenze per la mediazione linguistica, Roma: Carocci.

Del Rosso G. (1997). "L'interprete di trattativa". In L. Gran & A. Riccardi (a cura di). Nuovi orientamenti negli studi sull'interpretazione, SERT6, Università degli studi di Trieste. 237-249.

Gentile A., Ozolins U. & Vasilakakos M. (1996). Liaison Interpreting. A Handbook. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press.

Kerbrat-Orecchioni, C., (1990, 1992, 1994). Les interactions verbales, tomes 1, 2, 3. Paris: A. Colin.

Kerbrat-Orecchioni, C., (1996). La conversation. Paris: Le Seuil, Coll. Memo.

Mazzetti M. (2012). Il dialogo transculturale. Manuale per operatori sanitari e altre professioni di aiuto. Roma, Carocci Faber.

Ozolins U. (1995). “Liaison Interpreting: Theoretical Challenges and Practical Problems Around the World”. Perspectives: Studies in Translatology, 3: 2, 153-160.

Parnell A. (1989). “Liaison interpreting as Language Teaching Technique”. In L.Gran & J. Dodds. 253-256.

Pointurier S. (2016). Théories et pratiques de l’interprétation de service public. Paris: Presses de la Sorbonne Nouvelle.

Wadensjö C. (1998). Interpreting as interaction. Londra & New York: Addison Wesley Longman.

Villano P., Riccio B. (2008). Culture e mediazioni. Bologna: Il Mulino.

Teaching methods

Didactics will consist in a theoretical introduction and a practical training with various exercises, such as comprehension and reformulation of oral texts, rephrasing, sight translation (both from and into French), memorisation, summarisation, cloze tests. Authentic material or simulations close to real-life bilingual dialogue situations in health-care settings (role play scenarios) will be performed.

Assessment methods

The exam will consist of:

Sight translation Italian>French

Sight translation French>Italian

(Italian-French) dialogue interpreting (role play) in a healthcare setting.

The module is part of, together with Traduzione in ambito settoriale - Lingua francese (Prima lingua), of the integrated course Linguaggi settoriali e mediazione - Lingua francese (Prima lingua). The overall mark for the whole course is calculated by averaging the marks a candidate receives in the two constituent modules.

The mark is announced at the end of the examination. Any objection to the mark must be raised with the lecturer at that time.

Score scale for Dialogue Interpreting - French Language, first and second language

30-30 cum laude: Excellent. Student demonstrates a full knowledge of dialogue interpreting skills, perfect oral language production with clear and fluent delivery, high quality management of the interlingual and intercultural interaction in a healthcare setting.

27-29: 'Very good' mark. Student demonstrates a very good knowledge of dialogue interpreting skills, oral language production with minor errors, and manage very well the interlingual and intercultural interaction in a healthcare setting.

24-26: 'good' mark. Student demonstrates a good knowledge of dialogue interpreting skills, good oral language production with some problems, an essentially correct ability to manage the interlingual and intercultural interaction in a healthcare setting.

21-23: 'average' mark. Student demonstrates evident problems and imprecisions in dialogue interpreting, innacurate oral language production, and limited capacity to manage the interlingual and intercultural interaction in a healthcare setting.

18-20: 'Pass' mark. Student demonstrate basic but superficial abilities in dialogue interpreting, with major grammatical, lexical or phonological errors, an oral production difficult to understand, and a limited ability to manage the interlingual and intercultural interaction in a healthcare setting.

Fail mark: Student is unable to adequataly perform french/italian dialogue interpreting in a healthcare setting.

Students with specific learning difficulties (SpLD) or with disabilities that can affect their ability to attend courses are invited to contact the University service for students with disabilities and SLD at the earliest opportunity -- ideally before the start of the course: https://site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-students. The University service will suggest possible adjustments to the course work and/or exam, which must then be submitted to the course leader so they can assess their feasibility, in line with the learning objectives of the course. Please note that adjustments to the exam must be requested at least two weeks in advance.

Please note: It is strictly forbidden to use AI during the exam. Any violation of this rule will be considered a serious breach of academic ethics.

Teaching tools

The course will use texts taken from the Italian and French press, audiovisual material and bilingual interactions taken from or inspired by real professional situations in the Italian and French-speaking healthcare setting.

Most of the material presented in class will be made available to students with the relevant password on the Moodle platform

Office hours

See the website of Elio Ballardini