Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able:
● to seek information on current issues of political, economic, geopolitical, cultural, etc. nature
● to analyze and reformulate texts and information
● to know and apply in practice the techniques and skills of consecutive interpreting
● to present themselves and speak in front of an audience
● to research and prepare themselves for an interpreting task
● to apply ethical principles and conduct rules

General Competences
• Knowledge on the basic theoretical principles of Translation Studies
• Knowledge on current issues of political, economic, geopolitical, cultural, etc. interest
• Retrieval, analysis and synthesis of texts and information
• Practice in interpreting by simulating conditions of professional environment
• Summary and transfer of texts from English to Greek
• Note taking skills in consecutive interpreting
• Public speaking
• Research and use of electronic sources and databases
• Teamwork
• Decision-making according to linguistic, cultural and situational context
• Self-criticism and assessment
• Production of free, creative and inductive thinking
• Professional behavior and ethical responsibility
• Respect for diversity and multiculturalism
• Showing social sensitivity to issues of minorities and gender

Week 1: Introduction to professional ethics.
Week 2: The professional interpreter's profile. Ethical dilemmas.
Week 3: Memory, comprehension, processing and rewriting exercises. Preparation and presentation of speeches in front of an audience.
Week 4: Memory, comprehension, processing and rewriting exercises. Preparation and presentation of speeches in front of an audience.
Week 5: Note-taking exercises with the use of general texts.
Week 6: Note-taking exercises with the use of specialized texts on current political, cultural, etc. affairs.
Week 7: Note-taking exercises with the use of specialized texts on current political, cultural, etc. affairs.
Week 8: Note-taking exercises with the use of specialized texts on current political, cultural, etc. affairs.
Week 9: Note-taking exercises with the use of specialized texts on current political, cultural, etc. affairs.
Week 10: Note-taking exercises with the use of specialized texts on current political, cultural, etc. affairs.
Week 11: Note-taking exercises with the use of specialized texts on current political, cultural, etc. affairs.
Week 12: Note-taking exercises with the use of specialized texts on current political, cultural, etc. affairs.
Week 13: Mock conference.

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