Students must begin their course work during the summer of the year in which they are admitted into the program and must follow the sequence of summer courses as indicated in the program outline. A jury of three external examiners, professional interpreters, will administer the examination and evaluate student performance. The oral examination will be audio taped and will remain as part of the student's permanent file. Students who do not pass the exit examination may retake the examination at a subsequent time. Introduction to types of translation equivalence.
Translation exercises using general texts.
Introduction to translation and interpretation as a process of interlingual communication. Analysis of problems involved in interlingual communication. Development of skills required for interlingual communication. Study of the salient features of American culture and comparison of these features with those of other pertinent cultures. Examination of means of communicating features alien to a given culture in the language of that culture.