Course in Court Interpreting (76733)

Short Learning Programmes

Duration: One year

Target group:

Persons currently involved in or employed as Court Interpreters but who did not receive appropriate training and/or have been exposed to insufficient coaching, social workers presently employed by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development as well as those with basic knowledge of the South African judicial system intending to be Court Interpreters

Admission requirements:

Matric, Grade 12 or NQF level 4

Registration periods:

02 January to 28 February

Course leader details:

Dr Samuel Lebese
Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages
Office 9-157, WMM Building, UNISA
Tel: 012 429 6245
E-mail: lebessj@unisa.ac.za

Programme administrator:

Admin Officer
Unisa Centre for Lifelong Learning
360 Lillian Ngoyi Street, Pretoria Central
Solomon Mahlangu Building 2nd floor
Tel: 012 352 4288
Email address: UCL@unisa.ac.za
Application Link: www.unisa.ac.za/applyslp

Purpose statement:

To develop future interpreters and to equip them with the necessary tools to interpret court proceedings in the best possible manner.

Modules:

CCIT01J - Introduction to Court Interpreting

Syllabus/Content Topics:

Introduction to court interpreting; courtroom environment; skills development (listening and oral translation, speaking and communicating, memory and recall, interpret cross examination and expert evidence)

CCIT02K - Court Procedures and Interpreting to Administer Justice

Syllabus/Content Topics:

Types of criminal cases; expert evidence; legal terminology; conventions of translating legal terminology

CCIT03L - Interpreting Meaning and Relevance Through an African Language

Syllabus/Content Topics:

The South African Constitution and Bill of Rights; Roman Dutch Law; Latin expressions and African languages; linguistic implications of the legacy of Roman Dutch Law; laws for the protection of culture, children and gender; the meaning of social justice