Translation & Interpreting

PSP60922 - Advanced Diploma of Interpreting
Course Overview
The Advanced Diploma of Interpreting prepares interpreters for work in all community, business and diplomatic domains, interpreting content that may not easily be predicted or planned for or that may require a high level of subject knowledge, or intense assignment specific preparation.
The community, business and diplomatic domains may include health and welfare, policing and courts, formal immigration hearings, education, the media, commerce, government and international relations, professional sectors such as the law, technology and science, and assignments involving formality, or participants with high status where the consequences of errors in communicative intent can have significant implications.
 
NAATI Certification
A Certified Interpreter transfers complex, non-specialised messages from a source language into a target language that accurately reflects the meaning.
Upon successfully completing the course, students who is a current Certified Provisional Interpreter will be eligible to sit in the Certified Interpreter test provided by NAATI.
Certification test (Certified Interpreter):click here
 
Study Modes

• Face-to-face classroom-based learning
• Practical training and assessment in Babel International College
• Distance learning and assessment

Course Content
 

Code	Unit Name	Core/Electives
PSPTIS131	Interpret in complex dialogue settings	Core
PSPTIS132	Interpret in complex monologue settings	Core
PSPTIS133	Interpret through communication media	Core
PSPTIS134	Manage interactions in complex settings	Core
PSPTIS135	Sight translate	Core
PSPTIS136	Use complex subject area terminology in two languages	Core
PSPTIS145	Apply codes and standards to professional judgement	Core
PSPTIS146	Negotiate translating or interpreting assignments	Core
PSPTIS149	Apply theories to interpreting work practices	Core
PSPTIS137	Use chuchotage (whispered simultaneous) to interpret	Electives
PSPTIS138	Use note taking to recall and reproduce source messages	Electives
PSPTIS139	Demonstrate complex LOTE proficiency in different subjects and cultural contexts	Electives
PSPTIS140	Demonstrate complex English proficiency in different subjects and cultural contexts	Electives
PSPTIS103	Build glossaries for translating and interpreting assignments	Electives
PSPTIS143	Use complex health terminology in two languages	Electives
PSPTIS144	Use complex legal terminology in two languages	Electives

 
Course Entry Requirements:
 
- Age 18 or above
- Completion of Year 12 or above
- Language Proficiency Requirement:
  IELTS overall band 6 or equivalent
 
Government-funded Students：
You may be eligible for a funded course at Babel International College if you are:

• an Australian citizen; or a permanent visa holder; or holders of a sub-class 309, 444, 785, 790, or 820 visa; secondary holders of a temporary visa of sub-class 457or 482 visa, holders of a Bridging Visa E (subclasses 050 and 051) where the visa holder has made a valid application for a visa of subclass 785 or 790, Ukraine citizens who are holders of a visa sub-class 449 or 786, Afghan citizens who are holders of a visa sub-class 449, or holders of a bridging visa who are eligible to work and who have made a valid application for a subclass 866;
• a resident of Western Australia; and
• a jobseeker*

* A jobseeker is an individual that is currently unemployed or under-employed (working less than 20 hours a week with one or across multiple employers).