| Key Area |
Topic |
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| Language skills |
- Maintaining TL skills; Keeping up with the SL;
- Terminology, term banks;
- Using dictionaries and reference works;
- Language of business, courts, public services;
- Note-taking skills; Booth work; Interpreting methods and methodology.
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| Subject knowledge |
- Researching a special subject;
- Sources of specialised information;
- Conventional information resources;
- Effective use of Internet for subject information;
- Organising your own information.
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| Business practice |
- Setting up a new (small) business;
- Cash flow – bank loans; Banking, accounts & taxation (income tax, VAT);
- Invoicing, late payers; Project management; Rates, pricing a job; Effective negotiation;
- Keeping clients, finding new clients, exploring new opportunities; Conditions of work;
- Local resources – Business Link; Chamber of Commerce; Web sites and Internet;
- Marketing and presenting yourself;
- Law for interpreters – UNESCO; what you can and cannot, must and must not do;
- Pensions & investment; Insurance – home, office, PII, loss of income (critical illness);
- Using professional networks and associations.
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| IT and the Internet |
- Essential office equipment & software; Updating equipment & software;
- Working with different file formats; Choosing an ISP; Internet security;
- Terminology and glossary management;
- Use of simultaneous and conference technology;
- Telephone interpreting; Studio practice (subtitling and voice-over).
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| Personal development |
- Voice projection; Body posture; Role play for different assignments;
- Stress management; Time management;
- Interpreting etiquette; Working with colleagues;
- Assertiveness; Negotiating skills; Professional standards; Ethics.
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