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PSPTIS613A
Sight translate (LOTE)
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Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024
This unit applies to short texts sight translated as an adjunct to interpreting in any mode and setting, or to support consecutive or simultaneous interpreting. Sight translation involves verbal or signed reproduction in a target language of a written source text in its entirety.
This unit describes the outcomes, skills and knowledge required to produce a sight translation of a written source text into a different spoken or signed target language with a high degree of accuracy. It requires a high level of comprehension of written language and its structure, the ability to work between two languages in spoken and written form, and the ability to reflect the register of the written source text in the target language.
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