Summary

Are you highly proficient and able to fluently converse in one or several languages in addition to English? Do you have a deep knowledge of one or several cultures and have an interest in current international affairs? Are you committed to helping others communicate? Are you calm, tactful, quick thinking and able to multitask? Would you like a career that can take you around the globe? If so, a career in conference interpreting may be for you.

The Master of Conference Interpreting will enable you to develop the specialised cognitive and practical skills required for conference interpreting. This involves interpreting source speeches in the simultaneous or consecutive modes while preserving the meaning, tone and nuances of the original speaker. You’ll learn how to undertake effective research to inform your interpreting in a range of high-level scientific, diplomatic and technical domains.

Key features

• Get the skills to work in Australia or any international setting

   

  Gain the skills to work as a professional interpreter for international and bilateral meetings and conferences on diverse topics.

• Broaden your skill set

   

  Enhance your domain-specific skills, undertake research for the purpose of interpreting and broaden your linguistic knowledge.

• Enhance your learning with industry-standard technology

   

  Practice your interpreting in simulated conferences in our purpose-built ISO-compliant conference interpreting laboratory.

• Undertake the largest conference interpreting degree in Australia

   

  Study eight core units of conference interpreting-related theory and practice.