Diplomant prevajalskih študij – angleščina (UN) in …/diplomantka prevajalskih študij – angleščina (UN) in …

The qualification holder will be able to:

(general competences)

• autonomously learn and develop professionally,
• think in an analytical and synthetic manner,
• master research methods of interlingual studies and translatology,
• combine the methodology of intercultural studies and translatology with the methodology of another discipline, in order to obtain new research results,
• critically assess own and others’ research findings,
• develop communication skills for a tolerant and fair professional discourse,
• participate in a group work in a constructive manner and participate in work among groups,
• establish the principle of autonomy and connectedness in own professional work,
• practically apply their knowledge,
• work with technical means of a modern workplace.

 (subject-specific competences)

• master the standard English and Slovenian spelling and pronunciation,
• master and understand morphemic, morphological and lexical categories, demonstrate knowledge of syntactic and textual structure of both languages,
• understand word-formation, semantic and phraseological relations in the English and Slovenian language from the point of view of modern theoretical approaches in linguistics,
• demonstrate knowledge of older and modern flows of the English and Slovenian literature,
• independently follow current linguistic and literary phenomena, and put them in the context of already acquired knowledge of both languages,
• publicly engage in encouraging a higher written and reading culture in Slovenian,
• demonstrate knowledge in the fields of history, culture, media, education and economy of the English-speaking area and Slovenian territory,
• perform a contrastive analysis of texts and phenomena on the basis of the previously acquired knowledge of the stated fields from an intercultural point of view,
• offer arguments for possible translations in the language pair English–Slovenian from the point of view of translatologic and theoretical models,
• search and use parallel texts,
• make glossaries,
• use electronic accessories and manuals,
• translate medium complex texts from various fields from English to Slovenian on the basis of functional approach,
• translate less complex texts from Slovenian to English on the basis of functional approach,
• create alternative translations,
• argument the existing and possible literary translations in the language pair Slovenian–English on the basis of expressive approach,
• translate less and medium complex literary texts from English in Slovenian on the basis of finding out the basic stylistic characteristics of texts,
• demonstrate knowledge of strategies and methods of shortening and adaptation in subtitling and synchronisation,
• demonstrate knowledge of the techniques of consecutive, simultaneous and whispered interpreting,
• demonstrate knowledge of the technique for making written notes in the consecutive interpreting,
• perform consecutive, simultaneous and whispered interpreting of less complex texts,
• demonstrate knowledge of fundamental principles and goals of the most important international organisations,
• autonomously follow current world events and put international organisations in this context,
• demonstrate knowledge of the fundamental principles of professional ethics and find meaning for ethical values in the discipline,
• demonstrate knowledge of the common professional practice, conditions for self-employment and professional associations,
• demonstrate knowledge of general business communication,
• create a professional awareness and be familiar with the role of a professional interlingual officer and translator.