Before 2018

This course enables learners to review basic knowledge about different techniques in translating and compiling as well as avoiding mistakes while translating. Students are required to practice translating texts from English into Vietnamese and vice versa at an advanced level: practice translating texts in different fields including economics, politics, culture, technology (IT, Environmental Technology, Engineering, Electrical - Electronics). This course also helps students to improve their English reading comprehension skills, apply grammatical range, enrich lexical resources, vary rhetorical methods, as well as apply knowledge of Vietnamese and British-American culture in translating. At the end of the course, students understand the fundamentals of translating English-Vietnamese and Vietnamese-English.

Translation 2 Module is designed for third-year students. This course enables students to analyze, choose relevant translation methods, practice translating long texts of different types, discover and find ways to solve the difficulties that arise in the translation process. In addition, learners are provided with methods to exploit open-source resources and self-study methods to do group exercises and to translate for personal interests.

The module draws students closer to the real-world work environment in the future because this module gives learners access to documents of various functions that often appear in everyday life and academic life which require translation: advertising, regulations, product manuals, and professional articles.

This module is designed to introduce the freshmen of the English Linguistic at the University of Technology and Education in Ho Chi Minh City to the Technical Translation Interpreting, learning objectives, learning outcomes and professional orientation. The module also aims to introduce the students to the methods and learning skills in general and the method of learning English in particular at the university level to help students achieve the desired results in order to gain general knowledge, necessary professional skills, as well as future career attitudes.

After Interpretation 1 and 2, Interpretation 3 continues developing students’ English-Vietnamese, Vietnamese-English interpretation skills at a more intensive level. On the development trend of society, the course focuses on fostering students’ background knowledge, cultural knowledge, English-Vietnamese, Vietnamese-English language skills regarding science and technology. By participating in classroom activities, students practice interpretation skills via clips and videos selected from diverse and authentic science and technology sources.