Description

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Further Information

The Level 6 Diploma in Public Service Interpreting is nationally recognised as the gold level standard for paid public service interpreting work.

This product is a self-led, online preparation course - all you need to prepare for your DPSI law exam.

 

What does this mean?

This means that you could use your linguistic skills to help people from your community in settings such as:

• Courts

• Police

• Immigration

• Prison /Probation

• Health

• Mental Health

• Social Services

• Welfare Benefits

• Education

• Housing

 

Who is it for?

 

The Level 6 Diploma in Public Service Interpreting self-led preparation course is ideal for bilingual/multilingual people who speak English and another language fluently and:

• have a lower level interpreting qualification (e.g. Level 3 certificate in Community Interpreting)

• have 2 or more years professional interpreting experience

 

The course is currently available for speakers of the following languages, paired with English:

Arabic (MSA), Bengali, Bulgarian, Cantonese (Traditional or Simplified Script), Czech, Dari, Farsi, French, German, Gujarati, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Kurdish (Sorani), Mandarin (Traditional or Simplified Script), Panjabi (Indian), Pashto, Polish, Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (European), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tigrinya, Turkish, Urdu.

 

What's in the course?

The course incudes 100% online access to eleven 2 hour webinar videos, plus activities and assignments which cover the following topics:

1. Working as an interpreter in public services

2. Preparing for interpreting assignments

3. Interpret two way

4. Perform a sight translation to and from English

5. Interpret simultaneously

6. Perform a draft written translation to and from English

7. Types of crime and UK laws

8. The UK Justice (Courts and Tribunals) system

9. Police powers and procedures

10. Prison/probation

11. Immigration

The online webinars are packed with information about interpreting profession, industry requirements, legislations, glossaries, language providers and more but most importantly provide numerous exercises that will help you practice your interpreting skills. They are designed so that you are completely ready for your exam, and for your life as a professional interpreter.

There no essays to write!

 

What is in the private tutor sessions?

The tutor sessions are booked after you have completed the self-led learning and completed your workbooks. The tutor sessions are flexible, and can be adjusted to help you focus on the areas where you need most support, but they typically include a mixture of:

• vocabulary building

• exam practice sessions: consecutive interpreting, simultaneous interpreting, sight translations, written translations

• practical advice

• glossary review

 

Where can I sit the exam?

The exam is offered by the Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL).

The full DPSI (Units 01-05) can be taken in June. In November they offer the full DPSI (Units 01-05) for the Law pathway only and only written units (Unit 04 and Unit 05) for all other pathways.

• Part 1: two way (consecutive) and simultaneous legal interpreting role play

• Part 2: legal sight translation from English

• Part 3: legal sight translation to English

• Part 4: legal draft written translation from English

• Part 5: legal draft written translation to English

Please visit the Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL) website for more information.