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IAS406 - Language Translation and Protocols

2025

Sector

Higher Education

Discipline

Indigenous Knowledges

Credit Points

Equivalent Units

(INL390)

Prerequisites

Must have passed 1 unit in (IAS262) OR
Must have passed 1 unit in (CAL210, CAS205, CAS206, CHN202, CHN262, HEL202, HEL262, INI202, INI262, YOL262)

Incompatible

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Assumed Knowledge

Unit Description

In this unit, students develop knowledge and skills in language and apply them to the processes of negotiating with knowledge holders to develop an appropriate and respectful translation of a relevant or important text. Students are appointed a supervisor to oversee the in-depth process of developing a topic and negotiating that topic and the translation with the right knowledge holders determined in consultation with language discipline staff.

Unit Learning Outcomes

1.	Apply an in-depth understanding of a language to a work of translation in a related topic or area of interest.
2.	Apply relevant protocols to the process of negotiating and translating knowledge and information from one language into another.
3.	Critically evaluate the ways in which knowledge and the representation of knowledge is changed through translation processes.
4.	Apply skills in research techniques, planning a project and in writing a translation.

Assessment Overview

	Assessment Task	Value (of total mark)	Related Learning Outcome/s
1.	Draft proposal (250 words)	10%	2,3
2.	Proposal (500 words)	20%	2,3
3.	Translation project (1,000 - 2,000 words)	50%	1,2,3,4
4.	Reflection essay (1,000 words)	20%	3,4

Unit Availability

Year	Semester	Att Mode	Location	Learning Method	Timetable*
2025	Semester 1	Internal	Casuarina Campus	OLR	View
2025	Semester 1	External	External Studies	OLR	View
2025	Semester 2	Internal	Casuarina Campus	OLR	View
2025	Semester 2	External	External Studies	OLR	View

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