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Spanish to English Translation I

LING-40040

This course is designed to improve the writing skills of translators working from Spanish into English. Students will review the fundamentals of written English grammar and will make contrastive analyses between Spanish and English writing styles, so that their translations are written in error-free English.

Course Information

Online
3.00 units
$500.00
Notes: prerequisite: Fluency in both English and Spanish is required. Requirement for the Professional Certificate in Translation and Interpretation. Requirement for the Specialized Certificate in Translation.

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This course applies to these programs

Translation (Spanish/English) Translation and Interpretation (Spanish/English)

Course sessions

Closed

Section ID:

190410

Class type:

Online Asynchronous.

This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.

Textbooks:

The Essentials of English 2nd
by Ann Hogue
ISBN / ASIN: 9780131500907

You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.

Policies:

  • No refunds after: 6/30/2025

Note:

This is an online course; all class sessions are taught online. There are no face-to-face class sessions. You will have access to your online course on the published start date. The login URL/website is https://extensioncanvas.ucsd.edu Your username and password is your email address on record with UCSD Extended Studies.

Schedule:

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Instructor: Lorena Pike

Lorena Pike
Lorena Pike teaches Spanish to english Translation I for the Translation and Interpretation (Spanish/English) program. She is an English to Spanish translator specializing in law, accounting, finance, and business. She is a state certified court interpreter (Nevada and California) with a BS in accounting from the Escuela Bancaria y Comercial. She has an MA in Spanish with an emphasis on translation, technology, and Latin American culture from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her translation work focuses on legal and business documents. A frequent conference speaker in national and local translation and interpreting conferences, she also teaches at the University of California, Los Angeles Extension's Legal Interpreting program. She is the interpreting services manager at Ventura Superior Court in California.

 
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