Course Notes
- The Advanced Diploma meets NAATI professional level standard. Applicants must complete a written assessment. Please contact the campus on 8207 8458 for details.
How to Apply
Award Courses
Note: You must be an Australian Resident to apply for this course.
For International Students please visit International Courses.
Employment Outcomes
Opportunities exist for freelance work in a variety of areas and casual employment with translating agencies. Opportunities also exist in tourism and the export trade.
Note: Completion of a TAFE SA course does not guarantee an employment outcome. Formal requirements other than educational qualifications (eg licensing, professional registration), may apply to some occupations.
Qualifications & Skills Covered
Diploma of Translating
5 core units: Negotiate translating and interpreting assignments; Prepare to translate and interpret; Apply codes and standards to ethical practice; Analyse texts to be translated (LOTE); Demonstrate written language proficiency in different subjects and cultural contexts; plus 5 elective units.
Advanced Diploma of Translating
Translating text and cultural meaning from one language to another; understanding context and language structure; researching; manipulating text; recognising different styles and registers; using technology including word processing, internet, and email; basic office procedures including invoicing and record keeping.
Note: Students who successfully complete only one or more units of competency within this Qualification will receive a Statement of Attainment.
Credit Transfer
Studying at TAFE SA is one of the easiest pathways towards a University Degree. Credit Transfer is the formal recognition that parts of a TAFE SA course are equivalent in content and level to parts of some University courses.
Find other TAFE SA Credit Transfer Agreements
| Credit Gained |
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| University | University Course | Points | Time Equiv. | Details |
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| Flinders University | Bachelor of Arts | 54 points
| 18 months
| Details
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This course is funded through the Government of South Australia's Skills for All initiative. To find out if you may be eligible for this funding please answer the following questions:
This course is funded through the Government of South Australia's Skills for All initiative. To find out if you may be eligible for
this funding please visit the TAFE SA website.
There may be incidental fees for additional expenses to those required to complete the course. For example for equipment,
transport or accommodation.
To help with the payment of your fees, you may be able to pay your fees by instalments. To find out more please visit:
www.tafesa.edu.au/fbi
You may also be eligible for a fee concession if you hold a current:
- Health Care Card
- Pensioner Concession Card
- Veterans Affairs Card
or if you are a prisoner in a South Australian correctional institution.
To find out more please visit: www.tafesa.edu.au/concession