The network’s peer-to-peer learning space, open to contributors of every background; it is not a university and grants no degrees. KCO’s peer-to-peer learning space, open to contributors of every background.
One subject of the Academy, with its fields, courses and communities of practice.
Translation and interpreting
Translators and interpreters carry meaning between Kurdish and other languages, in courts, clinics, asylum hearings and literature.
- Status
- Open
- Fields
- 4
- Courses
- 1
- Faculty
- Faculty of Humanities
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01Fields
The A narrower topic within a discipline. this discipline covers.
- Literary translation
- Community and public-service interpreting
- Medical and legal interpreting
- Translation technology
02Classification
Where the discipline sits in the international lists of fields.
| Scheme | Code | Steward |
|---|---|---|
| OECD Fields of Research and Development (FORD), Frascati Manual 2015, Table 2.2 | 6.2 | OECD |
| ISCED Fields of Education and Training 2013 (ISCED-F 2013) | 0231 | UNESCO Institute for Statistics |
03Courses
Proposed 1
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Kurdish for interpreters (asylum, health)
Outline in preparation.
Wave 2 Planned
A A record of what was studied and assessed in a course or pathway; it is not a certificate or a qualification. shows what was studied and assessed. It is not a certificate or a qualification.
04Communities of practice
No A group of practitioners of one field who work together on courses, standards and toolkits; the charter calls it a Standards area. is Being set up: nobody is listed as a member and nothing runs yet. for this discipline yet.
05Contribute to this field
Experts of every background teach, review and advance the field.
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Course author
Write or revise a course of this field, from its outline to its lessons.
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Expert reviewer
Review outlines, lessons and assessments in your field before teaching starts.
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Translator
Translate courses and pages of this field into the languages of the community.
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Steward
Keep the field’s map of courses, sources and Anyone who writes, reviews, translates or teaches here, from any background, named only with consent. current.
06Related service subsites
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Language
Kurmanji, Sorani, Zazaki, Southern Kurdish and Gorani, in every script.
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Opportunities
Livelihoods, skills, jobs, mentoring and diaspora-to-region bridges.
07More in this department
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Linguistics
Linguistics describes sounds, words and grammar. Kurmanji, Sorani, Zazaki, Southern Kurdish and Gorani give it much to compare.
0 courses5 fields
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Language documentation and revitalisation
Recording speech, dictionaries and grammars while speakers can still pass them on, and helping communities keep smaller varieties in use.
0 courses4 fields
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Applied linguistics and language learning
How people learn a second language and keep two or more, as most Kurdish speakers do.
0 courses4 fields
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