Specialized Interpreting Course
There has been a rapid transformation to a multilingual and multicultural society in Japan, with foreign residents accounting for more than two percent of the nation’s population. To create a society comfortable for foreigners to live in, we need to develop legal systems that can respond to this multilingualization and multiculturalization. In cooperation with Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies offers a “Specialized Interpreting Course” to train specialists who can facilitate communication between people with different languages and cultures in various legal activities, such as in court, during investigations, and with legal representation. After completion of the course, participants are expected to be active in various situations, not only in court, but during investigations, and consultations conducted by a lawyer.
| Spring term | Autumn term | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Period | Survey of Interpreting | |
| 2nd Period | Theory of Practice of Contemporary Law | Basic Studies for Multicultural Society |
| 3rd Period | Specialized Interpreting Skills I | Speciialized Interpreting Skills II |
| 4th Period | Practice of Court Interpreting I | Practice of Court Interpreting II |
*After the completion of the course, we provide opportunities for participants to improve and maintain their legal Interpreting skills, such as various training workshops. Moreover, we register those who wish to be as a “Person Who Completed the Specialized Interpreting Course” and, on request from judicial organizations, introduce them as human resources.
Overview of the course
Course period: One year（Spring term: Apr. to Jul. Autumn term: Sep. to Jan.）
| Teaching Method: | Online Classes |
| Languages: | Two languages other than English (Spanish and Vietnamese for the course in FY2021) |
| Number of participants: Approximately 20 people in total | |
Certificate of learning outcome
We issue a certificate of completion of this course jointly signed by Presidents of the two universities for those who achieved the prescribed grades in the curriculum of the course.