A practical consecutive interpreting course for Arabic-English bilinguals and early-career interpreters. You learn a note-taking system, train memory and active listening, practise sight translation and delivery, and work through liaison, business and community scenarios with Dr. Hani Elimam.
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Why Consecutive First
In consecutive interpreting the speaker pauses and you render what was said, sometimes after several minutes. Without a method, details drop out, numbers go wrong and delivery falters. The method can be learned.
Meetings, site visits, interviews, medical appointments and government counters mostly use consecutive or dialogue interpreting, not a booth. Staff and new interpreters are often put in these rooms with no training at all.
Interpreter notes are not shorthand of every word. They record the structure of an idea, its links and its numbers, so your memory can rebuild the message. That is why note-taking and memory are trained together.
Consecutive skills sit underneath both court and conference interpreting. Once they are solid, our court interpreting course adds UAE court procedure and witness examination, and the conference interpreting course adds simultaneous work in the booth.
What You Will Train
Built around the skills interpreter training programmes generally teach for consecutive work, practised on Arabic and English speech.
Noting ideas rather than words: a small set of symbols and abbreviations, a vertical layout with indentation, links such as because, but and therefore, and a clear way to mark numbers, names and negation.
Exercises that train you to follow the speaker’s logic, separate main points from detail and retell a passage accurately before notes are added.
Reading a letter, form or short document in one language and rendering it aloud in the other, smoothly and without adding or dropping content.
Voice, pace, eye contact and posture, using the first person, and finishing sentences cleanly. Delivery is what the audience judges you on first.
Two-way dialogue for delegations, site visits and informal meetings: managing turn-taking, short exchanges and side conversations.
Negotiations, presentations and Q&A: numbers, dates and commercial terms, plus preparing from an agenda and briefing papers.
Appointments at clinics, schools and service centres, where clarity, impartiality and sensitivity matter as much as language.
Accuracy, confidentiality and impartiality; asking for clarification; and what to do when you miss something or are asked for your opinion.
How It Works
Send a short note on WhatsApp: your languages, any interpreting you have done and the settings you want to work in.
You retell and interpret a short passage. Dr. Hani Elimam assesses memory, language and delivery to set your starting point.
We confirm the fee, format and schedule on WhatsApp before you commit.
Sessions move from memory drills to notes, then to full consecutive renditions and role-plays. You review your own output and finish with a certificate of completion from SWLT.
Where These Skills Are Used
Transparent Pricing
Fees, format and dates are confirmed on WhatsApp before you enrol. The SWLT certificate records your training; it is not a government licence or court accreditation.
FAQ
The speaker talks for a while and pauses, and the interpreter then renders the message in the other language, usually with the help of notes. It is used in meetings, interviews, site visits and appointments, and needs no booth or equipment.
The conference course centres on simultaneous interpreting in the booth, with consecutive as one module. This course is entirely about consecutive and dialogue interpreting outside the booth, with more time on notes, memory, sight translation and two-way settings. Many students take this course first.
The court course covers UAE court procedure, legal terminology, witness examination and the interpreter’s role in a courtroom. This course builds the general consecutive skills underneath, in business, liaison and community settings. If you want court work, the court course is the next step.
The principles most interpreter training uses: note ideas, not words; write vertically with indentation to show structure; mark links such as cause, contrast and consequence; and use a small set of symbols and abbreviations you build yourself. Numbers, names and negation get special treatment.
Arabic and English, in both directions. The note-taking and memory techniques work for any language pair, so speakers of other languages can still benefit, but practice material and feedback are in Arabic and English.
No, but you need a strong command of both Arabic and English. The short listening check at the start shows whether the course fits you now or whether language work should come first.
Our interpreting courses are usually delivered 1-on-1 and live online. Consecutive practice works well online because you speak, take notes and render in real time. Ask on WhatsApp if you need another arrangement.
Fees and dates are on request. Message us on WhatsApp with your background and we confirm the fee, format and schedule before you enrol.
This course alone does not prepare you for court. Court interpreting needs procedure, legal terminology and ethics specific to the courtroom, which our court interpreting course covers, and courts set their own requirements for the interpreters they use.
Yes, a certificate of completion issued by SWLT and signed by Dr. Hani Elimam, AIIC member. It records your training and is not a government licence or court accreditation.
You May Also Need
Simultaneous interpreting, booth protocol and subject preparation.
UAE court procedure, witness examination and interpreter ethics.
Book consecutive, simultaneous, legal and business interpreters.
Translation and interpreting courses led by Dr. Hani Elimam.
Tell us on WhatsApp about your languages and goals. We will arrange a short listening check and confirm the fees and dates for the consecutive interpreting course.