Week#6 Discussion Topics

Class A
Hello, everyone. This week I would love to talk about 'being an interpreter' in the class. When I happened to find related articles on Korea Herald, I thought the topic was totally relevent to us as being an interpreter is why we spend time and energy in the course. So, I am assuming you would enjoy the topic.(p.s I will print out the material for all people!)
Study Article : Top interpreter reveals life in translation 


Discussion Questions
1. Did your thoughts on being an interpreter ever change before and after the GSIT course? How it changed?

2. Even though we are not professionals just yet, but what do you think are the challenging parts in interpreting? At the same time, what would be 'the beauty of interpreting' to you?(ex: Feeling of achievement, opportunities to obatain a vareity of knowledge, etc.)

3. What do you think are required to be an interpreter of any government official including the President, ministers. Are they different from general interpreters? What do you think they should take a extra caution whey they do their job?

4. Would you want to work as an in-house interpreter or a freelance one? What are pros and cons of each position?

5. Are there any misunderstanding that you used to have about an interpreter?

Supplemental articles

1. Presidential interpreters: Insiders behind the curtain
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20151002000919
2. Interpretation: Blending art and science
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20151002000873

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Class B

Study Article
A scandal in the motor industry: Dirty secretsVolkswagen’s falsification of pollution tests opens the door to a very different car industry


Related Articles

• What was Volkswagen thinking?
• Schadenfreude is misplaced: Volkswagen's downfall is a blow to every company
• To punish Volkswagen for its emissions scandal, make it build electric cars

The History of Volkswagen, 'The People's Car'



Discussion Questions

• What did you think of VW before the scandal?
• What do you think of the VW scandal?
• What do you think of diesel cars? 
• Which one do you think is better, a petrol car or a diesel car, and why?
• How much more would you pay for an environmentally-friendly car? 
• Would you like to own a hybrid or electric car? 
• Which do you prefer, Korean cars or foreign cars? why?
• What do you think of foreign cars? German (BMZ, VW, mercedes-benz, etc), Japanese (Toyota, Honda, Nissan, etc), American (Ford, GMC, chevrolet, etc)....
• What's your dream car? What brand of cars in the world do you like the most? why?

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