What you will get

Take your research skills to the next level, establish a reputation for competence and professionalism

  • Learn key Google search commands to find the terminology and content you need to produce reliable research and express yourself with confidence

  • Work with bilingual websites, bilingual texts and parallel texts to get access to a wide range of knowledge and terminology relevant to the topic or sector you are researching

  • Use Google as a context database to determine what a concept means in a given context

  • Perform rigorous quality checks to make your research robust

  • Collect NAATI professional development points for your recertification

Course curriculum

    1. Introduction

    2. Downloadable files

    3. Learning objectives

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    4. Table of content

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    1. Quotation marks

    2. Quotation marks - Demonstration 1

    3. Quotation marks - Demonstration 2

    4. Asterisk and quotation marks

    5. Asterisk - Demonstration 1

    6. Asterisk - Demonstration 2

    7. Site: command

    8. Site: command - Domain name, TLD and country code demonstration

    9. Morphologically complex languages

    1. Related terminology

    2. Related terminology - Demonstration

    1. Why bilingual websites?

    2. Media websites

    3. Media websites - Finance demonstration

    4. Media websites - Climate demonstration

    5. Government websites

    6. Government websites - Demographics demonstration

    7. Government websites - Banking demonstration

    8. Corporate websites

    9. Corporate websites - Healthcare demonstration

    10. Corporate websites - Accounting demonstration

    1. Bilingual texts

    2. Bilingual texts - Capital markets demonstration

    3. Bilingual texts - Pension demonstration

    4. Parallel texts

    5. Parallel texts - Legal demonstration

    1. Google as a context database

    2. Case study - Australia-China relations

About this course

  • $39.00
  • 38 lessons
  • 1.5 hours of video content

Instructor

Johannis Bayer

Johannis is the founder of Interlect Analytics, a service provider for textual and data analytics, and translation and interpreting. He has over a decade of industry experience as a conference interpreter and communicator working with Chinese, English and German. His work has taken him to meetings between many heads of state and government and China's president and premier.

He has worked for the C-suite of many Fortune 500 companies, and his background in the financial sector has allowed him to attend negotiations on mergers and acquisitions, where the languages of law, finance, accounting and specific business segments come together. Johannis is also an analyst with a focus on macro policy, growth dynamics and market themes in China.

Johannis holds a master's degree in oriental studies (Chinese) from the University of Cambridge and conference interpreting from Beijing Foreign Studies University. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Melbourne. As a conference interpreter, he is accredited with the European Union and NAATI. He also holds qualifications in financial modelling, valuation, capital markets, and securities analysis (FMVA® and CMSA®).

Frequently asked questions

  • Who is the course for?

    The course is designed for language specialists such as translators and interpreters, bilingual editors, researchers and analysts, and language students.

  • What language is the course given in?

    The course is presented in English. The case studies and examples come from Chinese, English and German, but the techniques you will be introduced to can also be applied to other languages. We recommend students have at least intermediate English language proficiency to be able to follow the presentation and demonstrations. However, the search techniques themselves can also be used by beginners to improve their language and research skills.

  • Can I claim professional development points?

    The course is eligible for 10 NAATI PD points under category 1.4. For eligibility in other countries, we suggest you check with your local certification body.

  • Can I get a certificate of completion when I complete the course?

    Yes. If you need a certificate of completion, just email us and we will send it to you.

  • Technical requirements

    A PC and/or Mac, a PDF reader, a stable internet connection, and access to Google

  • Is the course taught 100% online?

    Yes. The course is 100% online and self-paced.

  • How long will I have access to the course?

    You will have lifetime access to the course video and all course material.

  • Can I have more than one user on the same account?

    Each account is limited to one user only. If you are interested in a group purchase for your team, please get in touch with us.

  • Can I get a refund?

    No. We suggest you check out the free previews before you decide to make a purchase.

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