Develop high-level interpreting and translation skills on this challenging course, where you’ll use state-of-the-art technology to gain the knowledge base and practical skills to succeed in the language services industry.
You’ll gain essential skills in interpreting, analysis, active listening and note-taking, then build on this foundation by practising specialised consecutive and simultaneous interpreting in our conference interpreting facilities. You can also choose from optional modules informed by the leading research of our staff such as genre analysis, corpus linguistics, computer-assisted translation and machine translation.
As a programme included in the AIIC Interpreting Schools & Programmes Directory, the Leeds interpreting course follows best practices that are recommended by AIIC (the International Association of Conference Interpreters). The University of Leeds is also a partner university of the Directorate-Generale for Interpretation of both the European Parliament and the European Commission. We enjoy close ties with international organisations including the UN.
A bachelor degree with a 2:1 (hons)
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Postgraduate qualifications from the Centre for Translation Studies are prestigious and respected. They equip you with valuable skills to succeed in a thriving and competitive industry, as well as advanced communication, research, IT and analytical skills.
Graduates from our interpreting programmes are working in some of the world’s leading government bodies, media organisations, NGOs, private companies and international political organisations. These include the BBC, UN, EU, World Bank, World Trade Organisation, SAP and translation companies such as thebigword and RWS.
Graduates work as interpreters on the private market, or in international organisations. Others work in other areas of the language service industry.
Year 1 compulsory modules
Interpreting Skills: Consecutive and Simultaneous 15
Year 1 optional modules (selection of typical options shown below)
Translation for International Organisations (English-Arabic) 15
Methods and Approaches in Translation Studies 30
Introduction to Screen Translation 15
Corpus Linguistics for Translators 15
English for Translators 15
Rhetoric and Public Speaking 15
Genres in Translation 15
Introduction to Legal Translation 15
International Organisations: Context, Theory and Practice 15
Principles and Applications of Machine Translation 15
Literary Translation 15
Writing for Professional Purposes 15
Specialised French-English Translation A 15
Specialised German-English Translation A 15
Specialised Italian-English Translation A 15
Specialised Portuguese-English Translation A 15
Specialised Russian-English Translation A 15
Specialised Spanish-English Translation A 15
Specialised English-Arabic Translation A 15
Specialised French-English Translation B 15
Specialised German-English Translation B 15
Specialised Italian-English Translation B 15
Specialised Portuguese-English Translation B 15
Specialised Russian-English Translation B 15
Specialised Spanish-English Translation B 15
Specialised English-Arabic Translation B 15
Specialised Arabic-English Translation A 15
Specialised English-Chinese Translation A 15
Specialised Arabic-English Translation B 15
Specialised English-Chinese Translation B 15
Respeaking: Reporting And Live Subtitling 15
Specialised Chinese-English Translation A 15
Specialised Japanese-English Translation A 15
Specialised Japanese-English Translation B 15
Simultaneous Interpreting: Portuguese 15
Simultaneous Interpreting: German 15
Simultaneous Interpreting: Italian 15
Simultaneous Interpreting: Spanish 15
Simultaneous Interpreting: Chinese 15
Simultaneous Interpreting: French 15
Consecutive Interpreting – Portuguese 15
Consecutive Interpreting – German 15
Consecutive Interpreting – Italian 15
Consecutive Interpreting – Spanish 15
Consecutive Interpreting – Chinese 15
Consecutive Interpreting – French 15
Advanced Consecutive Interpreting – Portuguese 15
Advanced Consecutive Interpreting – German 15
Advanced Consecutive Interpreting – Italian 15
Advanced Consecutive Interpreting – Spanish 15
Advanced Consecutive Interpreting – Chinese 15
Advanced Consecutive Interpreting – French 15
Retour Interpreting: Consecutive 15
Advanced Retour Interpreting: Simultaneous 15
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