MA Translation Studies

Qualifications or experience

• A minimum of a second-class honours degree in a relevant subject, or equivalent professional experience and/or qualifications.
• Applicants whose main language is English require advanced knowledge of at least one other language (Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian or Spanish).
• Applicants applying for the distance learning course may be subject to assessment if their language competency is not evidenced by their qualifications/application.

English language Requirements

• English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 7.0 with no component score below 6.5.

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Once you complete your Translation Studies MA you’ll have the rich academic knowledge and industry know-how to start or advance your career in translation.

This well networked course benefits from collaborations with field experts, including the Institute of Translation and Interpreting (ITI). These ongoing relationships help shape the content of the course and provide you with the right training for you to graduate with the skills you need to thrive within the industry.

You’ll also have the option of progressing to doctoral level in your specialised area of translation. We’re on hand to give you help, support and advice, whatever you decide to do next.

Graduates of this course have gone onto areas such as:

• Translation project management
• Translation
• Freelance Translation
• Editing
• Copywriting

Core

• Critical Approaches to Specialised Translation – 30 credits
• Dissertation/Major Project – 60 credits

Optional

• Multimodal Translation – 30 credits
• Translation Project – 30 credits
• Translation Technologies – 30 credits
• Professional Aspects of Translation – 30 credits
• Professional Portfolio – 30 credits
• Project Management - 30 credits