Masters Degrees (Translating)

The Translating and Interpreting MA covers both professional and academic training. You will acquire high-quality translating and interpreting skills, so you may enter the translating or interpreting profession in fields such as technology, commerce, international relations and journalism.

This course uses English and Chinese as working languages.

This course has two stages lasting one year each. You can either:
-Join the course at Stage 1 and follow the two-year course
-Or join at Stage 2 and follow the one-year course. This depends on your previous qualifications and experience.

If you join at Stage 1, you take compulsory modules that typically include:
-Translating
-Simultaneous interpreting
-Consecutive interpreting
-Sight translation exercise
-Information technology for translators and interpreters
-Translation studies

This is followed by another year of specialised study in Stage 2. If you meet the entry requirements, you can start the course at Stage 2.

In Stage 2 you can follow one of four pathways:
-Interpreting
-Translating and Interpreting (this pathway)
-Translating
-Translation Studies

In Stage 2 you take compulsory modules and optional modules. You also complete either a dissertation or a translating/interpreting project.

Depending on different focuses, you take further optional modules that cover:
-A sight translation exercise
-Bi-lateral interpreting
-English-Chinese subtitle translation
-Literary translation.

Assessment

Assessment is by:
-Written examination (translation modules)
-Practical assessments
-Class/seminar presentations
-Essays or assignments
-Other submitted work (including a dissertation or project)

Placements

We organise study visits and/or internship work placements for our translating and interpreting students.

There are study visits to the United Nations Office in Vienna and the Directorate General for Interpreting of the European Commission in Brussels.

We also help our students to participate in conferences as interpreters, or take up translation assignments, when opportunities arise.

Facilities

Our facilities include:
-Three dedicated interpreting suites
-Professional translation software
-The Language Resource Centre, equipped with audio-visual and computing facilities linked to a digital speech bank
-A postgraduate common room

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The Translating MA covers both professional and academic training. You will acquire high-quality translating skills, ie written rather than spoken transfer, so you may enter the translating profession in fields such as technology, commerce, international relations and journalism.

This course uses English and Chinese as working languages.

This course has two stages lasting one year each. You can either:
-Join the course at Stage 1 and follow the two-year course
-Or join at Stage 2 and follow the one-year course. This depends on your previous qualifications and experience.

If you join at Stage 1, you take compulsory modules that typically include:
-Translating
-Simultaneous interpreting
-Consecutive interpreting
-Sight translation exercise
-Information technology for translators and interpreters
-Translation studies

This is followed by another year of specialised study in Stage 2. If you meet the entry requirements, you can start the course at Stage 2.

In Stage 2 you can follow one of four pathways:
-Interpreting
-Translating and Interpreting
-Translating (this pathway)
-Translation Studies

In Stage 2 you take compulsory modules and optional modules. You also complete either a dissertation or a translating/interpreting project.

Depending on different focuses, you take further optional modules that cover:
-A sight translation exercise
-Bi-lateral interpreting
-English-Chinese subtitle translation
-Literary translation.

Assessment

Assessment is by:
-Written examination (translation modules)
-Practical assessments
-Class/seminar presentations
-Essays or assignments
-Other submitted work (including a dissertation or project)

Placements

We organise study visits and/or internship work placements for our translating and interpreting students.

There are study visits to the United Nations Office in Vienna and the Directorate General for Interpreting of the European Commission in Brussels.

We also help our students to participate in conferences as interpreters, or take up translation assignments, when opportunities arise.

Facilities

Our facilities include:
-Three dedicated interpreting suites
-Professional translation software
-The Language Resource Centre, equipped with audio-visual and computing facilities linked to a digital speech bank
-A postgraduate common room

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The School of Management and Languages at Heriot-Watt University has offered postgraduate programmes in translating since 1994 in order to meet the growing need for professionally trained interpreters and translators. The programme is designed to provide students with a platform for working as an interpreter and/or translator in a variety of professional contexts.

Our Arabic-English Translating and Computer-Assisted Translation Tools programme is available as one-year or a two- year programme.

Programme Content

Students work in both directions between Arabic and English and follow core subjects covering:

Translating
Computer-Assisted Translation Tools
Localisation and Technical Writing
Translation and Interpreting Studies
International Politics and Organisations

ONE-YEAR PROGRAMME

Semester 1 begins in September and finishes in December. Semester 2 starts in January and finishes in May. Four taught courses are taken during each semester. The MSc dissertation commences in May and is submitted by the end of August.

TWO-YEAR PROGRAMME

The programme is studied over a two year period of four semesters. The first two semesters are spent studying academic English and background courses for translating and interpreting. The second two semesters are spent studying the Translating and Computer-Assisted Translation Tools programme. The MSc dissertation commences in May and is submitted by the end of August.

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The School of Management and Languages at Heriot-Watt University has offered postgraduate programmes in translating since 1994 in order to meet the growing need for professionally trained interpreters and translators. The programme is designed to provide students with a platform for working as an interpreter and/or translator in a variety of professional contexts.

Our Chinese-English Translating and Computer-Assisted Translation Tools programme is available as one-year or a two- year programme.

PROGRAMME CONTENT

Students work in both directions between Chinese and English and follow core subjects covering:

Translating
Conference Interpreting
Translation and Interpreting Studies
International Politics and Organisations
MSc Dissertation

ONE-YEAR PROGRAMME

Semester 1 begins in September and finishes in December. Semester 2 starts in January and finishes in May. Four taught courses are taken during each semester. The MSc dissertation commences in May and is submitted by the end of August.

TWO-YEAR PROGRAMME

The programme is studied over a two year period of four semesters. The first two semesters are spent studying academic English and background courses for translating and interpreting. The second two semesters are spent studying the Chinese-English Translating and Computer-Assisted Translation Tools programme. The MSc dissertation commences in May and is submitted by the end of August.

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Qualifications and durations
- Full-time MA 1 year (includes 3 months to submit dissertation)

Languages offered:
- Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish

Pathways

Students may follow one of two possible paths:

- Path 1: allows students with English as their ‘A’ language to offer two other languages - from Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish - working only into English.

- Path 2: allows students to work in both directions between Chinese/English or Russian/English.

Overview

This programme is designed to prepare linguists for careers as professional interpreters and/or translators. It has done this most successfully over more than four decades, and graduates are to be found working in language services throughout the world.

All students follow a core programme involving professional translation and simultaneous, consecutive and public and commercial service interpreting or liaison/public service interpreting. A number of options are available in the second semester to allow students to further focus on their translation or interpreting skills.

The MA is awarded for a 15,000-word dissertation/project submitted after successful completion of the taught programme.

Visit the website http://www.bath.ac.uk/study/pg/programmes/ma-in-inte-and-tran/

Why study with us?

- Team of highly experienced professional staff
- State of the art digital interpreting suites provide excellent teaching and practice space.
- Small class sizes provide high levels of student and teacher contact.
- Work placements in interpreting and translating are often an option during the programme and provide invaluable practical experience.
- Motivated and multi-national student cohort offers a diverse and stimulating learning environment.
- Students are exposed to realistic training from experienced translation and interpreting trainers which prepares them for work after graduation.
- The University and city of Bath offer ample exposure for non-native students to the English language and culture of the UK.
- A number of funding opportunities are available and students with EU languages are eligible to apply for EU bursaries.

Programme structure

European Stream (French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish):

- Consecutive interpreting (all year core unit)
- Simultaneous interpreting (all year core unit)
- Public speaking (Semester 1 option)
- Professional translation I (Semester 1 core unit)
- Professional translation II (Semester 2 core unit)
- Public service interpreting (Semester 2 option)
- Using technology in the T & I Industry (Semester 2 option)
- Dissertation: 15,000 word thesis: annotated translation or a project type

Chinese Stream

- Consecutive interpreting (all year core unit)
- Simultaneous interpreting (all year core unit)
- Liaison/Public service interpreting (all year core unit)
- Public speaking (Semester 1 option)
- Professional translation I (Semester 1 core unit)
- Professional translation II (Semester 2 option)
- Using technology in the T & I Industry (Semester 2 option)
- Dissertation: 15,000 word thesis: annotated translation or a project type

View programme catalogue (http://www.bath.ac.uk/catalogues/2015-2016/pl/pl-proglist-pg.html#G) for further information.

Through our extensive network of contacts, we aim to organise placements for all students with the language services of international organisations, government departments or translation companies.

These placements provide an invaluable insight into the work of professional linguists and are valued highly by employers. They are not however compulsory and are not always guaranteed.

Our students have previously undertaken placements/internships in:
- United Nations (New York, Geneva, and Vienna)
- European Commission and European Parliament
- Council of Europe

Learning and teaching

Our programmes are modular, consisting of self-contained units, taught and assessed on a semester basis. As you progress through each semester and successfully pass the examinations, you will receive credit for the units, thus providing you with a clear indication of your academic progress.

Teaching takes the form of lectures and intensive translation and interpreting. Lectures are quite formal, whereas classes involve closer interaction between the lecturer and a small number of students for intensive training in the Translating & Interpreting discipline with plenty of time for informative discussion.

We also use the software MemoQ for the delivery of the unit, Using Technology in the Translation & Interpreting Industry; this is one of the leading tools in the industry.

Careers

The MA Interpreting & Translating is a highly vocational programme with a worldwide reputation for training professional translators and conference interpreters.

Our graduates have excellent employment prospects. While some have found rewarding jobs in smaller companies and institutions, or chosen to remain as a freelancer, many have gone on to pursue stimulating careers as professional translators and interpreters with major international organisations.

Graduates have worked for the following organisations:

- Institutional markets:

United Nations (Geneva, Vienna and New York)
European Commission (Brussels and Luxembourg)
European Parliament (Brussels and Luxembourg)
Council of Europe (Strasbourg)
International Court of Justice (The Hague)
NATO (Brussels)
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (London)
European Bank (Frankfurt)
BBC World Service (London)

- Private markets:

Microsoft
Talk Finance
Sophos
Prudential
Power Network
Gazprom

Some of our graduates have shared their experiences on our alumni blog (http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/on-parade/category/ma-interpreting-translating/).

About the department

The Department of Politics, Languages & International Studies (PoLIS) is one of the largest departments in the University.

Many staff are leading scholars in their field and are involved in a wide range of research activities, including collaborative projects at both national and international levels.

International and industrial links:

- Our department has links with 22 Erasmus partner institutions, as well as universities in Russia and Mexico.
- Research students regularly engage in fieldwork abroad, especially in the countries of the European Union, but also in Russia, Latin America and the United States.
- Students on the Euromasters programme study at two or three different sites in either Europe or the USA.
- In the case of the MA Interpreting & Translating and the MA Translation & Professional Language Skills, a number of work placements in Western Europe are made available to students in the language services of international organisations, government departments and commercial enterprises.

Our research

Experts from our department are publishing regularly in the most highly ranked international journals.

Our academic expertise and research activities are organised into three broad Research Clusters:

- Conflict, Security & International Order
- Governance, Citizenship & Policy
- Memory, History & Identity

International collaboration:
Many staff are internationally leading scholars in their field. We are involved in a wide range of research activities, including collaborative projects at both national and international levels.

Projects are funded by a variety of bodies such as:

- Economics & Social Research Council (ESRC)
- European Commission Framework Programme
- Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC)

Stimulating cutting edge research:
Our diversity and the disciplinary mix of political science, political theory, policy analysis, social anthropology, political sociology and others make for a very stimulating environment for students to develop their own research projects.

The integration of our research community is further enhanced through the International Relations & European Politics (IREP) postgraduate group.

Find out how to apply here - http://www.bath.ac.uk/hss/graduate-school/taught-programmes/how-to-apply/

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This interdisciplinary course offers you the rare opportunity to study how cultures translate across a wide range of fields. Critically combining the disciplines of translation and cultural studies, it breaks new ground both practically and theoretically in exploring a variety of different issues across the humanities and social sciences. It gives you the opportunity to shape the emerging field of translating cultures through independent in-depth research, and will appeal if you aspire to work at the cutting edge of debates and practices dealing with cultural interaction and transformation in the contemporary world.

Modules are taught and supervision given by expert staff who are specialists in a number of languages and disciplines, offering you the chance to follow particular themes in areas that most interest you. Recent work by staff includes books and articles on issues in translation, literature, migration, gender, religion, visual culture and museum studies to name a few, in Chinese, French, German, Russian, Spanish and other cultures.

We explicitly welcome applications for collaborative research projects and are happy to exploit our links with public and third sector partners to assist students in developing projects that fit with both the partners’ research needs and the demands and expectations of a Masters dissertation. The student will take the lead in the development of any such collaborative research project, but will be guided and assisted by the supervisory team and, where appropriate, other members of the course team.

Course content

You will take two core modules: Translating Cultures, which establishes frameworks for the close analysis of transcultural and translation concepts; and the Research Dissertation module, which provides training and personal supervision for the writing of an in-depth dissertation on an appropriate topic of your choice. The Research Dissertation module offers you the innovative possibility to develop your research project through an internship with a relevant external organisation. You will also choose an option module that matches your interests from a selection of modules offering advanced study in specialised areas, including translation, intercultural communication, diaspora, cultural identity, globalisation, democratisation and restorative justice. You are encouraged to attend the research seminars in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, particularly the Translating Cultures series run by the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, at which visiting speakers, creative practitioners and teaching staff present their current work.

Modules

The following modules are indicative of what you will study on this course.

Core modules
-RESEARCH DISSERTATION
-TRANSLATING CULTURES

Option modules - Choose one from:
-CAPITALISM AND CULTURE
-DEMOCRACY AND ISLAM
-GLOBALISATION, DEMOCRATISATION AND POST-AUTHORITARIAN TRANSITION
-INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
-READING THE NATION
-REPRESENTING WORLD CULTURES
-RESTORATIVE JUSTICE: CULTURES, INTEGRATION AND LAW
-THE CHINESE MEDIA
-TRANSLATION STUDIES

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This interdisciplinary course offers you the rare opportunity to study how cultures translate across a wide range of fields. Critically combining the disciplines of translation and cultural studies, it breaks new ground both practically and theoretically in exploring a variety of different issues across the humanities and social sciences. It gives you the opportunity to shape the emerging field of translating cultures through independent in-depth research, and will appeal if you aspire to work at the cutting edge of debates and practices dealing with cultural interaction and transformation in the contemporary world.

Modules are taught and supervision given by expert staff who are specialists in a number of languages and disciplines, offering you the chance to follow particular themes in areas that most interest you. Recent work by staff includes books and articles on issues in translation, literature, migration, gender, religion, visual culture and museum studies to name a few, in Chinese, French, German, Russian, Spanish and other cultures.

We explicitly welcome applications for collaborative research projects and are happy to exploit our links with public and third sector partners to assist students in developing projects that fit with both the partners’ research needs and the demands and expectations of a Masters dissertation. The student will take the lead in the development of any such collaborative research project, but will be guided and assisted by the supervisory team and, where appropriate, other members of the course team.

Course content

You will take two core modules: Translating Cultures, which establishes frameworks for the close analysis of transcultural and translation concepts; and the Research Dissertation module, which provides training and personal supervision for the writing of an in-depth dissertation on an appropriate topic of your choice. The Research Dissertation module offers you the innovative possibility to develop your research project through an internship with a relevant external organisation. You will also choose an option module that matches your interests from a selection of modules offering advanced study in specialised areas, including translation, intercultural communication, diaspora, cultural identity, globalisation, democratisation and restorative justice. You are encouraged to attend the research seminars in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, particularly the Translating Cultures series run by the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, at which visiting speakers, creative practitioners and teaching staff present their current work.

Modules

The following modules are indicative of what you will study on this course.

Core modules
-RESEARCH DISSERTATION
-TRANSLATING CULTURES

Option modules - Choose one from:
-CAPITALISM AND CULTURE
-DEMOCRACY AND ISLAM
-GLOBALISATION, DEMOCRATISATION AND POST-AUTHORITARIAN TRANSITION
-INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
-READING THE NATION
-REPRESENTING WORLD CULTURES
-RESTORATIVE JUSTICE: CULTURES, INTEGRATION AND LAW
-THE CHINESE MEDIA
-TRANSLATION STUDIES

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The School of Management and Languages at Heriot-Watt University has offered postgraduate programmes in interpreting and translating since 1994 in order to meet the growing need for professionally trained interpreters and translators. The programme is designed to provide Arabic students with a platform for working as an interpreter and/or translator in a variety of professional contexts.

Our Arabic-English Interpreting and Translating programme is available as one-year or a two- year programme.

PROGRAMME CONTENT

Students work in both directions between Arabic and English covering core subjects that include:

Applied Professional Skills for Conference Interpreters
Conference Interpreting (Arabic-English)
Translation Practice (Arabic-English)
Translation and Interpreting Studies

Optional subjects include Business Communication, Translation Technologies, Liaison Interpreting for Business, Localisation & Technical Writing.

FACILITIES

Students benefit from excellent facilities for interpreting and translating, including state-of-the-art interpreting and language laboratories, digital resources for interpreting, and a range of Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) software packages.

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In today's globalised world, translating and interpreting has an ever-growing role. Our main research purpose is to find out more about how it works - from professional, language and cultural perspectives. We invite research proposals in fields such as linguistics and literature, culture, identity and professional studies, psychology and philosophy.

We offer expert supervision in the areas of:
-Interpreting (Dr Y Chen, Dr M Jin, Dr V Pellatt, Dr F Wu)
-Psycholinguistics of interpreting and translating (Dr M Jin)
-Translating literature (Dr F Jones, Dr V Pellatt)
-Translation and culture (Dr Y Chen, Dr F Jones, Dr V Pellatt)
-Translation and ethics, ideology, and power (Prof R. Howard, Dr F Jones, Dr V Pellatt)
-Translation products, processes and strategies (Dr Y Chen, Dr M Jin, Dr F Jones, Dr V Pellatt)
-Translator and interpreter training and assessment (Dr Y Chen, Dr V Pellatt, Dr F Wu)
-Reflective/autonomous learning and educational psychology (Dr Y Chen, Dr F Wu)
-Audiovisual translation studies (Dr Y Chen)

We can offer support for projects involving English plus the following languages:
-Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian
-Catalan
-Chinese
-Dutch
-French
-German
-Hungarian
-Quechua
-Spanish

Facilities

Our facilities include:
-A postgraduate common room
-Three dedicated interpreting suites
-Professional translation software
-The Language Resource Centre, equipped with audio-visual and computing facilities linked to a digital speech bank

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Overview

Our new MSc Translating for Business programme is aimed at those looking to develop their language communications skills in a business context. The programme allows you to develop language, communication and translation skills specific to a business context in English plus your choice of one or two other languages from French, German and Spanish. With a broad range of optional courses in professionally relevant subjects you can tailor your programme to your interests and professional needs.

Programme Structure

Students take core courses in Translation Practice and Business Communication as well as optional courses from a range including Translation Technologies, Liaison Interpreting for Business, International Business, Intercultural Communication in the Workplace.

Facilities

Students benefit from excellent facilities for interpreting and translating, including state-of-the-art interpreting and language laboratories, digital resources for interpreting, and a range of Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) software packages.

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The School of Management and Languages at Heriot-Watt University has offered postgraduate programmes in interpreting and translating since 1994 in order to meet the growing need for professionally trained interpreters and translators. The programme is designed to provide Chinese students with a platform for working as an interpreter and/or translator in a variety of professional contexts.

PROGRAMME CONTENT

Students work in both directions between Chinese and English and follow core subjects covering:

Applied Professional Skills for Conference Interpreters
Conference Interpreting (Chinese-English)
Translation Practice (Chinese-English)
Translation & Interpreting Studies

Optional subjects include Business Communication, Translation Technologies, Liaison Interpreting for Business, Localisation & Technical Writing.

FACILITIES

Students benefit from excellent facilities for interpreting and translating, including state-of-the-art interpreting and language laboratories, digital resources for interpreting, and a range of Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) software packages.

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The School of Management and Languages at Heriot-Watt University has offered a postgraduate programme in interpreting and translating since 1994 in order to meet the growing need for professionally trained interpreters and translators.

The programme is designed to provide students with a platform for working as an interpreter and/or translator in a variety of professional contexts.

The portfolio of languages on offer includes English, French, German, Spanish, Arabic and Chinese.

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The School of Management and Languages at Heriot-Watt University has offered a postgraduate programme in translating and interpreting since 1994 in order to meet the growing need for professionally trained interpreters and translators. The programme is designed to provide students with a platform for working as an interpreter and/or translator in a variety of professional contexts.

The portfolio of languages on offer includes English, French, German, Spanish, Arabic and Chinese.

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Overview

The Master of Translation and Interpreting Studies is designed to meet the needs of proficient bilinguals who aim to work as professional translators and interpreters. Students will acquire the skills and knowledge required to perform translating and interpreting in a range of institutional settings common to community and commercial translating and interpreting practice in Australia and overseas.

See the website http://courses.mq.edu.au/international/postgraduate/master/master-of-translation-and-interpreting-studies

Key benefits

- Focuses on the acquisition of theoretical knowledge and practical skills relevant to translating and interpreting practice.
- Students are guided to independent research and to execute practicum projects with our industry partners in a variety of settings.
- There is a strong emphasis on technological skills to prepare students for a fast-changing marketplace.

Suitable for

Suitable if you are interested in becoming a professional translator or interpreter, or wish to further develop translating and interpreting skills whilst acquiring a masters degree.

Please note our working languages for practical units are Chinese (Mandarin), Korean, Japanese, Spanish, and other languages depending on demand.

Recognition of prior learning

Course Duration
- 1.5 year program
Bachelor degree in a relevant discipline and proficiency in one of the available languages;
Bachelor degree in any discipline, completion of internal admission assessment and proficiency in one of the available languages;
Bachelor degree in any discipline and NAATI Para-Professional accreditation in translation or interpreting.

- 1 year program
Bachelor degree in any discipline and Honours, Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma in translating and/or interpreting;
Bachelor degree in any discipline and NAATI Professional accreditation in translation or interpreting.

- Relevant disciplines
Translation studies, translating and interpreting, linguistics, speech and hearing sciences, speech-language pathology, language or literary studies, comparative literature, creative writing, education, journalism, media or communication studies, law, or a related discipline.

- Relevant areas
Accredited Translating and/or Interpreting domain;
Proof of proficiency in one of the available languages (other than English) refer to one of following:
----Tertiary study either through the medium of the language in question or with the language as major up to the final undergraduate year.
----In-country residence (where language is spoken) of more than 2 years;
----Score on internationally recognized proficiency test including:
Chinese: HSK-level 5 (Mainland China);
TOCFL (original name TOP)-level C (Taiwan)
Korean: TOPIK-level 6
Japanese: JLPT-level N1
Professional accreditation as translator or interpreter in this language (e.g. NAATI).

Work experience requirements

No work experience required, but it would be an advantage.

English language requirements

IELTS of 7.0 overall with minimum 6.5 in each band, or equivalent

All applicants for undergraduate or postgraduate coursework studies at Macquarie University are required to provide evidence of proficiency in English.
For more information see English Language Requirements. http://mq.edu.au/study/international/how_to_apply/english_language_requirements/

You may satisfy the English language requirements if you have completed:
- senior secondary studies equivalent to the NSW HSC
- one year of Australian or comparable tertiary study in a country of qualification

Careers

- Accreditation
The program is a NAATI (National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters) approved course for accreditation at professional translator and interpreter level. For detailed information on languages that are approved for accreditation, please contact the program at [email protected]

- Career Opportunities
Graduates will be well prepared to pursue a career as professional translators and interpreters in a range of settings including: community translation and interpreting (e.g. governments, courts, tribunals, police, clinics and hospitals), International Conferences (primarily conference interpreting), business (e.g. business meetings, internal and external documents and contracts), industry products (e.g. manuals, localization), regional and international events (e.g. Olympics and Paralympics), broadcasting and publishing.

See the website http://courses.mq.edu.au/international/postgraduate/master/master-of-translation-and-interpreting-studies

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The Translation Studies MA covers both professional and academic training. Translation Studies is an academically focused pathway. It provides you with substantial theoretical knowledge to develop an interest in the field of translating and/or interpreting as a topic of academic study and research.

This course uses English and Chinese as working languages.

This course has two stages lasting one year each. You can either:
-Join the course at Stage 1 and follow the two-year course
-Or join at Stage 2 and follow the one-year course. This depends on your previous qualifications and experience.

If you join at Stage 1, you take compulsory modules that typically include:
-Translating
-Simultaneous interpreting
-Consecutive interpreting
-Sight translation exercise
-Information technology for translators and interpreters
-Translation studies

This is followed by another year of specialised study in Stage 2. If you meet the entry requirements, you can start the course at Stage 2.

In Stage 2 you can follow on of four pathways:
-Interpreting
-Translating and Interpreting
-Translating
-Translation Studies (this pathway)

In Stage 2 you take compulsory modules and optional modules. You also complete either a dissertation or a translating/interpreting project.

Depending on different focuses, you take further optional modules that cover:
-A sight translation exercise
-Bi-lateral interpreting
-English-Chinese subtitle translation
-Literary translation

Assessment

Assessment is by:
-Examination
-Practical assessments
-Class/seminar presentations
-Essays or assignments
-Other submitted work (including a dissertation or project)

Placements

We organise study visits and/or internship work placements for our translating and interpreting students.

There are study visits to the United Nations Office in Vienna and the Directorate General for Interpreting of the European Commission in Brussels.

We also help our students to participate in conferences as interpreters, or take up translation assignments, when opportunities arise.

Facilities

Our facilities include:
-Three dedicated interpreting suites
-Professional translation software
-The Language Resource Centre, equipped with audio-visual and computing facilities linked to a digital speech bank
-A postgraduate common room

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