Postgraduate Diploma in Translation

Online Open University Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies

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Part time See Course PGDip 16 month - 4 years part time distance learning

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Languages, Literature & Culture Linguistics & Classics Linguistics Milton Keynes United Kingdom Online

About the course

This qualification is an exciting opportunity to develop your skills as a professional translator, equipping you to work in the fast-growing translation-services industry. You will experiment with different genres through practical, inspiring translation activities, and hone your practice through peer review. You will gain hands-on experience of using tools necessary to operate in this rapidly evolving area (e.g. audio-visual translation or cloud-based translation tools). Your work will be underpinned by an understanding of translations theories and debates. The languages offered on this qualification are French, German, Italian, Spanish, Arabic or Chinese in combination with English.

Entry Requirements

A UK honours degree (preferably a 2:1 or above) or other recognised equivalent qualification
Proficiency in your first language at Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) level C2
Proficiency in your second language at CEFR level C1

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Where will I study?

Open University

More than 90,000 people have studied towards a postgraduate qualification with The Open University (OU). We offer a wide range of flexible postgraduate courses which allow you to fit your study around work and life commitments and also carry real weight with employers.