MA Translation and Interpreting Studies

• Explore a wide range of specialisations: commercial translation; audio-visual translation; transcreation; literary translation; translation project management; technical translation; translating for international organisations; interpreting for business and public services.
• Train in the latest technologies, including translation memory, terminology management, subtitling and machine translation.
• Develop a career in the language services sector.
• Gain excellent preparation for doctoral study in translation and interpreting studies.

Our MA Translation and Interpreting Studies programme is ideal if you are considering a career in language services. It aims to equip you with the knowledge and skills you'll need to work in translation or in other professions that require expertise in intercultural communication.

You will learn about a wide range of specialisations, including:

• commercial translation
• audio-visual translation
• transcreation
• literary translation
• translation project management
• technical translation
• translating for international organisations.

You may also choose to develop skills in dialogue interpreting for business and public services.

As aspiring professionals in language services and communication, all students on this programme are expected to have a very high level of proficiency in English and one or more other languages (corresponding to the C2 level on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).

To complete all course units successfully, you must be able to read and understand complex texts in a variety of genres in English, and to be able to write analytical and critical essays that are logically structured and cogently argued in English.

For your practical translation course units, you may choose to work with English and any other language(s), if you have the requisite proficiency in those languages. If English is your strongest language (sometimes described as your 'native language'), you'll translate into English from one or two other languages. If English is your second language, you'll translate out of English into your strongest language.

We provide specialised translation tuition for any language combination, with English. We offer dialogue interpreting tuition for a subset of those combinations, usually English and Arabic; English and Chinese; English and French; English and German; English and Spanish.

Practical training is also provided in translation technologies, including subtitling tools, translation memory, terminology management, and machine translation.

We also offer comprehensive options in research training, for those who wish to prepare for doctoral study in translation or interpreting studies.

Full entry requirements

Candidates for whom English is not their first language must submit the following:

An overall grade of IELTS 7.0 with 7.0 in writing and no skill below 6.5 is required or 100+ in the TOEFL iBT with a minimum writing score of 25 and no skill below 22.

If you have obtained a different qualification, please check our English language requirements to ensure that it is accepted and equivalent to the above requirements.

Please note that due to the volume of applications received, we will only assess applications with an English language test result included.

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