Translation: Translation and Culture MA

UCL (University College London)

Develop practical language, translation and technology skills while studying one or more languages. The Translation: Translation and Culture MA gives you key experience of translation as well as critical skills needed to apply your knowledge to professional or academic career paths. Taught at UCL, you’ll learn from specialist translation experts while enjoying access to the diverse resources and networking opportunities in multicultural London. The Translation: Translation and Culture MA is based in UCL's Centre for Translation Studies (CenTraS), an interdisciplinary research centre that is home to postgraduate degrees in Translation and Technology (MSc) and Translation Studies (MA). You will take two compulsory modules, a dissertation and choose optional modules. In addition to a range of translation options covering theoretical and technological topics, you can focus on one or more languages, gaining practical experience of translation and the critical and analytical skills required for research and employment. The final dissertation project provides an opportunity to showcase your translation interests and abilities in an extended annotated translation. Optional advanced translation modules are available to students in the following languages: Dutch, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Scandinavian languages, and Spanish. We also offer optional modules with language-specific strands (subject to availability). The individual modules listed below outline the available languages and usually include a wide range of European languages as well as Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Russian. The MA is truly interdisciplinary, with access to experts in an unrivalled variety of languages and disciplines from across Europe and further afield. This allows students to customise their course in relation to their language competencies and other academic and professional interests. The course is particularly suitable for graduates with a language and culture degree who wish to develop practical translation skills in more than one language, along with an understanding of theoretical aspects of translation, for professional development or further research in this field. A sound knowledge of at least one language other than English is essential.

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