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MA/PgDip Chinese/English/Chinese Translating with Interpreting
Faculty of Arts, Media & Social Sciences
School of Languages
Key Facts
Duration
MA: one year full-time; three years part-time
PgDip: nine months full-time; 2 years part-time
Entry requirements
A good, relevant honours degree or equivalent.
Applicants must be native speakers of Chinese or English.
Native speakers of Chinese must provide evidence of proficiency in English: IELTS 6.5 band score or a score of TOEFL at 575 or above (232 computer based) with a TWE of 4.0 or above are proof of this. A number of applicants choose to take the Summer English Study Programme at Salford as an alternative.
We welcome applications from students with alternative qualifications and/or significant relevant experience, subject to approval through a process of Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL).
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Mode of Attendance
Full-time / Part-time
Key benefits
- Practical training in translation and interpreting
- Teaching by staff who are practising translators and interpreters as well as leading researchers
- Opportunities for short professional placements during the programme
- Training in professional skills, use of terminology-management and machine-assisted translation software (e.g. TRADOS)
- Electives in theory and practice of translation
- State-of-the-art facilities for translators and interpreters
- Regular teaching contributions from specialist Chinese and English native speakers and working translators and interpreters
- The opportunity to refresh your English language skills and acclimatise to British culture before commencing the MA, through the School's own pre-sessional English programmes
Who is the programme for ?
Students who are planning careers as translators or interpreters, or seeking to gain high-level translating and interpreting skills. The programme would also be ideal for student who envisage undertaking a PhD in this field.
Programme content
The programme offers a combination of core modules and electives designed to develop practical Chinese/English/Chinese translating and interpreting skills. You will also attend keynote lectures and seminars on specialised translation and business practice, delivered by invited professioanls in the field. Topics and documents relate to fields covered in professional translation, such as economics, transport, telecommunications, medicine and international organisations.
A series of research skills lectures, together with research seminars on translation and interpreting studies, are organised for you if you are progressing onto the MA. They provide a solid training in more theoretical aspects of translation for those students wishing to go on to doctoral research.
Core modules:
- Translating from Chinese to English
- Translating from English to Chinese
- Lexicography and Terminology
- IT for Translators
- Principles and Strategies of Translation
- Translation Studies
- Business Interpreting
Plus one option from:
- Extended Translation
- Consecutive Interpreting
- English for Academic Purposes (non-native speakers only)
- A subsidiary beginners' language: French, Spanish or Italian
- Translation of a second language into English OR from English into a second language (French, German or Spanish)
- Audiovisual Translation
Assessment
Most of the modules are assessed by a combination of coursework and exams. Others are assessed by projects.
Career progression
Graduates can expect to pursue careers as translators, either freelance or in a translation department or company. Some may take up academic posts teaching translation at university level or go on to PhD study.
Fee information
UK/EU students: £3,800 per year, full-time
International students: £8,600 per year, full time
Funding opportunities
In the School of Languages we offer what we believe to be an unparalleled range of scholarships and fee exemptions to students beginning their studies in September 2008.
Postgraduate Excellence Scholarships
The School will be offering eight Postgraduate Excellence Scholarships of £1000 for use towards the payment of fees in the first year of study on the relevant programme. Postgraduate Excellence Scholarships are awarded in open competition to the eight most academically qualified self-sponsored students UK/EU applicants.
Postgraduate Fee Reduction for School of Languages Graduates
UK/EU graduates of the School of Languages at the University of Salford who have achieved a 2i or first class honours in their undergraduate studies will be offered a £750 reduction in the postgraduate fees on School of Languages' programmes, where they have not been awarded a Postgraduate Excellence Scholarship.
For further information about our range of postgraduate scholarships please visit www.languages.salford.ac.uk/funding
International Excellence Scholarships
If you are applying for a postgraduate course you will automatically be considered for an International Excellence Scholarship worth up to £2000.
Full details of the scholarship opportunities that are available to international students can be found at www.salford.ac.uk/international/scholarships/
Further information
Last updated 14 May 2009
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