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MA/PgDip Translating
Faculty of Arts, Media & Social Sciences
School of Languages
Key Facts
Duration
MA: 1 year full-time, 3 years part-time.
PgDip: 9 months full-time, 2 years part-time.
Entry requirements
A good honours degree or equivalent
Applicants should be a native speaker (or equivalent standard) of English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Spanish or Turkish, and be able to demonstrate a high level of competency in their chosen foreign language.
Please note that native speakers of a language other than English must provide evidence of their proficiency in English.
We welcome applications from students with non-traditional qualifications and/or significant relevant experience, subject to approval through a process of Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL).
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Contact (UK / EU students)
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Mode of Attendance
Full-time / Part-time
Key benefits
- Excellent graduate employment opportunities
- Emphasis on practical translating skills
- Range of specialist option choices including: audiovisual translation, buiness interpreting, and subsidiary languages
- Opportunities for short work placements during the programme
- Teaching by staff with professional and research expertise in translating: many staff are practising translators as well as leading researchers
- Training in professional skills, use of terminology-management and machine-assisted translation software (e.g. TRADOS)
Who is the programme for?
The programme is suitable for speakers of English and either French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Spanish or Turkish. It provides high-level translation skills required for careers in translation companies and departments in the UK, abroad, in international organisations or in the freelance sector.
Programme content
This programme is designed to meet the needs for highly trained translators in today's international marketplace. In addition to core and elective modules (please see programme structure), you will also attend keynote lectures and seminars on specialised translation and business practice, delivered by invited professionals in the field. Topics and documents relate to fields covered in professional translation, such as economics, transport, telecommunications, medicine and international organisations.
The School also helps to organise training placements in the UK or other EU countries in a translation environment.
Core modules:
- Specialised Translation with Translation Technology - Two languages into English or One language into and from English
- Principles and Strategies of Translation
- Translation Project Management and Professional Skills
- Research Methodologies and Approaches in Translation and Interpreting Studies
Optional modules
- Lexicography and Terminology
- English for Academic Purposes
- Translation Studies
- Extended Translation
- Literary Translation
- Audiovisual Translation
Assessment
Assessment for the award of the PgDip is based on a combination of coursework assignments and examination. After successful completion of the taught programme, students proceed to the MA by preparing a dissertation, in English, during the summer.
Career progression
Our graduates have found employment in publishing and as translation managers and terminologists. Some may take up academic posts teaching translation at university level.
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.
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 26 May 2009
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