This MA course is designed to help you undertake translations, reflect on your translation practice and improve upon it. You will do this through a programme of translation workshops and practical exercises designed to simulate the rigours of work as a professional translator. You will translate real-life texts, liaise with ‘clients’ and provide businesses and communities with professional-standard translations. In completing these exercises, you will gain valuable experience and generate an impressive portfolio of translation work for use in seeking employment or research positions. Five out of the six course modules follow an innovative structure: the first five weeks of your teaching will be in lectures, seminars or workshops. After this, you will be allocated a tutor whose language interests match your own. As you work, you will benefit from your tutor's specific knowledge and experience in translating your chosen language. This will help prepare you thoroughly for your final dissertation in which you demonstrate a mastery of all that you have learned on the course. You will receive individual tuition from expert departmental staff, all of whom are active researchers and have published in their own specialist fields. Under their guidance, you will become a first class translator with a host of transferable skills which will help you excel in further academic study or employment. You will translate from and into at least two of the following languages: English, French, German and/or Spanish. You will receive thorough training in translating for businesses, communities, individuals and academic institutions – all of whom require a unique set of skills and approaches.

Bakalavr (from 2009): 3.5 Average Specialist Diploma: 3.0 Average Magistr: 4.0 Average