Career-wise, we train students to become a professional translator/interpreter or language professional in other capacities working with Chinese and English. Academically, we prepare students for the pursuit of a higher degree in translation studies or other language-related academic disciplines. Our programme is one of the recognized qualifications of local tertiary institutions recognized for exemption from the Language Proficiency Requirement (LPR) (English Language) by the Hong Kong Education Bureau. With relevant teaching training, our graduates will be granted full exemption from the LPR (English Language) and deemed to have reached Level 3 proficiency in all papers in the LPR. Required courses: we offer well-designed classes in theory and practice of translation, interpretation, linguistics, literature and culture. Electives: students can choose from a wide range of specialised translation courses including consecutive and simultaneous interpretation (between Cantonese/Putonghua and English), commerce, finance, law, literature, media, public administration, science and technology, subtitling and dubbing, bilingual editing skills, terminology, computer-aided translation and many more. We organise a number of co-curricular activities for translation major students, such as interpretation study tours in China, opportunities for internships in local and international companies and exchange programmes with our partner universities all over the world. These activities expose students to the learning experience in tertiary institutions abroad, to the commercial world and to foreign cultures.

As this is a translation and interpretation programme specialising in Chinese and English, successful applicants are expected to have native proficiency in one and high proficiency in the other language. Applicants who are unable to provide recognised qualifications to prove their proficiency levels will be invited to attend an assessment conducted by the department.