MATranslation and Professional Practice
| Study location | United Kingdom, Colchester Campus |
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| Type | Master courses, full-time |
| Nominal duration | 1 year |
| Study language | English |
| Awards | MA |
| Entry qualification | Undergraduate diploma (or higher) an overall grade of 2:2 and above |
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| Language requirements | English IELTS: 6.5 overall (with a minimum component score of 5.5 except for 6.0 in writing) |
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| Other requirements | At least 1 reference(s) must be provided. Reference should be written on official letterhead, signed and dated. Please upload it in the Documents section. - CV |
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Overview
Interested? To learn more about this study programme, entry requirements and application process, please contact one of our consultants in a country nearest to you.
Programme structure
Year 1
Principles of Translation and Interpreting
Translation Portfolio I (Italian) (optional)
Audiovisual Translation
Technologies of Translation
Translation Portfolio II (Italian) (optional)
Technologies of Translation II and Post Editing
Subtitling: Principles and Practice
Intercultural Communication: communicating across languages and cultures
Dissertation
Career opportunities
The exponential growth of the translation industry and high demand for highly qualified translators and post-editors make it an ideal time to study translation. Our course will enable you to become fully fledged translators (including audio-visual translation), post-editors and proof-readers with a good knowledge of the business aspect of this art.
We work with the University’s Employability and Careers Centre to help you find out about further work experience, internships, placements, and voluntary opportunities.
Within our Department of Language and Linguistics, we also offer supervision for PhD and MPhil. We offer supervision in areas including language acquisition, language learning and language teaching, culture and communication, psycholinguistics, language disorders, sociolinguistics, and theoretical and descriptive linguistics.
Our graduates are successful in a wide variety of career paths. They leave Essex with a unique set of skills and experience that are in demand by employers.