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MA Translation: Translation and Culture

  • DeadlineStudy Details: 1 year - 2 years

Masters Degree Description

Develop practical language, translation and technology skills while studying one or more languages. The Translation: Translation and Culture MA gives you key experience of translation as well as critical skills needed to apply your knowledge to professional or academic career paths. Taught at UCL, you’ll learn from specialist translation experts while enjoying access to the diverse resources and networking opportunities in multicultural London.

Entry Requirements

A minimum of a first or high upper second-class Bachelor's degree (average 65%) in a relevant discipline from a UK university, or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard. Students should only translate out of a language in which they have an advanced level minimum and should only translate into a language in which they have native-level proficiency (language combinations subject to availability).

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Fees

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Student Destinations

Former Translation MA students (all pathways) have gone on to complete further postgraduate study or work as authors writers and translators for companies such as Rosetta Translation, Morning Side Translation and Translate Plus. Graduates also acquire transferable skills that lead them into careers within publishing, journalism and translation (37%); accountancy and financial services (3.7%); PR, advertising and marketing (7.4%); IT and Technology (11.1%); health and social care (1.9%) or other educational activities; examples include our graduates who are now working for Oxford University Press, RWS Group, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and Codex Global Ltd.*

Module Details

Compulsory modules

  • Language and Translation
  • Translation Technologies 1
  • Translation Dissertation
  • Language and Automation
  • Localisation
  • Professional Skills for Translators
  • Subtitling and Captioning for d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing People
  • Scientific and Technical Translation
  • Medical Translation
  • Topics in Audiovisual Translation
  • Crisis Translation
  • The Interaction and Language Management of Interpreting
  • The Historical and Social Context of Interpreting
  • Translation in History: Theory, Practice and Reception
  • Psychophysiological Methods in Translation Studies
  • Subtitling
  • Translation Technologies 2
  • Translation Theory
  • Translation for the Cultural and Heritage Sectors
  • Translation Project
  • Advanced Translation into Chinese
  • Advanced Translation
  • Translation into French
  • Advanced German Translation
  • Advanced Translation from and into Italian
  • Advanced Portuguese
  • Translation from the Scandinavian Languages
  • Advanced Translation from and into Spanish
  • Advanced Language: Russian

Optional modules

  • Language and Automation
  • Localisation
  • Professional Skills for Translators
  • Subtitling and Captioning for d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing People
  • Scientific and Technical Translation
  • Medical Translation
  • Topics in Audiovisual Translation
  • Crisis Translation
  • The Interaction and Language Management of Interpreting
  • The Historical and Social Context of Interpreting
  • Translation in History: Theory, Practice and Reception
  • Psychophysiological Methods in Translation Studies
  • Subtitling
  • Translation Technologies 2
  • Translation Theory
  • Translation for the Cultural and Heritage Sectors
  • Translation Project
  • Advanced Translation into Chinese
  • Advanced Translation
  • Translation into French
  • Advanced German Translation
  • Advanced Translation from and into Italian
  • Advanced Portuguese
  • Translation from the Scandinavian Languages
  • Advanced Translation from and into Spanish
  • Advanced Language: Russian
  • reasonable adjustments
  • Student Support and Wellbeing Services
  • UCL Student Support and Wellbeing Services
  • AccessAble
  • UCL Student Support and Wellbeing Services.

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