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MSc Chinese – English Translating (2 Years)

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    MSc: 2 years full-time

Course Description

Heriot-Watt University’s Two-Year MSc in Chinese – English Translating provides students with 2 years of professional training in the skills and techniques used by professional translators and sufficient time to develop language abilities and intercultural understanding.

Studying this two-year masters degree in translation will allow you to immerse yourself in a new culture and lift your language and IT literacy to a high standard, helping you become a professional translator.

As part of the most established suite of Interpreting and Translating masters degrees in Scotland, graduates from this Two-Year Chinese – English programme will be recognised by industry has having achieved a high level of expertise and knowledge.

Entry Requirements

A degree (including associate or bachelors degree from a Chinese HEI) or MSc degree or equivalent, with sufficient language skills to meet the prerequisites for courses in Stage 1 of the Programme.

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https://www.hw.ac.uk/study/fees-funding.htm

Module Details

Year 1

In Year 1 you will take four optional courses and four mandatory courses.

Optional courses:

  • Chinese Proficiency for Business
  • Heritage: International Perspective
  • Applied Linguistics
  • CAT Tools for Translation Project
  • Sustainable Development and the Intercultural Context

Year 1 mandatory courses

Interpreting and Translating Skills
Research Preparation

Year 2

In Year 2 you will complete 3 mandatory courses, 5 optional courses and a dissertation project.

Optional courses year 2 (some not listed):

  • Business Communication
  • International Politics
  • Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Society
  • Intercultural Communication
  • Global Heritage
  • Liaison & Public Service Interpreting
  • Liaison Interpreting for Business
  • Project Management
  • Intercultural Perspectives on Sustainable Development

Year 2 mandatory courses

Translation Practice Chinese – English
Translation Technologies

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