Translation and Interpreting MA
University of Surrey
Key Course Facts
Course Description
Why choose this course
The growing complexity of international communication requires professionals with skills in both translation and interpreting. This course is one of the few in the UK to give you the expertise needed to perform both tasks professionally.
Our programme has a strong practical component to suit the needs of the translation and interpreting market today, enabling you to develop a professional CV as you study. We’re one of the UK’s top translation and interpreting research centres, with more than three decades of experience in postgraduate education and research training.
We focus on exciting and newly developing areas of the discipline, such as translation and interpreting technologies, distance/remote interpreting, hybrid modalities of interpreting, machine translation, translation process research, translation as intercultural mediation, corpus-based translation, audiovisual translation and multi-modality studies.
The Centre for Translation Studies (CTS) has developed an ambitious new research programme on the responsible integration of human and automated approaches to translation and interpreting. This programme informs our teaching and future-proofs your career in this evolving industry.
What you will study
Our internationally-recognised MA combines translation and interpreting studies with a strong focus on technology. This allows graduates to meet the demands of the global market and current challenges for the language industry and work environment.
We offer Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), French, German, Greek, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish paired with English (languages subject to availability and/or demand). Other languages may be available upon request, subject to a minimum number of students.
You'll develop skills in translation and interpreting (consecutive, dialogue interpreting and sight translation), delivered on-site and remotely via audio/video link. Lectures enable you to understand, discuss and justify translation and interpreting-related decisions.
Practical modules are taught by experienced professional interpreters and translators, simulating realistic scenarios and covering a variety of specialisms (e.g. business, legal, scientific, technical, medical domains). Our range of optional modules will focus on the creative, technological, business and research dimensions of translation and interpreting, allowing you to customise your learning experience according to your own strengths, personal tastes and career ambitions.
To conclude your MA, you can choose between a topic-based dissertation, an extended translation/interpreting project and analytical commentary, or a work placement plus a critical report.
During your studies, you will have an opportunity to demonstrate academic and professional excellence by winning prizes. These include the following:
RWS Campus Top Student Award (two Trados licenses)
Project management training (one free-of-charge place in the Pro PM Training and Certification Programme)
Professional Engagement Portfolio Prize
Best Dissertation in Translation and Interpreting Prize.
Entry Requirements / Admissions
Requirements for international students / English requirements
IELTS academic test score (similar tests may be accepted as well)
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- 6.5
- All Degrees
If you are a native English speaker, we require a minimum of a 2:2 UK honours degree in either Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, or Turkish, or a related subject taught in one of these languages. If you are a native speaker of another language, we require a minimum of a 2:2 UK honours degree taught in English or a related subject. We can also consider relevant work experience if you don’t meet these requirements.
English language requirements
IELTS Academic: 6.5 overall with 6.5 in Writing and Speaking and 6.0 in each other element.
Costs
Average student cost of living in the UK
Rent | £518 |
Water, gas electricity, internet (at home) | £50 |
Supermarket shopping | £81 |
Clothing | £35 |
Eating out | £33 |
Alcohol | £27 |
Takeaways / food deliveries | £30 |
Going out / entertainment (excl.alcohol, food) | £24 |
Holidays and weekend trips | £78 |
Transport within city | £17 |
Self-care / sports | £20 |
Stationary / books | £13 |
Mobile phone / internet | £13 |
Cable TV / streaming | £7 |
Insurance | £51 |
Other | £95 |
Average student cost of living | £1092 |
London costs approx 34% more than average, mainly due to rent being 67% higher than average of other cities. For students staying in student halls, costs of water, gas, electricity, wifi are generally included in the rental. Students in smaller cities where accommodation is in walking/biking distance transport costs tend to be significantly smaller.
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About University of Surrey
The University of Surrey is a government funded research university located in Guildford, England. The university’s stated goals are to become a leading global university performing important research and innovation, creating great researchers and achieving outcomes which make important contributions to society.
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Student composition of University of Surrey
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Total number of students enrolled at University of Surrey by level Academic year 2021/22 - Full-time equivalent student enrollments published by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) on February 2022
- undergraduates:
- 10985
- postgraduates:
- 3275
- Total:
- 14260
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Number of students enrolled in courses of subject “Translation Studies”: Academic year - Full-time equivalent student enrollments published by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) on February 2022
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