Translation: Translation and Culture MA

UCL (University College London)

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. In addition to a range of translation options covering theoretical and technological topics, you can focus on one or more languages, gaining practical experience of translation and the critical and analytical skills required for research and employment. The final dissertation project provides an opportunity to showcase your translation interests and abilities in an extended annotated translation. Optional advanced translation modules are available to students in the following languages: Dutch, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Scandinavian languages, and Spanish. We also offer optional modules with language-specific strands (subject to availability). The individual modules listed below outline the available languages and usually include a wide range of European languages as well as Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Russian. We are also able to offer Ukrainian (subject to availability - please contact the MA director).