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Postgraduate Diploma Chinese-English Translation and Interpreting

Postgraduate Diploma Chinese-English Translation and Interpreting

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Study mode

Full time

Duration

9 months

Start date

03-OCT-24

Key information
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Qualification type

Postgraduate Diploma

Subject areas

Chinese Languages Translation English Language Interpreting

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

PG Diploma Chinese-English Translation and Interpreting should interest you if you want to build your language proficiency in Chinese and English, and further develop the translation and interpreting techniques that are required by employers.

Postgraduate (PG) Diplomas last for six to nine months (full-time) and include the modules and assessed work of a Masters, without a dissertation. This allows you to proceed to a Masters in Languages if your undergraduate degree was in a different subject.

Building on our internationally recognised expertise in the teaching of practical foreign language skills, our course offers written translation, oral interpreting and film and video subtitling in a single programme. By the end of your studies, you will have developed the practical language and key skills necessary for employment in professional translation, interpreting and subtitling.

Our course will build on the knowledge and skills you acquired in your previous qualifications and is unique in the emphasis it places on hands-on training. With the help of native speakers, you learn how to use your language skills to translate, interpret and subtitle effectively, using the latest industry-standard software, in a culturally sensitive way.

You cover topics including:

  • Bilateral, consecutive, and simultaneous interpreting
  • Technologies of translation
  • Effective notetaking
  • Written translation

We are a leading UK university for language and linguistics research (REF 2014), a place where talented students become part of an academic community in which the majority of research is rated ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ (REF 2014). We are also ranked 13th in the UK for Linguistics in the QS World University Rankings by Subject (2020).

If you want a global outlook, are interested in human communication, and want to study for a degree with real-world practical value in a world-class department, welcome to Essex.

Your future

Our course directly leads to a career in translation, interpreting and subtitling, in the media, business and tourism between the English-speaking world and China.

After the Postgraduate Diploma Chinese-English Translation and Interpreting study, many of our students move on to an MA course, for example: MA Translation and Professional Practice, MA Advanced Interpreting with Specialised Translation and MA Conference Interpreting and Translation, where you can focus on modules and topics you are most interested in for another year to hone your translation and/or interpreting skills for employment, as well as doctoral studies if you prefer.

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.

Modules

How do you interpret between two individual speakers, conversing in two different languages that you have studied? Develop your ability to swiftly move between your two main languages on a range of topics. Learn to quickly solve interpretation problems while providing accurate and concise spoken interpretations. As part of this module, you have the opportunity to go on a field trip to the V&A Museum for interpreting of art and museum subjects. The cost for this is 10 and you will also incur travel costs.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£8,000

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£17,360

Entry requirements

We will consider applicants with a 2:2 or above (or international equivalent) in a subject which has a major component of English. If Mandarin Chinese is not your first language, you will need to hold HSK level 6 to be considered for this course.

University information

The University of Essex prides itself on being at the forefront of change. It is an institution with a culture of boldness where creativity and curiosity in learning are both encouraged and expected. It’s a UK university, placing 36th and 32nd according to the Whatuni Student Choice Awards 2023 and the 2024 Complete University Guide rankings, respectively. At the University of Essex, students are taught by world-leading academics in a...more