Translation - PG Dip

at London Metropolitan University

You’ll need to complete 120 credits from the following modules:
 

• The Translator and the Translation Process (option, 20 credits)
• Characteristics of Specialised Texts (option, 20 credits)
• The Translator and Specialised Text (option, 20 credits)
• Translation Tools and the Translator (option, 20 credits)
• Website and Software Localisation (option, 20 credits)
• Subtitling (option, 20 credits)
• Translating for International Organisations (option, 20 credits)
• Work Placement (option, 20 credits)

You’ll be required to have:
 

• a 2:1 degree (or equivalent) in translation, interpreting, modern languages or related fields
• native knowledge of the English language
• near native proficiency in your chosen paired language
• good command of the second foreign language (if applicable)

For international applicants you are required to have IELTS 6.5 with no component less than 6.0 and be able to meet the DfE entry qualification requirements or equivalents.

UK/Home Fees

Cost
£9,180 per year

Overseas Fees

Cost
£9,180 per year

Please note, in addition to the tuition fee there may be additional costs for things like equipment, materials, printing, textbooks, trips or professional body fees.

Additionally, there may be other activities that are not formally part of your course and not required to complete your course, but which you may find helpful (for example, optional field trips). The costs of these are additional to your tuition fee and the fees set out above and will be notified when the activity is being arranged.

This course will prepare you for various roles in the translation industry such as a translator, translation project manager, editor, proof-reader, localiser or subtitler. You could work in-house at a national or international organisation, for an agency or as a freelance translator.