MA Specialised Translation

at University of Westminster

Our Specialised Translation MA prepares you for a career in the translation market. The course is open to both native and non-native speakers of English who also speak any of the following languages: Chinese, French, German, Italian, or Spanish. At the heart of the MA are our weekly practical translation classes between English and one of these languages. Building on your existing language skills, you'll learn how to research specialised subjects to produce, with and without the use of translation memory software tools, commercially viable translations of a broad range of specialised texts, applying insights drawn from linguistics and translation theory as well as from professional practice.
 

If you're studying the Specialised Translation MA with English and one other language, you'll also attend modules that introduce you to audio-visual and computer-assisted translation, revision, editing, post-editing, quality assurance, and project management skills for translators. If you're a native speaker of English, you can choose to study translation with two of the above languages and replace the Audio-visual and Computer-Assisted Translation and Quality Assurance and Project Management for Translators modules with two Specialised Translation modules in your second foreign language. You'll also engage with a comprehensive programme of professional development activities and will further complement the knowledge and skills acquired on the core modules by choosing either Translation as Cultural Practice or International Organisations and Institutional Discourses as an option module. At the end of the course, you'll submit an MA Translation Project or an MA Dissertation.
 

Studying at Westminster, you'll benefit from our wide range of resources, including an extensive collection of volumes and electronic materials in our library, specialised software applications, and additional resources made available through the University's Virtual Learning Environment. Our teaching staff include full- and part-time lecturers, all with professional expertise in translation and other specialist fields. You'll also be allocated a personal tutor and be given academic guidance by the course team.