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Department of European Studies & Modern Languages, Programme Catalogue 2010/11

THEU-AFM10: MA Translation and Professional Language Skills

Leading to the award of MASTER OF ARTS IN TRANSLATION AND PROFESSIONAL LANGUAGE SKILLS

Mode of attendance: Full-time

Translation & Professional Language Skills - French & Spanish

Students on this programme may also study a range of non-credit extra-curricular units.

Academic Year

Compulsory Units
EU50304 French to English translation 12 Credits
EU50350 Spanish to English translation 12 Credits
EU50582 Editing & revision 12 Credits

Semester 1

Optional Units: Select 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
EU50306 French/English liaison interpreting 6 Credits
EU50358 Spanish/English liaison interpreting 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 2 Unit(s) from the following list:
  • Students must take units totalling 60 credits over Semester 1 and Semester 2 of this programme.
  • Students must select a total of 3 units (in addition to liaison interpreting) for the year from a combination of the optional units available in Semester 1 and Semester 2.
AA00001 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
EU50584 Proofreading 6 Credits
EU50585 Translation management 6 Credits

Semester 2

Optional Units: Select between 1 and 3 Unit(s) from the following list:
  • Students must take units totalling 60 credits over Semester 1 and Semester 2 of this programme.
  • Students must select a total of 3 units (in addition to liaison interpreting) for the year from the combination of the options available in Semester 2 and those already taken in Semester 1.
  • EU50586 (Precis writing for the United Nations) is only available for students who are officially taking either French or Russian or Spanish.
  • You may only take one public service interpreting unit and this must be in the same language you took for liaison interpreting in Semester 1.
EU50586 Précis writing for the United Nations 6 Credits
EU50587 Enterprise skills for linguists 6 Credits
EU50646 Additional translation (French to English) 6 Credits
EU50651 Additional translation (Spanish to English) 6 Credits
EU50735 French/English public service interpreting 6 Credits
EU50740 Spanish/English public service interpreting 6 Credits

Dissertation Period

Compulsory Units
EU50588 Dissertation/Project 30 Credits