MA in Business and Public Service Interpreting and Translation Studies

Programme overview

Entry requirements

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Programme specification

In the age of globalisation, both business and societies are increasingly multilingual. The rising need for interpreting and translation is marked by a rising acknowledgement from business and governments that expressing yourself in your own language and relying on interpreting and translation services is an important step towards ensuring good communication and fair public services.

These programmes will provide linguists, from the UK and abroad, who meet the entry requirements of the programmes, with the opportunity to develop the skills of professional interpreting and translation and consolidate these skills by acquiring familiarity with a range of issue in the fields of business, economics, law and medicine.

It will also provide an introduction to translation theory and research methods.

Building on the established reputation that Leeds has in Conference Interpreting training, these MA and PG Diploma programmes will enable graduates to apply the skills gained at the highest level in domestic and international courts and in medical settings as well as in commerce, diplomacy, industry and the academic world. These programmes are ideal for those with an interest and aptitude for business and public service interpreting who work bidirectionally within two or more languages. They are also of interest to those already working as interpreters to further develop their skills in interpreting and translation in the areas of Business and Public Service.

Key features:
- Research-led and specialised training in the areas of Business and Public Service Interpreting
- Intensive 'hands-on' teaching of interpreting geared to domestic and international practices
- Market-oriented training with high level of participation of practicing professional interpreters and translators
- Practice in both consecutive and simultaneous interpreting
- Training in real life scenarios and mock conferences
- Practice in state of the art interpreting conference suits, translation labs and language labs
- Close contact with various industry partners through the "Professionalisation Talks" series
- Opportunity to develop a Personal Career Development Plan

Year 1

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Compulsory Modules

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MODL5026M	Methods and Approaches in Translation Studies	15	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)	PFP
MODL5048M	Public Service Interpreting	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
MODL5355M	Simultaneous Interpreting: Chinese	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP
MODL5380M	Interpreting Skills: Consecutive and Simultaneous	15	Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)	PFP
MODL5381M	Retour Interpreting: Consecutive	15	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)	PFP
MODL5383M	Business Interpreting	15	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)	PFP
MODL5384M	Advanced Retour Interpreting: Simultaneous	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP

Optional Modules

Candidates will be required to study ONE of the following Dissertation/Extended Translation modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MODL5420M	Dissertation: Translation Studies	45	1 Jan to 31 Aug	PFP
MODL5421M	Extended Translations	45	1 Jan to 31 Aug	PFP

Candidates will be required to study 15 credits from the following Specialised Translation modules:

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MODL5082M	Specialised Translation L1 A	15	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)	PFP
MODL5084M	Specialised Translation L1 B	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)	PFP

Candidates will be required to study 15 credits from the following optional modules:
Basket one: Translation in practice

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
ARAB5090M	Advanced English/Arabic Legal Translation	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL5006M	Introduction to Screen Translation	15	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL5018M	Genres in Translation	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL5019M	Introduction to Legal Translation	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL5030M	Literary Translation	15	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL5083M	Specialised Translation L2 A	15	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL5089M	Machine Translation and Natural Language Processing	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL5905M	Specialised Translation L2 B	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Basket 2: Skills for translators and interpreters

Code	Title	Credits	Semester	Pass for Progression
MODL5007M	Corpus Linguistics for Translators	15	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL5009M	English for Translators	15	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL5014M	Rhetoric and Public Speaking	15
MODL5016M	Managing Business Across Cultures	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)
MODL5028M	International Organisations: Context, Theory and Practice	15	Semester 1 (Sep to Jan)
MODL5050M	Writing for Professional Purposes	15
MODL5240M	Introduction to Dubbing and Voice Over	15	Semester 2 (Jan to Jun)

- Candidates may not select a module from this group that they have selected in another group.
- Not all modules will be available every year.

Year 2

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