Modern Languages, Translation and Interpreting (R9Q9)

Our degrees are divided into Stages. Each Stage lasts for an academic year and you need to complete modules totalling 120 credits by the end of each Stage.

Please be aware that programme modules do change and therefore may differ for your year of entry.

Studying for our degree in Modern Languages, Translation and Interpreting will open the door to a wide variety of career paths, while adding the specific skills of translation and interpreting to your portfolio.

You may decide to embark directly upon a career in translation and/or interpreting, or you could follow the tracks of some of our other Modern Languages graduates and find work in areas as diverse as tourism, marketing, management, the civil service, advertising and the media, teaching and banking.

Alternatively, if you want to study translation and interpreting further, our degree is excellent preparation for a postgraduate professional qualification.

Our degree will equip you with highly marketable translation and interpreting skills, which will be increasingly attractive as the world economy recovers.

It also gives you the wider skills you get from all degrees at Newcastle:

• the self-confidence to communicate orally as well as on paper
• the ability to work effectively in a group
• the ability to organise and plan your work
• the ability to find solutions to problems by critical, logical and creative thinking

These skills are highly valued by a wide range of employers across all sectors, including industry and business.

Many School of Modern Languages graduates also choose to go into teaching, taking a Postgraduate Certificate of Education (PGCE) for either primary or secondary education in the UK, or beginning careers teaching English outside this country. Others go into jobs in which their language skills are desirable, such as the media, sales, e-commerce, and finance.

The School of Modern Languages works with the University’s Careers Service to run an annual Employability Week, including an opportunity to network with recent graduates. We also collaborate on the Modern Languages careers blog, Careers Translated. The blog gives you access to a range of relevant jobs, training and work experience opportunities, as well as interviews with alumni and employers, and general advice.