PG Diploma Chinese-English Translation and Interpreting

If you want a global outlook, are interested in human communication, and want to study for a degree with real-world practical value in a world-class department, welcome to Essex “I’ve had the opportunity to use state-of-the-art equipment in the interpreting lab and be involved in some wonderful lectures, both of which have given me an unparalleled study experience Studying here has reassured me of my aspirations and also helped me realise my potential ” Yanzhu Chen, MA Chinese-English Translation and Interpreting student Our expert staff Our lecturers are skilled interpreters and translators, experienced in training students with the necessary skills for professional practice We maintain excellent student-staff ratios with capped language-specific seminars and all our language teachers are native or bilingual speakers Our lecturers on the PG Diploma (Dan Chen, Nan Zhao and Yanxi Wu) are professional interpreters and translators experienced in training students in the necessary skills for professional practice Specialist facilities Our new interpreting lab provides 10 booths to interpret conferences with up to 20 interpreters Use our lecture theatre equipped with five interpreting booths, and the capacity to interpret lectures of up to 350 people – we are the only university in the UK with such facilities We regularly use two multimedia language teaching labs equipped with top-of-the-range computers integrating audio-visual projectors and large screens Use specialist software such as SDL Trados Studio 2014 and MemoQ for technical translation, Avidanet Live and Black Box for Interpreting and WinCaps Qu4ntum for Subtitling Use our professional recording studios to video record a small audience or for presentations An exciting programme of research seminars and other events Our Languages for All programme offers you the opportunity to study an additional language alongside your course at no extra cost Your future Our course directly...