Translation MA

This is one of the longest-running MA Translation programmes in the world.

Incorporating over 30 years of experience in translator education, our internationally recognised MA Translation course is focused on professional translation, and will prepare you for a career in the language service industry.

The course has a strong practical component, and is designed to suit the needs of the translation market today. We offer ‘virtual internships’ which enable you to collaborate with language service providers and build a professional engagement portfolio. Our European Masters of Translation membership gives you priority access to traineeships at the EU Directorate-General for Translation.

You’ll be able to enjoy regular contact with professional translators in your practice-based modules, and you will benefit from course components that specifically address the business and wider industry aspects of the profession.

You’ll also gain further insights into the industry from the speakers we invite to our Centre for Translation Studies seminar series. Speakers have included:

Professional translators
Interpreters
Subtitlers and audio describers
Professionals working in public services, companies and international organisations
Representatives of professional translator and or interpreter associations
Translation and interpreting researchers.
We offer professionally relevant courses and have forged close links with the main professional bodies. As well as the European Masters of Translation network, we are also members of the Chartered Institute of Linguists, the Institute of Translation and Interpreting, the Translation Automation User Society and the European Language Industry Association, so you’ll benefit from excellent connections and be taught to industry standards. You can join these bodies as a student member during the course and then become a full member after you graduate. We also collaborate closely with many professional language service providers, and have an extensive network of visiting professionals.

If you are a native English speaker, we require a minimum of a 2:2 UK honours degree in either Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, or Turkish, or a related subject taught in one of these languages. If you are a native speaker of another language, we require a minimum of a 2:2 UK honours degree taught in arts, humanities or social sciences. We can also consider relevant work experience if you don’t meet these requirements.