Translation Studies MA

Semester 1: Research Methods (30 credits) Translation Studies: The Making of a Discipline (30 credits) Semester 2: Content modules (students choose ONE of the two modules) Translation in Practice (30 credits) Transcreative Writing (30 credits) Practice Module Working on a Translation Portfolio (30 credits) [languages covered: Welsh, English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Galician, Catalan, Modern Greek and Chinese] (30 credits) Summer: Dissertation (60 credits; topic relevant to chosen language specialism OR comparative). The dissertation may be a theoretical and research based approach to any aspect of Translation Studies, or a proposed extended translation plus a critical commentary. The chosen text cannot have already exists in translation into the relevant language. Assessment Coursework includes short exercises on Research Methods, critical essays and reflective translation exercises. Your Research Project will be a 20,000 word dissertation, either on a critical aspect of Translation Studies or on a practice led translation project accompanied by an analytical commentary.