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Translation (E92) at Open University - UCAS

Open University

Degree level: Postgraduate
Awarded by: The Open University

Translation (E92) (Taught)

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2024 - 20252025 - 20262026 - 2027
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Course summary

Build your expertise as a professional translator with this postgraduate diploma. You’ll develop your skills in this exciting field, equipping you for work in the fast-growing translation services industry. You’ll experiment with different genres through practical and inspiring translation activities, honing your practice through peer review. Additionally, you will gain hands-on experience using the tools necessary to operate in this rapidly evolving area, such as audio-visual translation and cloud-based translation tools. Your work will be underpinned by an understanding of key translation theories and debates. The languages offered for this qualification are French, German, Italian, or Spanish, in combination with English. Key features of the course

  • Engage in authentic translation tasks to develop useful employability skills.
  • Choose to translate using either French, German, Spanish, Italian, Mandarin Chinese or Modern Standard Arabic in combination with English.
  • Participate in online open translation projects, with a certain degree of freedom to choose what you translate, and the opportunity to connect with established translation communities.
  • Develop your professional skills with a combination of collaborative activities and peer-reviews.
The Open University is recognised as a Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL) UK HE registered provider (CIOL) and is a Corporate Member of the Institute of Translation & Interpreting (ITI). We are also institutional members of the Association of Programmes in Translation and Interpreting Studies of the UK and Ireland (APTIS).

Modules

To gain this qualification, you'll need 120 credits by completing two compulsory modules.

Entry requirements

A UK honours degree (preferably a 2:1 or above) or other recognised equivalent qualification. Proficiency in your first language at Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) level C2, and proficiency in your second language at CEFR level C1.

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

As fees for individual modules can vary, the total cost you pay for your qualification depends on the modules you choose to study. For further information about fees, please refer to the course description on The Open University website.
Translation (E92) at Open University - UCAS