Programme & Unit Catalogues - University of Bath

Department of European Studies & Modern Languages, Programme Catalogue 2010/11

THEU-AFM10: MA Translation and Professional Language Skills

Leading to the award of MASTER OF ARTS IN TRANSLATION AND PROFESSIONAL LANGUAGE SKILLS

Mode of attendance: Full-time

Translation & Professional Language Skills - French & Italian

Students on this programme may also study a range of non-credit extra-curricular units.

Academic Year

Compulsory Units

EU50304

French to English translation

12 Credits

EU50312

Italian to English translation

12 Credits

EU50582

Editing & revision

12 Credits

Semester 1

Optional Units: Select 1 Unit(s) from the following list:

EU50306

French/English liaison interpreting

6 Credits

EU50314

Italian/English liaison interpreting

6 Credits

Optional Units: Select between 0 and 2 Unit(s) from the following list:

AA00001

Choose nothing from this list of options

0 Credits

EU50584

Proofreading

6 Credits

EU50585

Translation management

6 Credits

Semester 2

Optional Units: Select between 1 and 3 Unit(s) from the following list:

Students must take units totalling 60 credits over Semester 1 and Semester 2 of this programme.

Students must select a total of 3 units (in addition to liaison interpreting) for the year from the combination of the options available in Semester 2 and those already taken in Semester 1.

EU50586 (Precis writing for the United Nations) is only available for students who are officially taking either French or Russian or Spanish.

You may only take one public service interpreting unit and this must be in the same language you took for liaison interpreting in Semester 1.

EU50586

Précis writing for the United Nations

6 Credits

EU50587

Enterprise skills for linguists

6 Credits

EU50646

Additional translation (French to English)

6 Credits

EU50648

Additional translation (Italian to English)

6 Credits