MA Translation and Interpreting Studies

For entry in the academic year beginning September 2027, the tuition fees are as follows:

• MA (full-time)
  UK students (per annum): £15,400
  International, including EU, students (per annum): £34,200

The fees quoted above are fully inclusive of tuition, administration and computational costs.

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Translating for Business and Institutions 1 introduces students to the practices, tools and techniques of translation as carried out in commercial and international organisations. This includes a focus on conceptual and terminological research and on producing documents to professional specifications. The unit also provides training in the use of translation technologies; using leading commercial software, students learn how to integrate translation memory and machine translation into their own translation practices.

This course unit concentrates on the translation and localisation of promotional material used in marketing and selling goods and services in commercial contexts. It also introduces the role of translation in the international production and communication of news.

Translation tutorials provide specific guidance to students for their translation work from any language into English or from English into any other language. Students are normally expected to translate into their first or strongest languages.

This unit provides conceptual foundations and practical skills for Translating for Business and Institutions 2, which examines translation in these and other institutional settings in greater depth.

Available on which programme(s)? - MA in Translation and Interpreting Studies

Medium of language - English

• To give students an understanding of the role of the professional linguist in international commercial and corporate activities
• To familiarize students with aspects of professional translation practices in commercial domains
• To provide guided practice in researching, analysing and translating commercial text genres that are frequently translated

• Understand key aspects of cross-cultural communication in business and institutions
• Apply relevant conceptual frameworks to the study of promotional texts and corporate discourse

• Execute roles as translators and intercultural experts in commercial domains
• Conduct analyses of promotional discourse

• Use specialist resources and software to prepare for and complete translations
• Reflect on and analyse translation practices

• Communicate effectively with clients and others involved in the delivery of language services in commercial domains
• Work collaboratively with other students and autonomously on specific tasks
• Work under time pressure and manage tasks effectively
• Work competently with a range of software products

Assessment task	Formative or Summative	Weighting within unit (if summative)
1. Translation	Summative	50%
2. Critical analysis of translation	Summative	50%

 

Resit assessment:

• If only one assessment task has been failed, that task will be resat.  
• If both tasks have been failed, Assessment 2 will be resat.  

Feedback method	Formative or Summative
Oral individual and group feedback on in-class discussion (incl. peer feedback)	Formative
Oral individual and group feedback on in-class tasks (incl. peer feedback)	Formative
Oral individual and group feedback on translation and other tasks prepared for class sessions (incl. peer feedback)	Formative
Written individual feedback on submitted assignments	Both

The following list is indicative only. A specific course reading list will be provided to students.

Benetello, Claudia (2018) ‘When Translation Is Not Enough: Transcreation as a convention-defying practice’, The Journal of Specialised Translation, 29: 28-44.

Bielsa, Esperança and Susan Bassnett (2009) Translation in Global News, London: Routledge

Sulaiman, M. Zain and Rita Wilson (eds) (2019) Translation and Tourism: Strategies for effective cross-cultural promotion, Singapore: Springer.

Torresi, Ira (2021) Translating Promotional and Advertising Texts, 2^nd edition, London: Routledge.

Valdeón, Robert A. (ed.) (2022) Special issue of Journalism on journalistic translation.