Master of Arts - MA in Translation Studies University of Portsmouth, UK

The University of Portsmouth offers a Master's program in Translation Studies that is designed to equip its students with practical, intellectual, and professional skills in translation. The program aims to provide an understanding of translation as a professional activity and emphasizes the need to develop translation-specific skills and knowledge mainly in bettering communication across cultures. The program also involves mastering a range of translation methodologies and working with Computer Assisted Translation (CAT) tools. Students benefit from input from professional translators, interpreters, subtitlers and project managers, all with a rich pool of real-world experience. Graduates from the program have found employment in areas such as publishing, teaching, software engineering, project management and international trade. Classes are also enhanced with invited industry speakers to provide professional context to academic learning. There are opportunities for internships, placements, and work experience, which could boost employability after graduating. The course offers an opportunity to study languages in terms of their socio-cultural function and apply this knowledge in professional translation practice. Please note that students are expected to specify the languages of their translation pair in most assignments. The languages available include French, Italian, Spanish, German, Japanese, Russian, Arabic, Turkish, Greek, Polish, and Chinese. The scholars need to complete both core and optional units, as well as undertake a personalized independent project or dissertation, where they can explore their own interests under the guidance of a personal dissertation supervisor. Courses are taken full-time for a duration of one year or part-time over two years and facilitated using a blended learning approach involving a mix of face-to-face and online learning. The University also offers career support for two years post-graduation, ensuring that students are well equipped to make a successful transition from student to working professional.

The University of Portsmouth is a public university in Portsmouth, England. It is one of only five universities in the South East of England to have been awarded the highest rating of Gold in the 2023 Teaching Excellence Framework. With around 28,280 students enrolled in undergraduate and postgraduate programs, the university is the 25th largest higher education institution by student enrolments in the United Kingdom. Comprising five faculties, the university offers a wide range of academic disciplines. The university employs approximately 3,500 staff. In the 2023 edition of the Good University Guide – compiled by The Times and Sunday Times – the university ranked 62nd out of the 132 universities in the United Kingdom. In the Times Higher Education REF ranking, the university was ranked third in research power for modern post-1992 universities. Research conducted by the university has a significant global impact; in the latest edition of the Research Excellence Framework, 77 per cent of research submitted by the university was ranked as world-leading or internationally excellent, with impacts across society, health, culture and the environment