ENGLISH – CHINESE TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETING
ENGLISH LANGUAGE 10
SINGLETON PARK CAMPUS
With nearly a billion native speakers worldwide, Mandarin Chinese is the most common language required for professional translation services. This degree is unique in the UK and is for students with a native or near-native command of Mandarin and a high level of competence in English.
FOR TEACHING (National Student Survey 2022)
Global Opportunities available † Work Placement or Internship Opportunities available International Students foundation programme available
On this unique degree, you will enhance both English and Chinese language competences to a professional level, and develop translation and interpreting skills in specialised domains, such as media, administration, business, science and health. You will have practical training modules in our computer labs with leading software tools to build up the technological and professional
TYPICAL MODULES INCLUDE: Year 1 • Advanced English 1 – Media and Public Relations
• Advanced English for Academic Purposes 1 • Concepts in Translation and Interpreting
Detailed entry requirements and course features available on the Course Reference Grid (page 162) †
• Grammar and Meaning in Translation and Interpreting • English-Chinese Translation Workshop 1 (Journalism and Marketing) Year 2 • Advanced English 2 – Business and Finance • Computer-Assisted Translation • Dialogue Interpreting • English-Chinese Translation Workshop 2 (Business and Administration) • Teaching Modern Foreign Languages to Young Learners Year 3 • Advanced English 3 – Science • Advanced English Language and Culture • Interpreting – Business Option • Simulated Translation Bureau • Language Policy and Planning • Terminology Management
Typical Offer: BBB
FUTURE CAREERS: • Language Services in Public and Private Sectors • Language Teaching • Marketing in Multinational Organisations • Media • Public Relations • Translation and Interpreting ▲ 3 YEAR ♦ 4 YEAR For individual UCAS course codes please visit the course web page BA Honours ▲ English-Chinese Translation and Interpreting ♦ English-Chinese Translation and Interpreting (with Year in Industry) The programme is only available to native or near-native speakers of Chinese Mandarin. Our preferred offer is BBB at A Level or HKDSE levels 443 including a minimum of 3 in English and Chinese. Applicants from China should have at least one year suitable study after their High School Certificate e.g. foundation or degree, plus IELTS 6.0 (minimum 5.5 in each component).
competences needed in the language services industry. There are also opportunities to
explore modern European languages and cultures, and language teaching. Work placements are available for professional translation practices and teaching foreign languages to young learners. The degree will prepare you to pursue postgraduate study in Research or Taught Courses, such as MA Professional Translation, MA Translation and Interpreting, MA TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of other Languages), or PhD in Translation.
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