Business and Public Service Interpreting and Translation Studies MA

Develop high-level interpreting and translation skills on this challenging degree, where you ll use state-of-the-art technology to gain the knowledge base and practical skills to succeed in the language services industry.You ll gain essential skills in interpreting, analysis, active listening and note-taking, then build on this foundation by practising specialised liaison and simultaneous interpreting in our interpreting facilities. You ll also develop an awareness of the markets and environments in which interpreters work including international business as well as an understanding of legal and medical interpreting. At the same time, you ll deepen your understanding of translation theory and practice. You can also choose from optional modules informed by the leading research of our staff such as genre analysis, corpus linguistics, computer-assisted translation and machine translation.