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Program Introduction

Program Introduction

The M.A. program in Interpreting and Translation offers new possibilities of education and employment for translation and interpreting practitioners. The program aims to train professional translators and interpreters and to pursue academic excellence through translating and interpreting studies.

The program provides a well-designed systematic curriculum. The required courses include Translation Theories, Background Knowledge: Finance, Economics and International Politics, Background Knowledge: Science, Technology and Law, Research Methods and Research Writing, and Thesis. A variety of elective courses in translation and interpreting are offered: Chinese/English Rhetoric and Translation, Translation and Culture, Translation Technology, Mass Media Translation and Editing, Translation in Finance, Translation in Technology, Translation in Literature, Translation in Law, Chinese/English Sight Translation, Chinese/English Consecutive Interpretation, Chinese/English Simultaneous Interpretation, and Interpretation Theories.