Professional Translation MA

The MA in Professional Translation (MAPT) will develop you from an excellent foreign language speaker into a successful professional linguist.<br/><br/>MAPT (previously Translation with Language Technology) is part of the European Master’s in Translation Network, which currently has 64 members throughout Europe. Swansea University is the only member in Wales. <br/><br/>You will undertake advanced translation work on general, administrative and technical text, and training in industry-standard Computer-Assisted Translation tools. <br/><br/>The first part of the degree includes opportunities to develop specialised skills in public service interpreting, audiovisual translation, machine translation and software localisation, terminology management, video making or digital publishing.<br/><br/>In the translation work experience module you simulate translation companies by working with local translation businesses and delivering on real commissions to professional standards.<br/><br/>In the second part of the degree, you are presenting with a choice of two extended translations, or an academic dissertation, or a 13-week internship at a translation company in the UK or overseas.<br/><br/>**Visit our website for more information on fees, scholarships, postgraduate loans and other funding options to study at Swansea University.**