This qualification is an exciting opportunity to develop your skills as a professional translator, equipping you to work in the fast-growing translation services industry. Youll experiment with different genres through practical, inspiring translation activities, and hone your practice through peer review. Youll gain hands-on experience of using tools necessary to operate in this rapidly evolving area (e.g. audiovisual translation or cloud-based translation tools). Youll underpin your work with an understanding of translation theories and debates. The languages offered on this quali...
This qualification is an exciting opportunity to develop your skills as a professional translator, equipping you to work in the fast-growing translation services industry. Youll experiment with different genres through practical, inspiring translation activities, and hone your practice through peer review. Youll gain hands-on experience of using tools necessary to operate in this rapidly evolving area (e.g. audiovisual translation or cloud-based translation tools). Youll underpin your work with an understanding of translation theories and debates. The languages offered on this qualification are French, German, Italian, Spanish, Modern Standard Arabic, or Mandarin Chinese, in combination with English.<br/><br/>**Key features of the course** <br/>- Choose to translate using either French, German, Spanish, Italian, Mandarin Chinese or Modern Standard Arabic.<br/><br/><br/>- Engage in authentic translation tasks and connect with established translation communities to develop useful employability skills.<br/><br/><br/>- Have the option to undertake a substantial translation or a more traditional academic dissertation.<br/><br/><br/>The Open University is recognised as a Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL) UK HE registered provider and is a Corporate Member of the Institute of Translation & Interpreting (ITI). We are also institutional members of the Association of Programmes in Translation and Interpreting Studies of the UK and Ireland (APTIS).
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Distance-online
Duration
2 Years
Start Date
02/2026
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Unknown
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Institution Code
O11
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