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MA in Translation Studies (French), M.A.
University College Cork, College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences
- Linguistics
- Language, Literature and Cultural Studies
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| Country: | Ireland | Duration: | 12 Months |
| City: | Cork | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English |
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| Application Deadline: | July 1 (EU); June 30 (Non EU) | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | € 4855 € 11620 (non-EEA) | ||
Programme Description
The MA in Translation Studies is a one-year programme which will offer candidates training in the skills of the translation professions: translating documents, interpreting and terminology.
The course will include analysis, documentation, revision skills for document translation; traductology theory and practice; socio-history of professional translation; terminology; introduction-level note-taking for consecutive interpreting; introduction-level simultaneous interpreting.
Candidates will undertake supervised contact with potential employers and professional work experience The dissertation will involve research on an aspect of translation.
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MA in Translation Studies (French)
Students take 90 credits as follows: 45 for taught courses (Part I); 45 for dissertation, (Part II)
Part I
FR5501 Core course: Theory and Methodology of Professional Translation. (15 credits)
FR 5901 Research Methods in French (10 credits)
FR 5502 Methodology of Simultaneous and Consecutive Interpreting and Terminology (10 credits)
AND one elective module from the range as listed (subject to availability):
FR5102 Language Variation and Change: The Case of French
FR5103 Approaches to Second Language Acquisition
FR5104 Sociolinguistic approaches to language and gender
FR5105 Language Policy and Language Practice in Canada
FR5106 The Evolution of the French Language: Issues and Milestones
FR5111 Translation
FR5202 Practising Cultural History
FR5203 Orientalism, Ethnography and the Other
FR5204 Contemporary French Philosophy: Theory as Vision
FR5205 Reading the City
FR5303 Marguerite Duras: L'Marguerite Duras: L'Écriture dans tous ses états
FR5304 Unsettling Identities:Auto-biographical Spaces in Contemporary Writing
FR5305 "Lorsque le theatre se fait femme": Women Writing for the Stage in France
FR5402 Myth in Modern Novel
FR5403 French Writers in Rome
FR5404 "Regards Croisés": Travel Writing around France in Ireland and Ireland in France
FR5405 Heroes and Heroines from Aeschylus to Cixous
FR5406 Realism and Realisms in French and European Culture
And Part IIFR5599 Dissertation (45 credits)
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test if you come from a non-English speaking country.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
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Entry Requirements
Candidates should hold a degree in French (or in languages including French) of a suitable level of language skills, normally of 2.1 level. An interview and aptitude test may apply.
English Language Requirements
All applicants whose first language is not English are required to sit either an IELTS or TOEFL test.
English Language Requirements for Postgraduate Degree Programmes:
* College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences: IELTS 7.0
* College of Business and Law: Business IELTS 6.5 and Law IELTS 6.5
* College of Science, Engineering and Food Science: IELTS 6
* College of Medicine and Health: IELTS 6.5
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