Translation Studies MA
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
DURATION
12 Months
LANGUAGES
English, Chinese
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Request application deadline *
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
GBP 23,200 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* no application closing date for this course
** international students | GBP 10,300 - home students
Introduction
Our Translation Studies MA combines practical training and theory in the fields of translation, interpreting and localisation. You'll be equipped with the skills and knowledge to build an academic career in the field of translation studies.
This is a one-year Master's programme that uses English and Chinese as working languages.
Delivery and teaching methods
If you join at Stage 1, you take compulsory modules that typically include:
- translating
- simultaneous interpreting
- consecutive interpreting
- sight translation exercise
- information technology for translators and interpreters
- translation studies
In Stage 2 you take compulsory modules and optional modules. You also complete either a dissertation or a translating/interpreting project.
Depending on your focus, you take further optional modules that cover:
- a sight translation exercise
- bi-lateral interpreting
- English-Chinese subtitle translation
- literary translation
Rankings
- 42% of our research is classified as 4* world-leading research – Research Excellence Framework 2021
- 65% increase in research power since 2014 – Research Excellence Framework 2021
- Global Top 130 University - QS World University Rankings 2025
- Global Top 170 University - Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024
- Top 25 in the UK and Top 100 in the world for sustainable development – Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2024
Curriculum
What you'll learn
You will take compulsory and optional modules that typically include:
- Research Methods
- Translation and Interpreting Studies
- Practical Translating
- Public Service Interpreting
- Localisation
- Subtitle and Video Game Translation
Compulsory modules
You will take the following compulsory modules:
- Translation and Interpreting Studies
- The Language Industry: Professions, Processes and Society
- Research Methods for Translating and Interpreting
You will take one of the following modules:
- Translation Practice and Analysis: English to Chinese
- Specialised Translation: Chinese to English
You will also take one of the following modules:
- Dissertation
- Translating/Interpreting Project
Optional modules
- Public Service Interpreting
- Chinese to/from English Subtitle and Video Game Translation
- Technology in Interpreting
- Drama Translation for Interpreters and Translators
- Key Concepts in Corporate and Commercial Law
- Translation for Singing
- International Marketing
- Fundamentals of Legal Translation
- Literary Translation
- Translator Entrepreneur
- Translating for a Big Institution. The EU - A Case Study
- Localisation 1
- Localisation 2