Programme Information
MA in Translation and Interpreting Studies
This program aims to equip students with the core concepts and major developments in translation and interpreting studies and with knowledge about the range of techniques and methodologies available in translating and interpreting between Chinese and English; Students should also have the ability to present and evaluate professional, cultural and ethical issues and articulate them with precision and lucidity in both Chinese and English.
| Concentration | |||||
| Course Code | Course Title | Course Units | Minimum Grade | Translation and Interpreting (T&I) | Translation plus New Technologies (T+) |
| I. Required Courses (9 units) | Units Required for Graduation | ||||
| TRA5102 | Advanced English to Chinese Translation | 3 | C- | 3 | |
| TRA5202 | Advanced English to Chinese Consecutive Interpreting | 3 | C- | 3 | |
| TRA5300 | Translation Theory and Practice | 3 | C- | 3 | 3 |
| TRA5115 | Multi-media Translation | 3 | C- | 3 | |
| TRA5400 | Advanced Language Technologies | 3 | C- | 3 | |
| II. Elective Courses (18 units) | |||||
| Elective Courses - Group A |
12 units + 6 units |
9 units + 9 units |
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| TRA5101 | Advanced Chinese to English Translation | 3 | C- | ||
| TRA5111 | Translation of Economic and Trade Texts | 3 | C- | ||
| TRA5112 | Translation of Legal Texts | 3 | C- | ||
| TRA5113 | Translation of Texts for the Media | 3 | C- | ||
| TRA5114 | Translation of Literary Texts | 3 | C- | ||
| Elective Courses - Group B | |||||
| TRA5201 | Advanced Chinese to English Consecutive Interpreting | 3 | C- | ||
| TRA5211 | Consecutive Interpreting for Public Affairs | 3 | C- | ||
| TRA5212 | Consecutive Interpreting for Finance and Economics | 3 | C- | ||
| TRA5213 | Community Interpreting | 3 | C- | ||
| TRA5214 | Practicum 1 | 3 | C- | ||
| Elective Courses - Group C | |||||
| TRA5311 | CAT and Post-editing | 3 | C- | ||
| TRA5314 | Translation Project and Management | 3 | C- | ||
| TRA5315 | Storytelling in Video Games and Localization | 3 | C- | ||
| TRA5316 | Corpus and Computational Linguistics | 3 | C- | ||
| TRA5317 | Applications of Large Language Models | 3 | C- | ||
| Elective Courses - Group D | |||||
| TRA5301 | Research in Translation Practice | 3 | C- | ||
| TRA5313 | Seminars 1 | 3 | C- | ||
| TRA5601 | Second Foreign Language I | 3 | C- | ||
| TRA5602 | Second Foreign Language II | 3 | C- | ||
| TRA5701 | Creative Writing (with an emphasis on prose) | 3 | C- | ||
| TRA5702 | Translation and Natural Language Processing | 3 | C- | ||
| TRA5703 | Computer Programming for Language Studies | 3 | C- | ||
| DDA5010 | Machine Learning | 3 | C- | ||
| TRA6010 | Critical Theories for Translation Studies | 3 | C- | ||
| TRA6020 | Translation Pedagogy | 3 | C- | ||
| TRA6030 | Research Methodologies for Translation Studies | 3 | C- | ||
| TRA6107 | Cognition, Stylistics, and Literary Translation | 3 | C- | ||
| TRA6114 | Translating the West for the Birth of a Modern Nation | 3 | C- | ||
| TRA6115 | Chinese Discourse on Translation | 3 | C- | ||
| Total Units: | 27 | 27 | |||
| Required Courses | 9 | 9 | |||
| Elective Courses | 18 | 18 | |||
| Graduation Requirement | |||||
| All students are required to meet all the programme requirements, pass all the assessments and obtain a cumulative overall GPA of at least 2.0 in order to graduate. | |||||
*Applicable to students admitted in or after AY2024-2025
Course and Unit Exemption
No courses will be exempted.
