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Master of Translation

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Offered By School of Culture, History and Language
Minimum 48 units
Academic Plan 7507XMTRAN
CRICOS Code 070157K
UAC Code 832125(Master of Translation)

The Master of Translation is jointly offered by the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific and the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences. It is designed to provide students with a focused qualification in the practice of literary translation, along with an understanding of the history of translation and an appreciation of a number of critical issues in the field.  The focus of the program is on the training of working translators.

Specialisations

The Master of Translation is available to students interested in translating between English and any of the languages taught at ANU. These language specialisations include Arabic, Burmese, Chinese, Classical Latin and Greek, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Indonesian, Japanese, Javanese, Korean, Pacific Pidgins, Persian, Russian, Sanskrit, Spanish, Tetum, Thai, Turkish, Urdu, and Vietnamese.

Prerequisites

Applicants should have obtained a good bachelor degree or the equivalent, for example:

  • an Australian bachelor degree with honours; or
  • a good four-year bachelor degree; or
  • a good graduate diploma; or
  • a good three-year bachelor degree and relevant work experience

All applicants must meet the University's minimum English language requirements and have advanced competency in a second language.

These requirements may be varied at the discretion of the Program Convenor.

The information published on the Study at ANU 2010 website applies to the 2010 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2009 website.

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