Offered By	School of Culture, History and Language
Minimum	48 units
Academic Contact	shengyu.fan@anu.edu.au
Academic Plan	7507XMTRAN
CRICOS Code	070157K
UAC Code	832125(Master of Translation) 835125(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 a variety of the languages taught at ANU, depending on the availability of specialists in the particular area of translation. Language specialisations include:  Chinese, Classical Greek, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Russian, Sanskrit, Spanish, Thai, and Vietnamese.

Advanced Option

From 2012 an additional semester-long (24 unit) advanced program will be available to students who complete the Master of Translation with an overall average of Distinctions (70%) or better. Students will undertake one of two study options to obtain the degree of Master of Advanced Translation:

Option 1: Extended translation with critical commentary. In total this should be 15,000-20,000 words in length and close to publishable standard.

Option 2: A thesis on a translation-related topic of 15,000-20,000 words in length.

Prerequisites

Applicants should normally hold an Australian Bachelor degree with at least second class honours, division A, or an equivalent qualification from other countries. The degree should normally be in the social sciences or humanities. In cases where applicants have not undertaken an honours degree, 'equivalence' may be met by:

• a very good four-year bachelor degree; or

• a very good graduate diploma; or

• a very good three-year bachelor degree and substantial relevant work experience.

As a guide, 'very good' normally refers to an A/B+ average or a Distinction average.

Overseas candidates from non-English speaking backgrounds must demonstrate that they meet the University's minimum English language requirements.

All candidates should be fluent in one language (e.g. English) and will 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 2012 website applies to the 2012 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2011 website.