Bachelor of Arts - Modern Languages and Translation (76D3) (Study Abroad Year)

Student aim at the School of Modern Languages is to enable our students to become ‘global citizens’. Our graduates are highly skilled linguists with a comprehensive skillset which prepares them to work in a host of careers and professions nationally and internationally. 

Translation is crucial in today's globalized world. Multinational businesses and international institutions are constantly looking for translators and language specialists. Our Translation program provides them with theoretical, vocational and practical translation skills alongside the opportunity to gain an excellent command of either one or two modern languages. A year spent abroad hones their language, the intercultural awareness so essential to translation and builds a valuable skill set for there CV in a job market thirsty for graduates with strong foreign languages.

As well as receiving practical and in-depth language tuition they will be given translation specific skills in areas such as legal, commercial and scientific translation. These skills will allow them to carve out a particular career path and act as an excellent foundation for a foothold in the translation industry.

Translation curriculum is in line with standards set by professional translation bodies including the Institute of Linguists and the Institute for Translators and Interpreters. On completion of this four-year program, they will have a high level of proficiency in their selected languages, as well as a critical understanding of translation in different specialist areas and contexts.

Students can specialize in up to two languages on this program, if choosing French, German, Spanish, Italian or Portuguese. However, if students choose to specialize in either Japanese or Chinese, they will only be able to study one language alongside Translation. Neither Japanese or Chinese can be combined with other languages.