SML8029 : Translation and Interpreting Studies
- Offered for Year: 2026/27
- Module Leader(s): Dr Ya-Yun Chen
- Lecturer: Dr Noelia Cacheiro Quintas, Ms Jessica Rainey, Dr Pauline Henry-Tierney, Dr Jessica Lin, Dr Myriem El Maizi, Dr Jennifer Arnold
- Other Staff: Ms Liv Jonassen, Miss Louise Cowan
- Owning School: Modern Languages
- Teaching Location: Â鶹´«Ã½ City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
| Semester 1 Credit Value: | 20 |
| ECTS Credits: | 10.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Aims
For students to:
• understand the main factors involved in communication across two languages, including social, cultural and technological ones.
• gain a broad knowledge of the key theoretical issues and principles involved in translation, interpreting, and localisation
• use this knowledge to reflect critically on practical translation, interpreting and/or localisation experience
• learn key academic-writing and reading skills for UK postgraduate education
Outline Of Syllabus
• Equivalence, translating/interpreting/localisation factors & distances
• Scopos and norms in translating/interpreting/localisation
• Translating processes and strategies
• Translation/interpreting/localisation quality
• Translating cultural ideas, references and items
• Semantic meaning and translating/interpreting
• Pragmatic meaning and tranlation/interpreting
• Translating gender
• Multimodality and translating/interpreting/localisation
• Cognition and tranlation/interpreting
• Emotion and tranlation/interpreting
• Technologies and translating/interpreting/localisation
• Key concepts and tools in postgraduate academic reading and writing
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 11 | 1:00 | 11:00 | Present-In-Person |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 2 | 1:30 | 3:00 | Present-in-person |
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 50:00 | 50:00 | N/A |
| Structured Guided Learning | Academic skills activities | 1 | 0:30 | 0:30 | Non-Synchronous Online: Library skills |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Workshops | 3 | 1:00 | 3:00 | Present-in-person |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Workshops | 5 | 1:30 | 7:30 | Present-in-Person |
| Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 1 | 123:30 | 123:30 | N/A |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Module talk | 1 | 1:30 | 1:30 | Present-In-Person |
| Total | 200:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
A module talk introduces students to the module and explains learning/teaching methods. The combination of lectures and workshops enables students to get a combination of lecturer input, mini practical tasks and discussion, thus building up their knowledge and reflective practice skills. Workshops also give input in academic reading and writing, answer students' queries about assignments, and develop a wide range of key skills. Library skills work develops study skills and introduces referencing-management tools; here, non-synchronous online work enables students to prepare effectively for the live follow-up.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Other Assessment
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | 1 | M | 30 | 1,000-1,200 words |
| Essay | 1 | A | 70 | 1,800-2,000 words |
Formative Assessments
Formative Assessment is an assessment which develops your skills in being assessed, allows for you to receive feedback, and prepares you for being assessed. However, it does not count to your final mark.
| Description | Semester | When Set | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oral Presentation | 1 | M | N/A |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
The assignments test the students’ knowledge of relevant theory and their application to real-life translation or interpreting cases, thus enabling a reflective integration of knowledge and skill. This reflective integration is practised via formative oral presentations on which students receive peer and lecturer feedback.
Reading Lists
Timetable
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