Translation and Literature

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The University of Essex is one of the UK's leading academic institutions, ranked ninth nationally for research excellence following the most recent Research Assessment Exercise (RAE).

Do you love literature and languages? Would you like to translate literature professionally?

Building on our internationally-recognised expertise in literature, English language and linguistics, and the teaching of practical foreign language skills, our MA Translation and Literature will introduce you to the techniques of professional literary translation and will develop your own personal translation skills allowing you to translate literary works accurately from one language to another.

Our course involves English and one of: French, German, Italian, Portuguese or Spanish. You can be a native speaker of any of these languages as you will learn to translate to and from both languages.

Modules offered by our Departments of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies, and Language and Linguistics are taken with a unique emphasis on hands-on practice in translation. You work with native speakers in developing your ability to move accurately and quickly between your chosen language and English.

The course combines training in translation skills and the development of your understanding of the use of language in different literary genres. You have the option of concentrating exclusively on the translation of written texts or exploring the use of subtitles in film and video. In either case, you use the latest industry-standard software in our media labs, ensuring that you are working under the same conditions as professional translators.

A Masters course is an academically rigorous programme during which you explore your subject in depth, reaching a high level of specialist knowledge. You draw on knowledge and skills from your undergraduate study or your professional life to produce work of a high academic standard, informed by current thinking and debate.
A full-time Masters course lasts for twelve months, starting in October, and consists of taught modules during your autumn and spring terms, and normally a research-based dissertation or other project-based work submitted in September. A part-time Masters course lasts for 24 months, normally starting in October, and consists of taught modules spread out over two years, with normally a research-based dissertation or other project-based work submitted in September of the second year. Each of the taught modules you take in the Department of Language and Linguistics counts for 15 credits. The total credit weighting for a Masters course is 180: 120 for taught modules and 60 for the MA dissertation. (If you are from the EU, then our Masters courses are regarded as second-cycle qualifications under the Bologna Declaration and consist of 90 ECTS credits).

Modules
Core modules
* Dissertation

Compulsory modules
* Principles And Practice Of Writing In The L2
* The Novel

Compulsory with options modules
* "There Is A Continent Outside My Window" : United States And Caribbean Literatures In Dialogue
* Adaptation
* Documentary And The Avant-Garde Film And Video
* Early Modern To Eighteenth Century Literature
* Georgian And Romantic Literature And Drama
* Literature And The Environmental Imagination: From East To West In 19th & 20th C Poetry And Prose
* Liuterature And Performance In The Modern City
* Us Nationalism And Regionalism

Optional modules
* "There Is A Continent Outside My Window" : United States And Caribbean Literatures In Dialogue
* Adaptation
* Documentary And The Avant-Garde Film And Video
* Early Modern To Eighteenth Century Literature
* Georgian And Romantic Literature And Drama
* Literature And The Environmental Imagination: From East To West In 19th & 20th C Poetry And Prose
* Liuterature And Performance In The Modern City
* Us Nationalism And Regionalism

Core modules must be taken and passed.
Core with options modules selected from limited lists must be taken and passed.
Compulsory modules must be taken.
Compulsory with options modules selected from limited lists must be taken.
Optional modules are selected from course specific lists.

Upper second class honours degree, or equivalent, in relevant subject area. For 2015 entry - IELTS 7.0 overall with a writing score of 6.5. English Language Requirements IELTS band: 6.5 IMPORTANT NOTE: Since April 2014 the ETS tests (including TOEFL and TOEIC) are no longer accepted for Tier 4 visa applications to the United Kingdom. The university might still accept these tests to admit you to the university, but if you require a Tier 4 visa to enter the UK and begin your degree programme, these tests will not be sufficient to obtain your Visa. The IELTS test is most widely accepted by universities and is also accepted for Tier 4 visas to the UK- learn more.

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