12 monthsProgramme duration
27,090 GBPTuition Fee/year
28 Aug, 2026Application Deadline
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Modern Languages
Degree
MA
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
Prepare for a career as a professional translator. Our industry-focussed course gives you the translation and project management skills to stand out in the sector.
This course is for anyone looking to begin a career as a translator or enhance their existing career in the sector. At Birmingham, we work closely with translation agencies and freelancers to prepare you for professional employment in the translator industry.
We also offer a distance learning programme over 18 or 30 months. Find out more about the MA Translation Studies (Distance Learning).
Programme overview
Main Subject
Modern Languages
Degree
MA
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
Prepare for a career as a professional translator. Our industry-focussed course gives you the translation and project management skills to stand out in the sector.
This course is for anyone looking to begin a career as a translator or enhance their existing career in the sector. At Birmingham, we work closely with translation agencies and freelancers to prepare you for professional employment in the translator industry.
We also offer a distance learning programme over 18 or 30 months. Find out more about the MA Translation Studies (Distance Learning).
Admission Requirements
If you want to translate into a language that you use regularly, but isn't your mother tongue, you may need to provide evidence of your language proficiency.
We typically expect you have an Honours degree level at a 2:1 in the language(s) you intend to translate from. If you don't hold a degree in your ‘second’ language, you may need to provide other evidence of proficiency. This needs to be equivalent to a minimum of level C1 on the Common European Framework for Languages.
If you don't hold a languages or humanities-related Honours degree, you may need to provide evidence of relevant work experience.
We can accommodate a range of language pairings. These are:
- English to Mandarin but not Mandarin to English (if you'd like to translate in both directions, you can do this on our MA Translation Studies Distance Learning)
- French to English and English to French
- Italian to English and English to Italian
- Russian to English and English to Russian
- Spanish to English and English to Spanish
- Portuguese to English and English to Portuguese
- German to English and English to German
- English to Greek and Greek to English
- English to Catalan and Catalan to English
- Arabic to English and English to Arabic
- Candidates are required to submit references or letter(s) of recommendation for acceptance
- Candidates are required to submit an essay(s) for acceptance
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