MA Audiovisual Translation Program By University of Roehampton, London |Top Universities
Program Duration

12 monthsProgram duration

Tuitionfee

16,500 GBPTuition Fee/year

Scholarship

YesScholarships

Main Subject Area

Communication and Media StudiesMain Subject Area

Program overview

Main Subject

Communication and Media Studies

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

The MA in Audiovisual Translation is an internationally leading course in its field, recognised by the European Commission as a European Masters in Translation. It covers a range of areas, including subtitling, accessibility (subtitling for the deaf and hard of hearing, audio description and live subtitling), multimedia localisation, dubbing and voice-over for films. The programme is open to multilingual students wishing to work between different languages but also welcomes students working monolingually in English. This course covers the theoretical and practical aspects of audiovisual translation. You will explore a broad range of approaches to translation, including linguistic, socio-linguistic, cultural, cognitive, descriptive, gender and postcolonial perspectives. You will also gain the practical translation skills fit for a career in the profession as it is shaped in the 21st Century. You will learn how to subtitle, to translate for dubbing and voiceover, and/or to provide captioning for the deaf and the hard-of-hearing.

Program overview

Main Subject

Communication and Media Studies

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

The MA in Audiovisual Translation is an internationally leading course in its field, recognised by the European Commission as a European Masters in Translation. It covers a range of areas, including subtitling, accessibility (subtitling for the deaf and hard of hearing, audio description and live subtitling), multimedia localisation, dubbing and voice-over for films. The programme is open to multilingual students wishing to work between different languages but also welcomes students working monolingually in English. This course covers the theoretical and practical aspects of audiovisual translation. You will explore a broad range of approaches to translation, including linguistic, socio-linguistic, cultural, cognitive, descriptive, gender and postcolonial perspectives. You will also gain the practical translation skills fit for a career in the profession as it is shaped in the 21st Century. You will learn how to subtitle, to translate for dubbing and voiceover, and/or to provide captioning for the deaf and the hard-of-hearing.

Admission requirements

Undergraduate

176+
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Students must be able to work into or out of English and another language or monolingually in English. Language combinations usually include English with Arabic, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish, although combinations of other languages with English may also be offered. We welcome enquiries from students with Finnish, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, and Romanian. The decision to run any particular language combination is subject to demand and at the discretion of the Programme Convener in consultation with the Dean of School.
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Tuition fee and scholarships

Domestic Students

9,250 GBP
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International Students

16,500 GBP
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