BA Translation with a Placement Year Abroad
Entry requirements
A level: ABB
About this course
BA in Modern Languages, centring on translation between languages and cultures. Core topics include Research Methods. The programme includes a placement year abroad, with options to study at a partner university or complete a work placement. Students may choose from Spanish, French, Mandarin Chinese, and Japanese, studying one or two languages.
Modules
- Introduction to Translation Methods
- Introduction to Translation Theory
- Spanish Upper Elementary
- Spanish Elementary
- Mandarin Chinese Upper Elementary
- Mandarin Chinese Elementary
- Japanese 1
- French Upper Elementary
- French Elementary
- Introduction to Hispanic Studies
- Introduction to Chinese Studies
- Introduction to Japanese Studies
- Introduction to French and Francophone Studies
- Principles of Translation Theory
- Introduction to Specialised Translation
- Spanish Intermediate
- Spanish Upper Intermediate
- Mandarin Chinese Upper Intermediate
- Mandarin Chinese Intermediate
- Japanese 2
- French Intermediate
- French Upper Intermediate
- Hispanidad in the World
- The World and Language of Business (Spanish Intermediate)
- The World and Language of Business (Spanish Upper Intermediate)
- The World and Language of Business (Chinese)
- China in the World
- Japan in the World
- The World and Language of Business (Japanese)
- Global France: French and Francophone Cultures
- The World and Language of Business (French Intermediate)
- The World and Language of Business (French Upper Intermediate)
- Translation Study Placement Abroad - Autumn
- Translation Study Placement Abroad - Spring
- Translation Work Placement Abroad - Autumn
- Translation Work Placement Abroad - Spring
- Sandwich Year Project (Autumn Semester)
- Sandwich Year Project (Spring Semester)
- Translation as a Profession
- Spanish Advanced
- Mandarin Chinese Advanced
- Japanese 3
- French Advanced
- Culture & Conflict in Latin America
- Specialised Chinese
- Sinophone Cultures: Hong Kong, Taiwan & Chinese Diasporas
- Final Year Dissertation - Translation (in English/Welsh)
- Student Teaching Module
- Global Narratives of Colonialism, Slavery & Their Legacies
- Global Cinemas: Representation, Subjectivity, History
- Cold War Cultures: Power, Conformity, and Dissent c. 1948–1990
- Memory & Symbols in Japan
- Of Oceans and Islands: Ecology and Environment in Francophone Arts and Literature
- United but Divided? Exploring German Unification
- Marginalized Voices