2022/23 Taught Postgraduate Programme Catalogue
MA Arabic/English Translation
| Programme code: | MA-A/ETRAN | UCAS code: | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duration: | 12 Months | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
| Programme manager: | Dr Ahmed Elgindy | Contact address: | a.elgindy@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 180
Entry requirements:
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School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:
Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies (AMES - SMLC Subject Area)
Examination board through which the programme will be considered:
School of Languages, Cultures and Societies
Programme specification:
Our taught MA Arabic/English translation provides intensive tuition in English>Arabic and Arabic>English translation across a wide range of text types, together with a sophisticated understanding of concepts in translation theory and practical translation techniques. On completion of this programme, students should have widened their understanding of the key theoretical issues, methodologies and approaches needed for a systematic study of translation. Additionally, students will have gained the interlingual and intercultural skills needed for well-informed translation decisions between Arabic and English and vice versa.
You will be taught by experts in both translation studies and Arabic/English - English/Arabic translation. In addition to the core modules, the programme offers you the opportunity to take a number of optional modules to allow you to tailor the MA to your own needs. The optional modules offer a wide range of professional and research skills that are all designed to enhance both the students' theoretical awareness and translation performance. The content of all modules, core and optional, is designed with the aim of showing the relevance of translation theory to translation practice in general and Arabic translation in particular. The ability to see English and Arabic stylistics from a comparative perspective, for example, feeds into the quality of translation choices made by the students.
Students have excellent career prospects as translators (English>Arabic or Arabic>English), translation revisers, or translation teachers. The large number of research-oriented modules in translation, linguistics, and intercultural studies also allow graduates to go on to pursue doctoral or other research in translation and related areas.
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[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
| MODL5001M | Methods and Approaches in Translation Studies | 30 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates must choose one of the following core modules:
| MODL5140M | Specialised English-Arabic Translation A | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MODL5231M | Specialised Arabic-English Translation A | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Candidates must choose one of the following core modules:
| MODL5150M | Specialised English-Arabic Translation B | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MODL5233M | Specialised Arabic-English Translation B | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Candidates must choose 60 credits from the following core modules:
| ARAB5021M | Long Annotated Translation | 60 credits | 1 Oct to 30 Sep (12mth) | |
| ARAB5022M | Long Dissertation | 60 credits | 1 Oct to 30 Sep (12mth) | |
| ARAB5023M | Short Annotated Translation | 30 credits | 1 Oct to 30 Sep (12mth) | |
| MODL5301M | Dissertation: Translation Studies | 30 credits | 1 Jan to 31 Aug |
Candidates will be required to study 60 credits (30 credits in Semester 1, 30 credits in Semester 2) from the following optional modules:
| ARAB5011M | Comparative Arabic/English Stylistics 1 | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| ARAB5012M | Comparative Arabic/English Stylistics 2 | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| ARAB5080M | Translation for International Organisations (English-Arabic) | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LING5410M | Foundations of Syntax | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| LING5621M | Pragmatics and Discourse Analysis | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MODL5006M | Introduction to Screen Translation | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MODL5007M | Corpus Linguistics for Translators | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MODL5009M | English for Translators | 15 credits | Not running in 202223 | |
| MODL5014M | Rhetoric and Public Speaking | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MODL5016M | Managing Business Across Cultures | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MODL5017M | Introduction to Interpreting Skills | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MODL5018M | Genres in Translation | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MODL5019M | Introduction to Legal Translation | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MODL5028M | International Organisations: Context, Theory and Practice | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MODL5030M | Literary Translation | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MODL5050M | Writing for Professional Purposes | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MODL5140M | Specialised English-Arabic Translation A | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MODL5150M | Specialised English-Arabic Translation B | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MODL5231M | Specialised Arabic-English Translation A | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MODL5233M | Specialised Arabic-English Translation B | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
- To obtain a Masters degree, students must do at least 60 credits in practical translation. This means in practice that students do one of the following:
1. All four Specialised Translation modules – Arabic-English Specialised Translation A, English-Arabic Specialised Translation A, Arabic-English Specialised Translation B, and English-Arabic Specialised Translation B (= 60 credits in total).
2. At least two Specialised Translation modules (= 30 credits in total), plus at least 30 credits Annotated Translation.
- Not all modules will be available every year.
Elective modules:
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