2024/25 Taught Postgraduate Programme Catalogue

MA Audiovisual Translation and Localisation (Part-Time)

Total credits: 180

Entry requirements:

Entry Requirements are available on the Course Search entry

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

School of Languages, Cultures and Societies

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

Programme specification:

The information on this page is accurate for students entering the programme in 2023/24 or before. For students entering the programme from September 2024 or after, you can find the details of your programme: MA Audiovisual Translation and Localisation (Part-Time)(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

Communication in this age of globalisation is increasingly multilingual and multimodal. Audiovisual texts of all kinds – from documentaries and other non-fictional programmes to films and video games, but also corporate videos and YouTube tutorials – are more and more present in our daily lives and becoming a favoured means for entertainment providers, companies, public service bodies, educational institutions, and private citizens to reach their stakeholders both nationally and internationally.
Furthermore, videos are consistently supplementing or even replacing written text-only documents in a myriad of contexts, such as education and marketing, as they can be used to entertain, teach, sell, or learn in a variety of platforms, from television screens to websites, video-on-demand platforms, and social media. All in all, more than 70% of internet users worldwide view digital video content on a daily basis.
This content needs to be made accessible to the widest audience possible, including domestic (subtitles for the deaf and the hard of hearing, live subtitles, audiodescription for the blind and the partially sighted, parliamentary reports) and foreign markets (subtitling, dubbing, voice over, websites and videogames localisation). This type of translation, generally referred to as Audiovisual Translation and Media Localisation, is one of the fastest growing and continuously evolving areas in the translation industry. As the global demand for audiovisual content skyrockets, so does the request for professionals equipped with the necessary technical and linguistic skills to translate them.
The MA in Audiovisual Translation and Localisation aims to produce graduates capable of operating professionally and reflectively in this rapidly developing translation environment. Students benefit from a suite of core and optional modules that introduce them to essential concepts in translation theory, audiovisual translation (subtitling, dubbing and voice-over), media accessibility (audiodescription and subtitling for the deaf and hard of hearing, live subtitling, reporting), websites and videogames localisation, and computer-assisted translation and machine translation, with hands-on practice in state-of-the-art translation labs. Students work with professional software and develop professional skills through individual assignments and team projects in which they experience typical industry end-to-end workflows, thus gaining insights into translation project management and professional industry workflows. All modules are taught by scholars and professionals specialised in audiovisual translation, localisation, accessibility, translation technology and specialised translation.

Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study 15 credits of the following lists of optional modules
BASKET 1 – Translation Practice

BASKET 2 – Translation Skills

BASKET 3 – Management and Professional Skills

Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study ONE of the following Summer Project modules:

Candidates will be required to study 15 credits (to one direction) from the following core optional modules.

Native speakers of Arabic, Chinese or Japanese may choose to translate only out of English into their mother tongue.

Candidates will be required to study 15 credits from the following optional modules:

- Candidates may not select a module from this module group that they have selected in another year/group.
- Not all modules will be available every year.

Elective modules:

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