About this master
Why choose this program?
The of this master is to train students who already hold a university degree to become specialists in Translation Studies, either in academic and research training, or towards excellence as qualified specialized translators with an optional component of interpreting skills.
Options for specialization
- Translation Perspectives (for a better academic understanding of translation).
- Translation of specialized texts in three fields: humanities & literature; science & technology; legal & economic translation.
- Specialized written translation and interpreting skills.
Who is it for?
This master's degree is for those who wish to pursue postgraduate studies to improve their professional training and academic knowledge in translation, with a choice of two tracks. For the academic track, the degree combines theoretical and applied approaches. For those interested in research, students take the necessary steps to be able to access to two different PhD programmes in the Department: the one for Translation Studies and the one for Literary Translation and its Reception. On its professional training track, the master's degree offers translator training in various specialized translations (humanities & literature, science & technology, and legal & economic translation) and in interpreting. There are three profiles (tracks) and three options to choose from.
Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Department of Translation and Language Sciences
Career prospects
- General translation.
- Specialized translation.
- Interpreting.
- Linguistic mediation in institutions.
- The teaching of translation and interpretation.
- The teaching of foreign languages.
- Research into general and specialized translation.
