Translation

Entry requirements

A 2.1 Honours degree or equivalent qualification acceptable to the University. While a Master’s degree (or equivalent qualification acceptable to the University) is not essential, it is desirable and applicants without this qualification will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Months of entry

September

Course content

The Centre for Translation and Interpreting provides a vibrant environment for both disciplinary and interdisciplinary scholarship. Recognised as a centre of excellence for research into the languages, literatures, histories, linguistics, visual cultures, and cultural identities of Europe and beyond, the Centre is founded on a dynamic and forward-looking research ethos. Translation is a field of research that is expanding dynamically. We welcome innovative research proposals that interrogate – through either practice- or research-led projects, translation in a variety of areas and modes. For example:

• Audiovisual translation, multimodality and accessibility
• Crisis translation
• Translation and cultural encounter
• Translation and development
• Translation and language policy
• Translation and linguistics
• Translation and literature
• Translation and minority languages
• Translation and sacred texts
• Translation and space/cities/urban contexts/migration
• Translation and the global/local
• Translation and theatre performance
• Translation and tourism
• Translation and violent conflict
• Translation ethics
• Translation in digital contexts
• Translation in media and geo-politics
• Translation in museums and exhibition spaces
• Translation in the context of education
• Translation and knowledge production and dissemination
• Translation and music
• Translation and the archive