Master of Interpreting and Translation
Master of Interpreting and Translation
Turn your passion for language into a world-spanning career. This degree gives you the skills you need to combine travel and career opportunities, both home and abroad. With a Master of Interpreting and Translation behind you, the world truly is yours. As business and social interactions cross global borders, the…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Turn your passion for language into a world-spanning career. This degree gives you the skills you need to combine travel and career opportunities, both home and abroad. With a Master of Interpreting and Translation behind you, the world truly is yours.
As business and social interactions cross global borders, the need for qualified interpreters and English language teachers continues to grow. At Western, we can help turn your passion for language into a world-spanning career.
Our Master of Interpreting and Translation gives fluent bilinguals the theoretical background and advanced skills necessary to work as a professional interpreter or translator, with particular emphasis on Legal and Medical Interpreting. We also deliver studies in Audio-visual Translation, something no other university currently offers.
Taught at our new, innovative Parramatta City Campus, this degree gives you the skills you need to combine travel and career opportunities, both home and abroad. With a masters from Western behind you, the world truly is yours.
Your career
Emerge with the skills needed to be a professional interpreter or translator in the government and private sectors. You could also choose to work towards a PhD, develop a teaching career in interpreting and translation, or establish a small business as an interpreter and translator.
REQUIREMENTS
Applicants must have successfully completed an undergraduate degree or postgraduate qualification in any discipline.
English Language Requirements:
IELTS: 6.5 overall score (min 6.0 in each subtest); TOEFL internet-based score of 82: Writing 21, Speaking 18, Reading 13, Listening 13; Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE): 58 overall; No communication skills less than 50.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Western Sydney University is located in New South Wales and operates out of 13 accessible campuses across Sydney (Bankstown, Liverpool City, Campbelltown, Sydney City, Sydney Olympic Park, Parramatta, Parramatta City, Westmead, Penrith and Hawkesbury). The student body numbers more than 35,000. With a mix of modern high rise and heritage buildings, equipped with technology-enabled learning facilities, libraries, research facilities, and studios, the University covers a wide range of academic programs including the School of Business, School of Computer, Data and Mathematical Sciences, School of Education, School of Engineering, Design and Built Environment, School of Health Sciences, School of Humanities and Communication Arts, School of Law, School of Medicine, School of Nursing and Midwifery, School of Psychology, School of Science, School of Social Sciences and the Graduate Research School.
