Faculty of Arts

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Translation

Head: Dr Robert Neather

The aims of the HKBU Translation Programme accord with its mission and vision. They include:

1.	Providing professional translation training in a liberal arts and whole-person education environment;
2.	Helping students develop intellectual and critical skills as well as the capacity for life-long learning; and
3.	Helping students train themselves to perform communicative tasks professionally in bilingual/trilingual and bicultural settings.

The structure of the curriculum is as follows:

I)	Major Courses	54 units
II)	Honours Project	6 units
III)	General Education	38 units
IV)	Free Electives	30 units
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		128 units

Requirements

I.	Major Courses			54 units
	Major Required Courses (45 units)
	TRAN	2005	Principles & Methods of Translation	3 units
	TRAN	2006	Linguistics for Translators	3 units
	TRAN	2008	Practical Translation I	3 units
	TRAN	2009	Practical Translation II	3 units
	TRAN	3005	English for Translators I: Grammar, Structure & Style	3 units
	TRAN	3006	Interpreting I	3 units
	TRAN	3007	Culture & Translation	3 units
	TRAN	3016	Professional Studies	3 units
	TRAN	4005	Theories & Philosophies I	3 units
	TRAN	4006	Theories & Philosophies II	3 units
	TRAN	4007	Appreciation, Criticism & Evaluation	3 units
	TRAN	4008-9	Placement Portfolio	6 units

	Major Elective Courses (15 units)
	Five of the following courses:
	TRAN	1005	Introduction To Translation	3 units
	TRAN	2007	Research Methods for Translation Studies	3 units
	TRAN	2015	Communication & Translation	3 units
	TRAN	2016	English for Translators II: Written Genres	3 units
	TRAN	2017	Reading Chinese Literature in Translation	3 units
	TRAN	2025	Translating Across Media	3 units
	TRAN	2026	Translation Knowledge 3: Contrastive Language Studies: English & Chinese	3 units
	TRAN	3015	Practical Translation III	3 units
	TRAN	3017	Drama Translation	3 units
	TRAN	3025	Interpreting II	3 units
	TRAN	3026	Media Translation	3 units
	TRAN	4015	Gender & Translation	3 units
	TRAN	4016	Interpreting III	3 units
	TRAN	4017	Interpreting IV	3 units
	TRAN	4025	Legal & Government Document Translation	3 units
	TRAN	4026	Literary Translation	3 units
	TRAN	4027	Special Topics in Translation	3 units
	TRAN	4035	Translation of Scientific & Technological Texts	3 units

II.	Honours Project			6 units
	TRAN	4898-9	Honours Project	6 units

III.	General Education			38 units

IV.	Free Electives			30 units
	TRAN	1006	Principles & Techniques of Translation	3 units
				───────
				128 units