Faculty of Arts

Master of Arts in Translation and Bilingual Communication

Programme Director: Dr Wayne Liang

The MA in Translation and Bilingual Communication (hereafter abbreviated as “the Programme”) is a two-year part-time/one-year full-time programme offered by the Translation Programme of the Faculty of Arts. Comprised of a Research Stream and a Practical Stream, the Programme caters for the needs of both practitioners and those aspiring to pursue research in translation studies..

This Programme aims to provide, at the postgraduate level and with the needs of two main target groups in mind, focused and vigorous training in translation and bilingual communication.

Specifically, the Programme hopes to achieve the following objectives:

a)	To provide a scholarly introduction to the discipline of translation studies for those contemplating the pursuit of a career in academia;
b)	To offer those whose training was in a different or related field an opportunity to expand their intellectual horizon and to get acquainted with the lines of inquiry, the research methods and the general landscape of the discipline of translation studies so that they can join the community of translation scholars and strengthen the interdisciplinary dimension of this fast growing discipline;
c)	To provide intellectual stimulation to mid-career translators and those whose work requires bilingual/trilingual competence by encouraging them to reflect on their profession, develop conceptual, analytical, and linguistic skills that can further inform their work, and refine their organizational and presentational skills; and
d)	To help takers of the Programme exercise their critical mind and appreciate better the relation between theory and practice, so that they can be more aware of and more articulate about the intricacies of bilingual communication and how they negotiate the challenges of translation.

The structure of the curriculum is as follows:

Research Stream

I)	Required Courses

15 units

II)	Elective Courses

6 units

III)	Project/Dissertation

6 units

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27 units

Practical Stream

I)	Required Courses

15 units

II)	Elective Courses

12 units

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27 units

Requirements

To be awarded the degree of MA in Translation and Bilingual Communication, students of the Research Stream are required to take 7 required courses (a total of 21 units) and 2 elective courses (6 units); and to achieve a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 (i.e. gain grades of C- or above).

Students of the Practical Stream are required to take 5 required courses (a total of 15 units) and 4 elective courses (12 units); and to achieve a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 (i.e. gain grades of C- or above).

1.	Students receiving an F grade in any course must either repeat that course, or replace it with another if it is not a required course.
2.	Students whose GPA stands at 2.2 or below in the first or second semester will be given a warning that their low mark may result in failure to qualify for the degree.
3.	Students with no course grade below B- and no repeated courses and who achieve a GPA of 3.67 or above will graduate with “Distinction”. Students attaining a cumulative GPA between 3.40 and 3.66 will graduate with “Merit”.
4.	An oral examination for the Programme as a whole may be required for borderline cases.

Research Stream

I.	Required courses			15 units
	TRA	7010	Western Translation Theory	3 units
	TRA	7020	Chinese Discourse on Translation	3 units
	TRA	7030	Essential Reading in Translation Studies	3 units
	TRA	7040	Research Methodology	3 units
	TRA	7050	Translation Seminars I	3 units

II.	Electives courses			6 units
	TRA	7060	Translation Seminars II	3 units
	TRA	7070	Methods & Strategies of Translation	3 units
	TRA	7080*	Bilingual Communication: Style, Rhetoric & Delivery	3 units
	TRA	7090*	Bilingual Presentation: Adaptation & Rewriting	3 units
	TRA	7100*	Bilingual Writing for Creative Industries	3 units
	TRA	7110	Master Classes in Translation	3 units
	TRA	7170	Introduction to Interpreting	3 units
	TRA	7180	Advanced English for Translators	3 units
	TRA	7190	Simultaneous Interpreting	3 units
	TRA	7200	Conference Interpreting	3 units
	TRA	7210	Advanced Consecutive Interpreting	3 units

III.	Project/Dissertation			6 units
	TRA	7121-2	Dissertation/Project	6 units
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				27 units

*	Usually offered in alternate years.

Practical Stream

I.	Required courses			15 units
	TRA	7040	Research Methodology	3 units
	TRA	7070	Methods & Strategies of Translation	3 units
	TRA	7080*	Bilingual Communication: Style, Rhetoric & Delivery	3 units
	TRA	7090*	Bilingual Presentation: Adaptation & Rewriting	3 units
	TRA	7110	Master Classes in Translation	3 units

II.	Electives courses			12 units
	TRA	7010	Western Translation Theory	3 units
	TRA	7020	Chinese Discourse on Translation	3 units
	TRA	7030	Essential Reading in Translation Studies	3 units
	TRA	7050	Translation Seminars I	3 units
	TRA	7060	Translation Seminars II	3 units
	TRA	7100*	Bilingual Writing for Creative Industries	3 units
	TRA	7121-2	Dissertation/Project	6 units
	TRA	7170	Introduction to Interpreting	3 units
	TRA	7180	Advanced English for Translators	3 units
	TRA	7190	Simultaneous Interpreting	3 units
	TRA	7200	Conference Interpreting	3 units
	TRA	7210	Advanced Consecutive Interpreting	3 units
				──────
				27 units

*	Usually offered in alternate years.