Poll: Do your local universities have programs of study for translation or interpreting? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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Yes, they've been around for a while | Oct 6, 2019 |
In Portugal several institutions, both state-run and private, offer translation courses at bachelor, master and PhD levels since the 1970s if my memory serves me right. | | |
The subject cannot attract enough who are interested | | |
Hedwig Spitzer (X) Peru French to Spanish + ...
In Peru, we have 4 private universities offering translation and interpreting courses at bachelor and (recently) master levels. 2 universities have been around since the 1970s and the other 2 appeared in the 2000s. They are all here to stay. Translation is legally considered a full and specialized profession, very different from linguistics. We have a professional guild and members must hold a professional university license, not just a bachelor's degree. | |
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Mario Freitas Brazil Local time: 01:44 Member (2014) English to Portuguese + ...
Both private and public universities do. But the market is exactly the same as before they existed, and the best translators around are also still the same. | | |
So many universities in the UK offering outstanding programmes in Translation and/or Interpreting! I was lucky to attend one of them and I feel it prepared well for entering this wonderful world of translation. Amazing experience! Let's not forget that this type of degree is vital if one wants to pursue interpreting or translation work for EU or UN.
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Yes; they're been around for a while ... | Oct 7, 2019 |
... in the San Diego area. But they are isolated courses. As far as I know, none of them are intensive programs with an academic major leading to a university degree. At least this is the impression I have. If someone knows more, I'll be happy to stand corrected. I'm not speaking for all of California. There's the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, formerly the Monterey Institute of International Studies. They have very strong programs leading to degrees in ... See more ... in the San Diego area. But they are isolated courses. As far as I know, none of them are intensive programs with an academic major leading to a university degree. At least this is the impression I have. If someone knows more, I'll be happy to stand corrected. I'm not speaking for all of California. There's the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, formerly the Monterey Institute of International Studies. They have very strong programs leading to degrees in translation and interpretation. I have supervised graduates of the MIIS in the past and they were all excellent translators. (Ironically, back in the Dark Ages, in my first year after high school I attended Middlebury College at its then only campus in Vermont. I wanted to be a translator but discovered that the strong language courses they had such a great reputation for were mainly offered in the summer. At the time, the only offerings for non-beginners were "conversation" courses that gave me time to knit two sweaters and several pairs of Argyle socks. I was so disappointed that I took a couple of years off until I found the school of my dreams, the Georgetown University Institute of Languages and Linguistics in Washington, D.C., housed off-campus in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. Unfortunately, the Institute was folded into schools on the main campus starting around the time I graduated. After a long hiatus, I went back to Georgetown to do graduate work in linguistics.)
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yes, for quite a while | Oct 7, 2019 |
It has to be at least 40 years. | | |