This University of Essex course will introduce students to techniques and technology that will significantly develop their own personal translation skills to competently deliver professional literary, technical, and audio-visual translation.

Essex’s hands-on training includes working with native speakers of their chosen language and becoming familiar with the latest technologies used by professionals in their everyday work. Students will also learn aspects of the business side of the translation profession to actively access the translation industry.

This course is offered with the combination of English and one of Arabic, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Japanese. Students can be a native or near-native speaker of any of these languages, as they learn to translate to and from both languages. Students work with native speakers in developing their ability to move accurately and quickly between their chosen language and English.