Which MA/MSc course to choose : Imperial's or Westminster's? Initiator des Themas: eugeniepd
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Hello there. I am interested in doing a postgraduate degree in Translation and Interpreting in London. I am an in-house translator in a translation agency in Canada and have now be given some freedom to pursue a postgraduate degree in London for the coming term (something I wanted for a while).
Although I find the course of MA in Translation and Interptreting by Westminster promising,I wonder whether the new one offered by the Imperial College is better. The dilemma is this:
I... See more Hello there. I am interested in doing a postgraduate degree in Translation and Interpreting in London. I am an in-house translator in a translation agency in Canada and have now be given some freedom to pursue a postgraduate degree in London for the coming term (something I wanted for a while).
Although I find the course of MA in Translation and Interptreting by Westminster promising,I wonder whether the new one offered by the Imperial College is better. The dilemma is this:
I would like to do somethng that included interpreting as well-since this is something I have tried in the past and enjoyed it tremendously.On the other hand, the language engineering specialization in the Msc at Imperial College sounds promising for forthcoming developments in the translation business.I'm stuck and time is running out. I would extremely appreciate information by any graduates on these courses or about to be or any other linguists who may know anything on any of these 2 courses. Your help is much appreciated.
Thank you in advance
Eugenie ▲ Collapse
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Englisch > Spanisch
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MA at Westminster
Hi! I don't know anything about the Msc at Imperial College, but if things haven't changed, the MA at Westminster focuses mainly on interpreting (conference interpreting), the translation component being almost incidental, like in most MAs that offer both translation and interpreting.
Good luck!
eugeniepd wrote:
Hello there. I am interested in doing a postgraduate degree in Translation and Interpreting in London. I am an in-house translator in a translation agency in Canada and have now be given some freedom to pursue a postgraduate degree in London for the coming term (something I wanted for a while).
Although I find the course of MA in Translation and Interptreting by Westminster promising,I wonder whether the new one offered by the Imperial College is better. The dilemma is this:
I would like to do somethng that included interpreting as well-since this is something I have tried in the past and enjoyed it tremendously.On the other hand, the language engineering specialization in the Msc at Imperial College sounds promising for forthcoming developments in the translation business.I'm stuck and time is running out. I would extremely appreciate information by any graduates on these courses or about to be or any other linguists who may know anything on any of these 2 courses. Your help is much appreciated.
Thank you in advance
Eugenie
| | | | Peter Linton (X) 
Local time: 09:36
Schwedisch > Englisch
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Your decision depends on your priorities - translation or interpreting.
I don't know anything about the Westminster course, but I know about the Imperial course because I graduated a couple of years ago. They do indeed focus on the technical aspects and computer tools, and I have found this (and indeed all aspects of the Imperial course) to be very useful preparation for a career in freelance translation.
If you want more information, contact me offline. As far as I k... See more Your decision depends on your priorities - translation or interpreting.
I don't know anything about the Westminster course, but I know about the Imperial course because I graduated a couple of years ago. They do indeed focus on the technical aspects and computer tools, and I have found this (and indeed all aspects of the Imperial course) to be very useful preparation for a career in freelance translation.
If you want more information, contact me offline. As far as I know, there is no interpreting content in the Imperial course. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Natalia Elo
Deutschland
Local time: 10:36
Englisch > Russisch
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I would take Westminster, they have been established for ages, practising interpreters are contributing to the tuition, the only university in the UK, recognised by AIIC. Even if you don't take Conference interpreting, I guess they have the same teachers.
Natalia
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I am attending the MSc at Imperial now and I must say it is actually what I was looking for: all the technical aspects of translation my Undergraduate course in Translation was lacking!
We are studying CAT Tools, Machine translation programmes, Terminology management techniques and I find it really really interesting and I am sure it is going to be useful for a future career as freelance translator.
We are not taking into consideration interpretation at all, so you might want to thin... See more I am attending the MSc at Imperial now and I must say it is actually what I was looking for: all the technical aspects of translation my Undergraduate course in Translation was lacking!
We are studying CAT Tools, Machine translation programmes, Terminology management techniques and I find it really really interesting and I am sure it is going to be useful for a future career as freelance translator.
We are not taking into consideration interpretation at all, so you might want to think what aspect of translation/interpreting you would like to focus on.
Both course are really good and held at serious universities so... it's really up to you!
Good luck and feel free to contact me if you need any further information.
Regards,
Cristina ▲ Collapse
| | | | | Much obliged to you all | Apr 25, 2006 |
Thank you for your valuable comments.Deciding on what course to follow has been a bit of a nightmare since I keep thinking about the pros ad cons. For example,
Pros
Westminster:Interpreting Modules (recognised by AIII), Practical Translation Modules (praised by lots of recent graduates),Subtitling,Specific Subsidiary Language Module(for both theTranslation & Interpreting Modules)
Imperial:IT-related translation modules give you the feeling of getting a technical edge in... See more Thank you for your valuable comments.Deciding on what course to follow has been a bit of a nightmare since I keep thinking about the pros ad cons. For example,
Pros
Westminster:Interpreting Modules (recognised by AIII), Practical Translation Modules (praised by lots of recent graduates),Subtitling,Specific Subsidiary Language Module(for both theTranslation & Interpreting Modules)
Imperial:IT-related translation modules give you the feeling of getting a technical edge in the business (Language Engineering & Translation Technology Modules)
Cons
Westminster: less technical components (providing only
CAT-Tools & Publishing Skills )
Imperial:No Interpreting Option,No Other Alternative Linguistic Skills (Subtitling for example),No Subsidiary Language Module(the 2 language pairs are examined as part of the same practical translation module and have to be stated in the very beginning of the course).
Now you can see what I'm going through.Please feel free to elaborate on any of my thoughts if you do have the time to do so.
Thank you once more for all you have shared with me.It's been a privilege.
Warmest greetings to you all.
Eugenie ▲ Collapse
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