Translation Studies

Entry requirements

A good honours degree with the ability to pursue research in a chosen field.

Months of entry

September

Course content

The School of Modern Languages offers the possibility to do a PhD/MPhil by Practice in Translation Studies. This programme requires completion of an extended translation from or into one of the language specialisms of SML, accompanied by a critical/theoretical commentary. The School has a long tradition of excellent postgraduate student support. Depending on the chosen research area, students will be assigned one or two supervisors and are guaranteed full access to computing facilities (including translation memory software), library provision and all School resources including the film library. There is a dedicated postgraduate study area within the School which students are encouraged to use as often as they can.

Research Areas

Our academic staff in Translation Studies can offer MPhil/PhD supervision on the following language specialisms: Welsh, Italian, German, Spanish, Galician, French, Catalan and Chinese (Mandarin). Areas of Translation Studies where we have specific expertise include:

• Welsh Translation Studies
• Translation and Chinese Studies
• Translation and ideology
• Translation pedagogy
• Corpus-aided discourse analysis
• Critical theory in translation
• Gender studies and translation
• Translation and creative writing.

Research Excellence Framework (REF) score

The 2014 Research Excellence Framework recognised that more than three-quarters of Bangor’s research is either world-leading or internationally excellent. Based on the University submission of 14 Units of Assessment, 77% of the research was rated in the top two tiers of research quality, ahead of the average for all UK universities.