MA Literary Translation

You translate prose into English and write the note that explains the choices. Source languages are the ones you already read. The course does not teach a language from zero. Rights and the translator's contract sit beside the workshop. The project is 4,000 words plus the note.

MA Literary Translation is taught as one award, not a list of unrelated modules. The published length is 18 months, and the credit total is 36. Students move from Close reading through Close reading; Prose workshop; Poetry and drama; Contracts and copyright; Editing the translation; Translation and note, and finish on Translation and note.

Each course has a question, a method, and a submission. In this field, students apply the method of the subject to a defined problem and defend the result. Reading is a core text, a case or dataset, and a critique. The artefact a marker expects is a submission that shows the method, the evidence, and the limit of the claim.

The award is built so that a graduate can do the following in practice: Translate a 600-word passage Annotate five decisions Mark a rights position

Teaching assumes the student can read a source, attempt a problem before the seminar, and revise after feedback. Attendance at live seminars is part of the design. The capstone or final course must use the methods of the earlier courses; a project that ignores them does not pass.

The pages for each course name the topics that are examined. Those topics are the syllabus. A brochure line is not a substitute for them.

The credit total on this page is the sum of the courses in the curriculum. Assessment is the work named on each course.

Complete the online form, which saves from the first step, and upload your documents. Admissions emails you the decision.