Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - Translation

Accredited by the Chartered Institute of Linguistics (CIOL), this vocational degree provides excellent grounding in language, culture mediation, and translation theory and practice. Enjoy the opportunity to translate multimedia texts such as advertisements, comic strips, songs and films, as well as documents from specialist areas including finance, law, IT and medicine.

London Metropolitan University equips students with the transferable professional skills required in the translation industry and give them an in-depth knowledge of translation theories, methods and procedures. They'll also study interpreting skills and learn about the various techniques used in liaison interpreting within business settings.

As part of the degree students will have the opportunity to undertake a work placement where they can benefit from London Met's links with the EU Directorate General for Translation, Moscow State University, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, the British Council and the United Nations.