Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Translation
Programme Head: Dr NEATHER, Robert John
The aims of the HKBU Translation Programme accord with its mission and vision. They include:
- Providing professional translation training in a liberal arts and whole-person education environment;
- Helping students develop intellectual and critical skills as well as the capacity for life-long learning; and
- Helping students train themselves to perform communicative tasks professionally in bilingual/trilingual and bicultural settings.
The structure of the curriculum is as follows:
| I) | Major Courses | 54 units |
| II) | Honours Project | 6 units |
| III) | General Education | 38 units |
| IV) | Free Electives# | 30 units |
| 128 units |
# Students may take additional GE courses in any categories to fulfil the “Free Electives” requirement but only a maximum of 6 units will be counted towards the fulfilment of the “Free Electives” requirement.
Requirements
| I. | Major Courses | 54 units |
| Major Required Courses (39 units) | ||
| TRAN2005 Principles and Methods of Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN2006 Linguistics for Translators | 3 units | |
| TRAN2027 Practical Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN3005 English for Translators I: Grammar, Structure and Style | 3 units | |
| TRAN3006 Interpreting I | 3 units | |
| TRAN3007 Culture and Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN3016 Professional Studies | 3 units | |
| TRAN3025 Interpreting II | 3 units | |
| TRAN4005 Theories and Philosophies I | 3 units | |
| TRAN4006 Theories and Philosophies II | 3 units | |
| TRAN4007 Appreciation, Criticism and Evaluation | 3 units | |
| TRAN4037 Translation and Intercultural Studies | 3 units | |
| TRAN4046 Placement Portfolio | 3 units | |
| Major Elective Courses (15 units) | ||
| Five of the following courses: | ||
| TRAN1005 Introduction To Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN2007 Research Methods for Translation Studies | 3 units | |
| TRAN2015 Communication and Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN2016 English for Translators II: Written Genres | 3 units | |
| TRAN2017 Reading Chinese Literature in Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN2025 Translating Across Media | 3 units | |
| TRAN2026 Contrastive Language Studies: English and Chinese | 3 units | |
| TRAN3017 Drama Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN3026 Media Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN3027 Spanish/Chinese Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN3035 Introduction to Computer-aided Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN4015 Gender and Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN4016 Interpreting III | 3 units | |
| TRAN4017 Interpreting IV | 3 units | |
| TRAN4025 Legal and Government Document Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN4026 Literary Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN4027 Special Topic(s) in Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN4035 Translation of Scientific and Technological Texts | 3 units | |
| TRAN4036 Translation, Publishing and Global Circulation | 3 units | |
| TRAN4045 Intersemiotic Translation, Adaptation and Intertextuality | 3 units | |
| TRAN4047 Translation Workshop | 3 units | |
| TRAN4055 Comparative Topics in Chinese/Hispanic Cultures | 3 units | |
| II. | Honours Project | 6 units |
| TRAN4898 Honours Project | 3 units | |
| TRAN4899 Honours Project | 3 units | |
| III. | General Education | 38 units |
| IV. | Free Electives | 30 units |
| 128 units |
