Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Translation
Programme Director: Dr YAU, Wai Ping
The BA (Hons) in Translation Programme has the following aims:
- 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) | University Core Courses | 13 units |
| IV) | General Education Courses | 18 units |
| V) | Free Electives | 37 units |
| 128 units |
Requirements
| I. | Major Courses | 54 units |
| Major Required Courses (30 units) | ||
| TRAN2005 Principles and Methods of Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN2006 Linguistics for Translators | 3 units | |
| TRAN2027 Practical Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN3007 Critical Concepts for Intercultural Studies | 3 units | |
| TRAN3016 Professional Studies | 3 units | |
| TRAN3036 Beginning Interpreting | 3 units | |
| TRAN4005 Theories and Philosophies I | 3 units | |
| TRAN4007 Translation Criticism | 3 units | |
| TRAN4037 Translation and Intercultural Studies | 3 units | |
| TRAN4046 Placement Portfolio I | 3 units | |
| Major Elective Courses (24 units) | ||
| Eight of the following courses, of which at least three must be at Level 3 or above: | ||
| 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 | |
| TRAN2035 Translation, Museums and Intercultural Representation | 3 units | |
| TRAN2036 Introduction to Tibetan Culture and Language | 3 units | |
| TRAN2037 English for Translators I: Grammar, Structure and Style | 3 units | |
| TRAN3026 Media Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN3027 Spanish/Chinese Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN3035 Introduction to Translation Technology | 3 units | |
| TRAN3037 Intermediate Interpreting | 3 units | |
| TRAN3045 Drama and Film Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN3046 Introduction to Localization | 3 units | |
| TRAN3047 Religion and Translation Across Time and Space | 3 units | |
| TRAN3055 Interpreting Technology | 3 units | |
| TRAN3056 Audiovisual Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN3057 Digital Publishing | 3 units | |
| TRAN3065 Translation in Multilingual Societies: Politics and Practice | 3 units | |
| TRAN3066 Video Game Localization | 3 units | |
| TRAN4006 Theories and Philosophies II | 3 units | |
| TRAN4015 Gender and Translation | 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 | |
| TRAN4056 Community Interpreting | 3 units | |
| TRAN4057 Conference Interpreting | 3 units | |
| TRAN4065 Advanced Translation Technology | 3 units | |
| TRAN4066 Placement Portfolio II | 3 units | |
| TRAN4067 World Building: Language, Culture and Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN4075 Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Translation | 3 units | |
| TRAN4076 Introduction to Language Technology | 3 units | |
| II. | Honours Project | 6 units |
| TRAN4898 Honours Project (Translation/Thesis) | 3 units | |
| TRAN4899 Honours Project (Translation/Thesis) | 3 units | |
| III. | University Core Courses | 13 units |
| IV. | General Education Courses | 18 units |
| V. | Free Electives | 37 units |
| 128 units | ||
