香港浸會大學

The BU Programme

On the BU Translation Programme, we’ll teach you how to produce good translations that are effective and professional. But we’ll also teach you about how and why translation phenomena arise – how and why cultures perceive things differently, and how you can negotiate those differences.

So what do you get if you join us at BU Translation? In our core courses, we offer training in written translation and oral interpretation, with plenty of practice and a lot of individual feedback on your work, so that you’re always improving your skills – throughout the programme. We’ll offer you plenty of training in advanced English usage too, as well as a series of electives that address more specific interests – like translation for science and technology, media translation, and drama translation, just to name a few. And of course, it’s not just practice. You’ll also get a training in the more theoretical aspects of translation and intercultural studies – such as the history of translation, the philosophical issues that underlie translation, and the issue of gender in translation.

At BU Translation, we also place strong emphasis on linking your studies to professional practice. We encourage our students to undertake commissioned jobs and we build such jobs into our practice-based courses. We have a longstanding and extensive network of employer contacts from the translation and interpreting industries, built up over more than twenty years, so we’re also ideally placed to help you explore internship options. And then there’s our student-run Translation Workshop, which takes on translation and interpreting work, under staff supervision, and serves clients from various sectors of the community, providing students with training in project management and delivery.

During your degree, you’ll also have opportunities for student exchange overseas. We have an extensive network of universities abroad for you to choose from – be it the UK, US, or somewhere you hadn’t thought of, like Norway or even Estonia!

All of this is delivered by a group of staff who really care for their students in a way that’s special to BU, and whose academic credentials are second to none in the region.

Careers

With a translation degree in hand, you’re well-equipped for a whole variety of jobs: translation and interpreting of all kinds, of course, but beyond that, almost anything that demands an advanced proficiency in bilingual communication and expert intercultural competence. Our graduates have found jobs as court interpreters, government translators, PR managers and news reporters. Others have gone into fields such as arts management, magazine journalism, bilingual editing, foreign diplomacy, and even restaurant marketing. The Translation Programme gives you a gateway to all these and many more.