Study Programmes

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MA Interpreting and Translation, Mandarin and English

Course outline

As China raises its international profile in the spheres of economics, politics and culture, it has declared high-level training for specialist translators and interpreters as one of the country's educational priorities. In line with the Chinese Ministry of Education's recent introduction of a new framework for masters degrees in Translation and Interpreting (MTI), the University of Nottingham Ningbo, China has established an Interpreters' Institute that will recruit its first postgraduates in September 2008.

Educational Aims

In the first instance the Institute will offer an MA in Interpreting and Translation in Mandarin and English. Further languages will be combined with Mandarin in each successive year