General information
| Study programme title | Master’s degree (M.A.) programme in Translation Studies |
| Type of study programme | University |
| Duration | 2 years (4 semesters) |
| ECTS points | 120 |
| Academic qualification | Master of Art in Translation Studies (univ. mag. transl.) |
| Title and qualification code in the C.Q.F. Register | 2643 Translator (2016) |
| Study completion requirements | Passing all the exams and successfully completing the master’s thesis. |
| Possibilities of continuing education | This qualification provides the opportunity for students to continue their education on specialist translation study programmes, and also on postgraduate doctoral studies in linguistics and related postgraduate and specialist studies. Students can enrol on Postgraduate specialist translation studies (University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Rijeka; specialist translator). |
| Employment possibilities | Activities in the public and private sector (mediation in the international framework, economy, culture, politics, tourism, media, research…). Due to the high interest of economic partners from the European Union, it is believed that this programme can create personnel who will be able to respond to the increasingly complex demands of an European-oriented social reality, as well as to the specific needs of certain market segments. Competences in the field of translation are acquired through university graduate translation studies, which are desired in business, economics, art, communication, modern technologies, legal professions, institutional contexts, and international relations. There is the possibility for employment in jobs that involve written translation – from companies that operate in international contexts to international institutions such as those of the European Union. |
Course list
| COURSE LIST Year of Study: I Semester: 1 | |
| COURSE | ECTS |
| Translation Theory | 5 ECTS |
| Orthographic and Orthoepic Norms / Croatian in Translation Practice* | 5 ECTS |
| TWO MODULES OF THE STUDENT’S CHOICE | 10+10 ECTS |
| MODULES | |
| English Studies | |
| Translation Exercises I (English) | 5 ECTS |
| Language and Culture (English) | 5 ECTS |
| German Studies | |
| Translation Exercises I (German) | 5 ECTS |
| Languages for the Professions (German) | 5 ECTS |
| Italian Studies | |
| Translation Exercises I (Italian) | 5 ECTS |
| Languages for the Professions (Italian) | 5 ECTS |
| General Module | |
| Semantics | 5 ECTS |
| Foreign Language of the General Module – [Language Name] I | 5 ECTS |
| *Note: Students combining two modern foreign-language modules (English and German Studies, English and Italian Studies, or German and Italian Studies) enrol in Orthographic and Orthoepic Norms. Students combining one modern foreign-language module with the General Module enrol in Croatian in Translation Practice. **Note: Students may enrol in selected courses offered within Segment C; these will be recorded in the Diploma Supplement. | |
| COURSE LIST Year of Study: I Semester: 2 | |
| COURSE | ECTS |
| Grammatical Norms and Usage / Text and Translation* | 5 ECTS |
| TWO MODULES OF THE STUDENT’S CHOICE | 10+10 ECTS |
| ELECTIVE COURSE** | 5 ECTS |
| MODULES | |
| English Studies | |
| Languages for the Professions (English) | 5 ECTS |
| Translation Exercises II (English) | 5 ECTS |
| German Studies | |
| Language and Culture (German) | 5 ECTS |
| Translation Exercises II (German) | 5 ECTS |
| Italian Studies | |
| Language and Culture (Italian) | 5 ECTS |
| Translation Exercises II (Italian) | 5 ECTS |
| General Module | |
| Idiomatic Expressions and Stylistics of Croatian | 5 ECTS |
| Foreign Language of the General Module – [Language Name] II | 5 ECTS |
| ELECTIVE COURSES**** | |
| Bilingualism (English) | 5 ECTS |
| Translation of Multimodal Literary Texts (English) | 5 ECTS |
| Literary Translation (German) | 5 ECTS |
| Translation of Complex Text Types (German) | 5 ECTS |
| General Linguistics (Italian) | 5 ECTS |
| Terminology and Terminography (Italian) | 5 ECTS |
| Language of Electronic Media | 5 ECTS |
| Phraseology and Translation | 5 ECTS |
| Intercultural Context of Modern Croatian Literature | 5 ECTS |
| Post-Yugoslav Literature | 5 ECTS |
| *Note: Students combining two modern foreign-language modules (English and German Studies, English and Italian Studies, or German and Italian Studies) enrol in Grammatical Norms. Students combining one modern foreign-language module with the General Module enrol in Text and Translation. **Note: Courses for which no language of instruction is specified are taught in Croatian. ***Note: Students may enrol in selected courses offered within Segment C; these will be recorded in the Diploma Supplement. ****Note: Once during their studies, subject to a decision by the Chair, students may earn up to 5 ECTS credits through extracurricular activities in place of an elective course. A list of eligible activities is available on the Faculty website under the Chair of Translation Studies. | |
| COURSE LIST Year of Study: II Semester: 3 | |
| COURSE | ECTS |
| Lexical Norms and Usage* | 5 ECTS |
| TWO MODULES OF THE STUDENT’S CHOICE | 5+5 ECTS |
| ELECTIVE COURSE** | 5 ECTS |
| MODULES | |
| English Studies | |
| Translation Exercises III (English) | 5 ECTS |
| Translation Placement – English | 5 ECTS |
| German Studies | |
| Translation Exercises III (German) | 5 ECTS |
| Translation Placement – German | 5 ECTS |
| Italian Studies | |
| Translation Exercises III (Italian) | 5 ECTS |
| Translation Placement – Italian | 5 ECTS |
| General Module | |
| Foreign Language of the General Module – [Language Name] III | 5 ECTS |
| Translation in Culture | 5 ECTS |
| ELECTIVE COURSES**** | |
| International Communication in Practice (English) | 5 ECTS |
| Literature in Translation and Digital Humanities (English) | 5 ECTS |
| Theories of Cultural Translation (English) | 5 ECTS |
| Research Seminar – Translating Sample Texts in Agglutinative Languages (English) | 5 ECTS |
| Italian Lexicography (Italian) | 5 ECTS |
| Italian Linguistics (Italian) | 5 ECTS |
| Translators’ Oral and Written Competence (Italian) | 5 ECTS |
| Croatian Dialects in Translation | 5 ECTS |
| Polish Culture and Civilisation | 5 ECTS |
| Macedonian Culture and Civilisation | 5 ECTS |
| *Note: Students combining two modern foreign-language modules (English and German Studies, English and Italian Studies, or German and Italian Studies) enrol in Lexical Norms. Students combining one modern foreign-language module with the General Module enrol in Pragmatic Aspects of Translation. **Note: Courses for which no language of instruction is specified are taught in Croatian. ***Note: Students may enrol in selected courses offered within Segment C; these will be recorded in the Diploma Supplement. ****Note: Once during their studies, subject to a decision by the Chair, students may earn up to 5 ECTS credits through extracurricular activities in place of an elective course. A list of eligible activities is available on the Faculty website under the Chair of Translation Studies. | |
| COURSE LIST Year of Study: II Semester: 4 | |
| COURSE | ECTS |
| Computer-Assisted Translation | 5 ECTS |
| Master’s Thesis Preparation | 10 ECTS |
| TWO MODULES OF THE STUDENT’S CHOICE | 5+5 ECTS |
| ELECTIVE COURSE** | 5 ECTS |
| MODULES | |
| English Studies | |
| Translation Exercises IV (English) | 5 ECTS |
| German Studies | |
| Translation Exercises IV (German) | 5 ECTS |
| Italian Studies | |
| Translation Exercises IV (Italian) | 5 ECTS |
| General Module | |
| Foreign Language of the General Module – [Language Name] IV | 5 ECTS |
| ELECTIVE COURSES** | |
| Court Proceedings Translation (English) | 5 ECTS |
| Literary Translation – Prose (English) | 5 ECTS |
| Translation of Poetry (English) | 5 ECTS |
| Intercultural Communication (German) | 5 ECTS |
| Cognitive Processes in Text Comprehension during Translation (German) | 5 ECTS |
| Critical Approaches to Italian Literary Works (Italian) | 5 ECTS |
| Corpus Linguistics (Italian) | 5 ECTS |
| Audiovisual Translation | 5 ECTS |
| Language of Advertising | 5 ECTS |
| Syntactic Stylistics | 5 ECTS |
| English as a Global Language | 5 ECTS |
| Metatextuality in the Croatian Novel | 5 ECTS |
| The Croatian Short Story | 5 ECTS |
| Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Polish Literature | 5 ECTS |
| Selected Topics in Macedonian Literature | 5 ECTS |
| *Note: Students may enrol in selected courses offered within Segment C; these will be recorded in the Diploma Supplement. **Note: Once during their studies, subject to a decision by the Chair, students may earn up to 5 ECTS credits through extracurricular activities in place of an elective course. A list of eligible activities is available on the Faculty website under the Chair of Translation Studies. | |
Learning outcomes
Core learning outcomes
- Describe the main translation theories.
- Recognise and describe basic lexicological theories.
- List the basic terminological principles (in a lexicographical sense).
- Possess the analytical tools for describing bilingual lexicography.
- Distinguish types and techniques of written translation.
- Apply translation knowledge and skills.
- Use the acquired thematic knowledge.
- Apply the skills of searching sources (info-mining).
- Translate the text from the source language into the target language in accordance with the requirements and needs of the target user.
- Apply appropriate translation strategies and procedures.
- Justify the choice of applied translation procedures and strategies.
- Evaluate the translated text from linguistic and cultural perspectives.
- Distinguish, follow, and respect differences when mediating between languages and cultures.
- Accept and respect the relations of multilingualism and multiculturalism in the European and wider contexts and adapt to them.
- Critically review and re-read the translated text.
- State, describe, explain, and apply the ethical codes of professional translation.
Elective learning outcomes
- Encourage, evaluate, and connect individual and team responsibility for strategic decision-making and the successful implementation and execution of tasks in unpredictable conditions.
- Point out social and ethical responsibility when undertaking tasks and when evaluating and analysing them, encourage others, and do the same.
- Apply and follow the ethical principles of the translation profession.
- Be aware of, and effectively approach, problem solving in translation work.
- Adapt and act in new situations.
- Apply the acquired knowledge and skills in independent work and teamwork.
- Develop an interest for lifelong learning and further training in the field of one’s activity.
- Apply the principles of rational decision-making.
- Develop and apply ethical codes in one’s own work.
- Formulate, develop, and use criteria for assessing and maintaining the appropriate level of quality in the work process and in its results.
- Develop the ability to permanently motivate your work environment as a stimulating environment.
- Analyse and synthesise already found and appropriately processed information obtained