University-based Training Courses for Literary Translators in the Twenty-First Century: An Overview from the United Kingdom
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https://doi.org/10.46991/TSTP/2023.3.1.005Keywords:
translator training, postgraduate degrees, translating literature, higher education, MA Literary TranslationAbstract
As part of a wider project exploring literary translation in the United Kingdom, the present article profiles the three named postgraduate taught courses focusing exclusively on literary translation which are currently available at universities in the United Kingdom: the MA in Literary Translation at the University of East Anglia (UEA); the MA in Literary Translation Studies at the University of Warwick; and the MA in Audiovisual and Literary Translation at the University of Essex. After providing a concise summary of the situation regarding (literary) translator training in the British context, online sources are used to obtain information regarding the structure and course content of each of the three degree programmes under analysis. The findings are presented, contrasted, and discussed, before some proposals for further research are outlined.
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