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    MA in Interpreting and Translation Studies
    中英文方向 (中文介绍）

    Research + Profession Chinese-English Track

    This program prepares interpreters and translators to work in the language industry in a variety of fields – media, foreign affairs, business, law, sports and healthcare delivery. The curriculum focuses on post-machine editing strategies, expert-in-the-loop role, and AI-related issues in the language industry, as well as remote interpreting.

    This track combines profession- and research-oriented coursework, including an internship, a research methodology course, an applied research project, and a range of specialized electives to provide students with solid preparation to enter competitive job markets or to pursue a doctorate in translation, interpreting, and related fields. This is a full-time program requiring at least 36 credit hours, designed to be completed in 2 years. All courses are taught onsite at the Wake Forest University campus. Students typically apply for admission to start in the Fall semester and then complete the program in 4 consecutive semesters.

    Research + Profession Track Courses:

    • Applied Interpreting Studies (TIS 731, 3 hrs.)
    • Critical Translation Competencies for the Language Industries (TIS 733, 3 hrs.)
    • Discourse Organization and Interpreting (TIS 735, 3hrs.)
    • Chinese-English Translation (TIS 751, 3 hrs.)
    • Chinese-English Dialogue Interpreting (TIS 753, 3 hrs.))
    • Chinese-English Simultaneous Interpreting (TIS 755, 3 hrs.)
    • Sociolinguistics and Dialectology (LIN 610, 3 hrs.)
    • Computer-Assisted Translation and Localization (LIN 683, 3 hrs.)
    • Internship (TIS 684, 3 hrs.)
    • Applied Research Project I (TIS 785, 3 hrs.)
    • Applied Research Project II (TIS 785, 3 hrs.)
    • Electives (at least one elective course)

    Elective Courses:

    • Multimedia Translation (TIS 770, 3hrs)
    • Chinese Specialized Translation: Financial-Business (TIS 752, 3hrs)
    • Organizational Behavior and Interpreting (TIS 736, 3hrs)
    • Transcreation in Global Marketing (TIS 739, 3 hrs.)
    • Quantitative Text Analysis (LIN 680, 3 hrs.)

    Language requirements
    These language-specific tracks require strong non-native language competency. Applicants without a college or high school degree from another country have to take a language proficiency assessment in their non-native language. Please see our admissions page for instructions.