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Master of Arts in Spanish Translation and Interpreting

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Master of Arts in Spanish Translation and Interpreting

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Program Overview

The Master’s degree in Spanish Translation and Interpreting provides students with instruction in the translation of general and specialized texts from English into Spanish and vice versa at a professional level. The program exposes students to consecutive and simultaneous interpreting and provides the opportunity to further develop knowledge and skills in these and other fields, such as legal, medical, and finance translation, literary translation, and court interpreting through both practice and theory. Students may choose between the translation focus (aimed at those willing to pursue a career as professional translators/interpreters) and the research focus (aimed at those willing to research in Translation Studies). This program is 100% online.

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Possible Career Options

Graduates of the Master of Arts in Spanish Translation and Interpreting program will find a variety of possibilities in the spaces of legal, medical, finance, and literary translation. Translation and Interpreting professionals work for private clients, non-profits, translation agencies, federal agencies or are self-employed.

Translation/Interpreting Project Manager

English <> Spanish Translator/Interpreter

Healthcare Interpreter

Court Interpreter

Community Interpreter

Finance and Business Translator

Literary Translator

Audiovisual Translator

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The Spanish Translation and Interpreting program is excellent. It helped me achieve the goal of becoming a Texas Licensed Court Interpreter. I have been able to apply the knowledge and skills that I acquired throughout the program.

Priscilla Muzza-Pastor, Spanish Translation and Interpreting (MA)

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