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Overview
About the Programme
We can offer expert supervision for projects involving English and the following languages:
- French
- German
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- Chinese
- Arabic
- Russian
- Serbian
- Croatian
- Dutch
Particular research strengths include:
- audio-visual translation
- cultural transfer
- comparative cultural studies
- translation during the Enlightenment and Romanticism
- translation theory
- translation of literary and philosophical texts
- translation between Asian (especially Chinese) and Western contexts
We also welcome projects in the broad areas of post-colonial studies and transcultural and transnational studies.
Programme Structure
Assessment may be either through submission of a thesis (which should be not more than 100,000 for the case of PhD or 60,000 words in the case of MPhil), or through a combined extended translation and thesis option.
Recent theses include:
- Translating English-language Christian-themed fiction in Taiwan
- Non-localisation: a semiotic, economic and media investigation into Apple’s localisation strategy and its impact on Chinese translation traditions.
- Translating early Soviet fiction: the impact of source text foreignisation on translation theory and practice: a case study of Evgenii Zamiatin and Andrei Platonov.
- Supply-driven translation in a small nation context: Slovene literature in English 1991-2016.
- Balancing education, training and the market: a comparative analysis of current curricula for Master's programmes in translation between English and Chinese in China and the UK.
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
- Part-time
- 72 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApply anytime.
More details
International applicants should apply as early as possible.
Language
English
IELTS 7
TOEFL® IBT 100
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Language Studies Translation & Interpreting Linguistics View 97 other PhDs in Language Studies in United KingdomAcademic requirements
GPA Upper Second Class
English requirements
IELTS 7
TOEFL® IBT 100
Other requirements
General requirements
UK students:
- 2:1 (or international equivalent). We would usually expect you to hold, or be working towards, a masters degree in a relevant subject.
EU / International students:
- 2:1 (or international equivalent) We would usually expect you to hold, or be working towards, a masters degree in a relevant subject. Whilst no formal language qualifications are necessary, applicants would normally be expected to have the ability to translate proficiently between two languages, one of which must be English.
- IELTS: 7.0 (6.5 in each element)
Tuition Fee
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International
20000 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 20000 GBP per year during 36 months. -
National
4596 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 4596 GBP per year during 36 months.
Living costs for Nottingham
583 - 978 GBP /month
Living costs
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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