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MPhil in Literary Translation

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Assessment

Course learning outcomes

  1. identify translation problems within them, employ literary creativity to apply translation strategies and formulate a justifiable translation approach, then produce target texts
  2. use both the source and target languages to a high level of competency, exhibiting skills in employing language variation, especially within literary language
  3. analyse texts according to their literary genre and stylistic features, and apply literary techniques in producing and editing target texts with specific stylistic features
  4. search the internet and other reference material to apply critical apparatus in documenting source texts and differentiating between text editions
  5. use intercultural skills and intertextual skills to analyse culture-specific elements, and situate source and target texts
  6. negotiate successfully the professional landscape of literary translation today, through use of professional associations, relationships with publishers, literary funds, financial, ethical, and legal aspects of translating, networking, further education, and entrepreneurship
  7. select viable methods to assess translations, by applying evaluative skills and comparing translations, then subsequently self-reflecting on the success of the process
  8. use research methodologies and academic skills to analyse translation techniques with the technical language of translation theory
  9. describe schools of thought in translation studies

Progression

All components are weighted according to their ECTS credit values. The pass mark for each component is 40%.

M.Phil:

In order to qualify for the award of M.Phil., students must obtain an overall mark of at least 40%, and a mark of at least 40% in the dissertation and a mark of at least 40% in the portfolio and an aggregate mark of at least 40% in core and optional modules (40 credits). Students may compensate up to 10 credits, provided that they have obtained an overall mark of at least 40%, and a mark of at least 40% in the dissertation and a mark of at least 40% in the portfolio and an aggregate mark of at least 40% in core and optional modules (at least 30 credits) or a mark of at least 30% in the failed module(s). 88 A distinction may be awarded if a candidate has achieved an overall mark of at least 70%, passed all components and achieved a mark of at least 70% for the dissertation. 

 
P.Grad.Dip:

Only in cases where an M.Phil cannot be awarded because the dissertation has either not been submitted or failed, a student may be considered for the award of P.Grad.Dip if a student has obtained an overall mark of at least 40% on the taught component of the course, a mark of at least 40% in the portfolio and an aggregate mark of at least 40% in core and optional modules (40 credits). Students may compensate up to 10 credits, provided that they have obtained an overall mark of at least 40%, a mark of at least 40% in the portfolio and an aggregate mark of at least 40% in core and optional modules (at least 30 credits), or a mark of at least 30% in the failed module(s). A distinction may be awarded if a candidate has achieved an overall mark of at least 70% and passed all components.