Course overview
- Description
This course provides students with foundational knowledge about translation theory and practice. The course will develop their skills in translating from and into English and their chosen language. There are ten languages to choose from: English from or into Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Portuguese, and Spanish.
- Course title
- Graduate Certificate in Translation Studies
- Award abbreviation
- GradCertTransSt
- Course code
- 12220
- Course type
- Postgraduate certificate
- Status
- Current / 2024
- Administered by
- Humanities
- CRICOS code
- 089965M
Course details
- Intake periods
- Beginning of year and mid-year
- Attendance type
- Full- or part-time (Student visa holders should read Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 for more information.)
- Credit points required
- 24
A standard full-time load is 24 points per semester. - Standard course duration
- 0.5 years
- Time limit
- 2 years
- Delivery mode
- Multi-mode
- Locations offered
- UWA (Perth)
- Domestic fee type
- Commonwealth supported and/or HECS-HELP
- Available to international students
- Yes. For information on international student fees see 'Student Procedures: Fees'. (Enquiries: https://www.uwa.edu.au/askuwa)
- Course Coordinator(s)
- Dr Anna Gadd
- Fees
- Visit the fees calculator.
Enquiries and course advice
- Course advice
- Contact the Arts and Law Student Office
- 6488 2091 / 6488 2853
Prospective students should see the Future Students website for details on admission requirements, intake periods, fees, availability to international students, careers information etc.
No study plans found for this course. See study plans for more information.
Specialisations
SP-ARAB Arabic
SP-CHNSE Chinese
SP-FRNCH French
SP-GRMAN German
SP-INDO Indonesian
SP-ITALN Italian
SP-JAPN Japanese
SP-KORE Korean
SP-PORT Portuguese
SP-SPAN Spanish
Course structure
Key to availability of units:
- S1
- Semester 1
- S2
- Semester 2
- N/A
- not available in 2024 – may be available in 2025 or 2026
- NS
- non-standard teaching period
All units have a value of six points unless otherwise stated.
Take unit(s) to the value of 12 points:
Availability | Unit code | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
---|---|---|---|---|
S1 | TRNS5001 | Histories and Theories of Translation Studies | None | 24 hours |
S2 | TRNS5002 | Interdisciplinary Translation Studies | None | 24 hours |
S1 | TRNS5003 | Corpus-based Translation Studies | None | 26 contact hours (maybe face-to-face and/or via Zoom) |
NS | TRNS5004 | Technologies for the Translator | None | 26 hours |
S1 | TRNS5011 | The Ethics of Translation | None | 24 hours |
Arabic specialisation
Take unit(s) to the value of 12 points:
Availability | Unit code | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
---|---|---|---|---|
S1 | TRNS5908 | Translation Practice (Arabic) A (12 points) |
| 36 |
S2 | TRNS5909 | Translation Practice (Arabic) B (12 points) |
| 36 |
Chinese specialisation
Take unit(s) to the value of 12 points:
Availability | Unit code | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
---|---|---|---|---|
S1 | TRNS5108 | Translation Practice (Chinese) A (12 points) |
| 36 hours per semester |
S2 | TRNS5109 | Translation Practice (Chinese) B (12 points) |
| 36 hours |
French specialisation
Take unit(s) to the value of 6 points:
Availability | Unit code | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
---|---|---|---|---|
S1, S2 | EURO4003 | Advanced Cultural Studies |
| Seminars: 2 hours per week for 10 weeks |
S1, S2 | EURO4004 | Advanced Writing Skills |
| Seminars: 2 hours per week for 10 weeks |
Take unit(s) to the value of 6 points:
Availability | Unit code | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
---|---|---|---|---|
S1 | TRNS5508 | Specialised Translation 1: French | None | 24 hours |
S2 | TRNS5509 | Specialised Translation 2: French | None | 24 hours |
German specialisation
Take unit(s) to the value of 12 points:
Availability | Unit code | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
---|---|---|---|---|
S1 | TRNS5708 | Translation practice (German) A (12 points) | None | 36 hours |
S2 | TRNS5709 | Translation practice (German) B (12 points) | None | 36 hours |
Indonesian specialisation
Take unit(s) to the value of 12 points:
Availability | Unit code | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
---|---|---|---|---|
S1 | TRNS5208 | Translation Practice (Indonesian) A (12 points) |
| 36 |
S2 | TRNS5209 | Translation Practice (Indonesian) B (12 points) |
| 36 |
Italian specialisation
Take unit(s) to the value of 12 points:
Availability | Unit code | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
---|---|---|---|---|
S1 | TRNS5608 | Translation practice (Italian) A (12 points) | None | 36 hours |
S2 | TRNS5609 | Translation practice (Italian) B (12 points) | None | 36 hours |
Japanese specialisation
Take unit(s) to the value of 12 points:
Availability | Unit code | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
---|---|---|---|---|
S1 | TRNS5308 | Translation Practice (Japanese) A (12 points) |
| 36 |
S2 | TRNS5309 | Translation Practice (Japanese) B (12 points) |
| 36 |
Korean specialisation
Take unit(s) to the value of 12 points:
Availability | Unit code | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
---|---|---|---|---|
N/A | TRNS5408 | Translation Practice (Korean) A (12 points) |
| 36 |
S2 | TRNS5409 | Translation Practice (Korean) B (12 points) |
| 36 |
Portuguese specialisation
Take unit(s) to the value of 12 points:
Availability | Unit code | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
---|---|---|---|---|
S1 | TRNS5808 | Translation Practice (Portuguese) A (12 points) |
| 36 |
S2 | TRNS5809 | Translation Practice (Portuguese) B (12 points) |
| 36 |
Spanish specialisation
Take unit(s) to the value of 12 points:
See also the rules for the course and the Student Rules.
Rules
Applicability of the Student Rules, policies and procedures
1.(1) The Student Rules apply to students in this course.
(2) The policy, policy statements and guidance documents and student procedures apply, except as otherwise indicated in the rules for this course.
Academic Conduct Essentials and Communication and Research Skills modules
2.(1) A student who enrols in this course for the first time irrespective of whether they have previously been enrolled in another course of the University, must undertake the Academic Conduct Essentials module (the ACE module) and the Communication and Research Skills module (the CARS module).
(2) A student must successfully complete the ACE module within the first teaching period of their enrolment. Failure to complete the module within this timeframe will result in the student's unit results from this teaching period being withheld. These results will continue to be withheld until students avail themselves of a subsequent opportunity to achieve a passing grade in the ACE module. In the event that students complete units in subsequent teaching periods without completing the ACE module, these results will similarly be withheld. Students will not be permitted to submit late review or appeal applications regarding results which have been withheld for this reason and which they were unable to access in the normally permitted review period.
English Language competency requirements
3. To be considered eligible for consideration for admission to this course an applicant must satisfy the University's English language competence requirement as set out in the University Policy on Admission: Coursework.
Admission requirements
4. To be considered for admission to this course an applicant must have
(a) (i) a bachelor's degree, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA; and
(ii) the equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark of at least 65 per cent in the Level 3 units of a major;
or
(b) a level and duration of education, professional experience, and/or demonstrable life skills considered by UWA to be sufficient to permit satisfactory completion of the course ;
and
(c) (i) demonstrated native or near-native proficiency in the chosen language specialisation; or
ii) for French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Arabic, and Spanish, B2/C1 levels of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages or equivalent internationally recognised test; for Chinese, a minimum of HSK 4; for Japanese, Level N2/N3 at the JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test); for Indonesian, Level 3 at the UKBI (UjianKemahiran Bahasa Indonesia) or Level 4 at the ISLPR (International Second Language Proficiency Ratings); and for Korean, Level 4 at the TOPIK (Test of Proficiency in Korean).
Admission ranking and selection
5. Where relevant, admission will be awarded to the highest ranked applicants or applicants selected based on the relevant requirements.
Articulations and exit awards
6. The following courses form part of an articulated sequence:
- 12220 Graduate Certificate in Translation Studies (24 points)
- 12320 Graduate Diploma in Translation Studies (48 points)
- 12520 Master of Translation Studies (96 points)
Course structure
7.(1) The course consists of units to a total value of 24 points which must include course core units and specialisation units. The course comprises the following specialisations:
- SP-ARAB Arabic
- SP-CHNSE Chinese
- SP-FRNCH French
- SP-GRMAN German
- SP-INDO Indonesian
- SP-ITALN Italian
- SP-JAPN Japanese
- SP-KORE Korean
- SP-PORT Portuguese
- SP-SPAN Spanish
(2) Units must be selected in accordance with the course structure, as set out in these rules.
Satisfactory progress
8. To make satisfactory progress a student must pass units to a point value greater than half the total value of units in which they remain enrolled after the final date for withdrawal without academic penalty.
9. A student who has not achieved a result of Ungraded Pass (UP) for the Communication and Research Skills module (the CARS module) when their progress status is assessed will not have made satisfactory progress even if they have met the other requirements for satisfactory progress in Rule 8.
Progress status
10.(1) A student who makes satisfactory progress in terms of Rule 8 is assigned the status of 'Good Standing'.
(2) Unless the relevant board determines otherwise because of exceptional circumstances
(a) a student who does not make satisfactory progress for the first time under Rule 8 is assigned a progress status of 'On Probation';
(b) a student who does not make satisfactory progress for the second time under Rule 8 is assigned a progress status of 'Suspended';
(c) a student who does not make satisfactory progress for the third time under Rule 8 is assigned a progress status of 'Excluded'.
11. A student who does not make satisfactory progress in terms of Rule 9 is assigned the progress status of 'On Probation', unless they have been assigned a progress status of 'Suspended' or 'Excluded' for failure to meet other satisfactory progress requirements in Rule 8.
Award with distinction
12. This rule is not applicable to this course.
Deferrals
13. Applicants awarded admission to the course are entitled to a deferral of up to 12 months, as per the University Policy on: Admissions (Coursework).