Electives

TRNSLTN 530 Business and Professional Aspects of Translation

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Practical skills and business planning needed to succeed as a freelancer or project manager in language services industry; topics include entrepreneurship, networking, marketing, financial planning, accounting, and risk management.

TRNSLTN 700 Introduction to Interpreting

3 cr. Graduate.
Professional protocols and practices of consecutive interpreting in different settings; exercises for improvement of split-attention, short-term memory, note-taking, information organization, and preparation.

TRNSLTN 711 Ethics in Translation and Interpreting

3 cr. Graduate.
Frameworks for language-services provision; codes of ethics and standards of practice in different translation and interpreting environments; and ethical decision-making in hypothetical translation and interpreting scenarios.

TRNSLTN 720 Topics in Translation:

1-3 cr. Graduate.
Advanced and specialized translation skills courses targeting the translation industry.

TRNSLTN 727 Project Management in Translation

3 cr. Graduate.
Principles of project management and quality assurance in the global language services industry; standards and techniques to prepare students for jobs in the language services market.

TRNSLTN 728 Editing for Translation

3 cr. Graduate.
Translation industry standards and best practices for quality assurance. Students edit texts in English, applying style guides and implementing effective research techniques.