Translation and Interpreting Studies Yeditepe University

Overview

The growing complexity of international communication, involving written, spoken and technology mediated communication increasingly requires combined competencies. Recognizing this need, our program at Yeditepe University aims to provide our students with the education, skills and competence that they need to perform both tasks professionally and to produce graduates equipped with all the required knowledge in the area of translation and interpreting. Turkey’s intense international relations in our era urges governmental and private institutions to employ qualified and experienced translators. There has been an increasing need for translators in the media, commercial companies, law offices and conference interpreters in ever increasing conferences. Department of Translation and Interpreting at Yeditepe University runs a dynamic, up to date undergraduate program aimed at meeting this need.

In addition to courses improving students’ written and oral performance in their mother tongue Turkish, and foreign language English, students are also given the opportunity to choose a second foreign language from the language courses opened by the School of Foreign Languages. In these courses they are given a comprehensive foreign language education with a sound linguistic basis which also aims to develop their listening, reading, writing and speaking skills which are essential in language learning.

Theoretical Courses

Translation and Interpreting Studies undergraduate students acquire the required knowledge about the theoretical framework of translation and interpreting by taking various courses such as Translation Theory, Translation Criticism, Approaches to Translation in History and Today, Revising and Editing for Translators, and Special Topics in Translation.

Among the core courses of our department, there are also courses such as Computer-Aided Technical Translation, Subtitling and Dubbing, which provide the connection with translation sector lectured by their experts in their fields. In these courses, students gain experience in different applied fields of translation and have the opportunity to interact with the sector. Courses like Critical Thinking and Culture and Translation within our program raise students’ cultural awareness.

Internship

Students have to complete Translation Internship that covers 20 work days in an institution approved by the department at the end of their third academic year in Translation and Interpreting Studies Department. Students present their translation and the experience they have gained during their internship in a meeting attended by the department students and lecturers at the beginning of the fourth year and they are given feedback by the participants. The internship is an instructive experience just like many other fundamental practices that students gain before they get a start in business world.