Graduate School | Translation and Interpretation | Program in German Translation and Interpretation

The Master’s Program in German Translation and Interpreting brings practice and theory together in order to enable graduates to gain expertise in various types of translation and competence in Translation Studies research.

The program inherently admits students from different educational backgrounds. In the Turkish higher education system, three different programs offer education in German language and culture at the undergraduate level: German language teaching, German language and literature, and German translation and interpreting. Students graduate from the departments of German Language Teaching and German Language and Culture with a good background in German language and culture. The Master’s Program in German Translation and Interpreting enables these graduates to receive professional training in translation, and thus to contribute to meet the need for qualified translators in the market. Further, the graduates of Departments of Translation and Interpreting may study in this master’s program in order to enhance their knowledge in language and culture and improve their translation skills. By doing this, they will have a chance to be employed in the society as competent translators or prefer pursuing an academic career. Students with an undergraduate degree in programs apart from the abovementioned three, e.g. economics, communication, law and so on, are expected to have a field of expertise and adequate command of a foreign language. In our program, these students add translation skills to their field-specific expertise and foreign language competence. Thus, they will meet the need for competent specialized translators in the market.