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U of L Translation Program
The University of Louisville’s Graduate Certificate in Translation prepares qualified individuals proficient in both Spanish and English to work in the growing field of language service provision.
According to US Bureau of Labor Statistics, "Employment of interpreters and translators is expected to grow 42 percent from 2010 to 2020, much faster than the average for all occupations...Job opportunities should be best for those who have professional certification...interpreters and translators of Spanish should have good job opportunities because of expected increases in the population of Hispanics in the United States."
U of L’s program provides the technical skills, cultural understanding and real world experience necessary to begin a career in financial translation, legal translation, literary translation, medical translation and technical translation.
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The Program
- DESCRIPTION OF CERTIFICATETranslators work with a written text, transferring the content from one language to another. Translating well requires not only knowledge of both languages but also an understanding of the source and target cultures. It is an exacting art that demands creative expression, linguistic precision, minute knowledge of historical and cultural contexts, and a nuanced sense of style in both the source and target languages.This knowledge can, of course, be fine-tuned by the study of comparative stylistics and applied linguistics. In addition, a prospective translator must possess advanced research skills and the ability to work with relevant technology. Most of the work of the translator falls into five major categories: economic and financial, legal, literary, medical, and scientific and technical. Therefore, students must also acquire experience and knowledge in a subject-area specialty.Program Goals:The certificate program provides the rigorous academic training necessary for the professionalization of the prospective translator. It will prepare a student to begin to work for an agency or as an independent contractor. Such a program could serve as a gateway to specialized translation studies in legal, medical, and technical translation. The goal of the Certificate is to help those interested in pursuing graduate translation study work toward national accreditation through the American Translators Association.It will provide students who are already highly proficient in both languages the background in theory, technical resources, and research skills necessary to translate effectively. With the establishment of this certificate, U of L will provide graduate students, post-baccalaureate students, and members of the community seeking professional development and additional credentials the opportunity to acquire:• an introduction to theories in the field of translation• specific skills in various fields• hands-on professional experienceEXPLANATION OF CREDITS & CURRICULUMThe certificate requires completion of a minimum of 21 credit hours focusing on comparative grammar, professional writing skills, culture, translation history and theory, literary translation, computer tools and terminology management.1. The minimum requirement for the completion of the Graduate Certificate in Translation (Spanish-English) is 21 hours.2. All students must take TRPR/SPAN 661 (Translation: Theory and Practice), TRPR/SPAN 662 (Translation Workshop), and TRPR/SPAN 667 (Computers in Translation).3. Students must complete a three-hour internship or directed study.4. Students may complete an optional medical concentration (in 22 hours) by fulfilling a one-hour introductory course to clinical research, a three-hour course on medical terminology and by doing their internship in the medical field.5. Coursework towards the Graduate Certificate in Translation (Spanish-English) may count towards the student’s graduate degree. (Consult the Director of Graduate Studies in the particular degree program.)6. For students in the MA program in Spanish, up to six hours of courses may count toward both the certificate requirements and the MA requirements.Translation Courses (12 credit hours):1. TRPR/SPAN 661: Translation, Theory and Practice2. TRPR/SPAN 662: Translation Workshop3. One of the following courses-SPAN 634: Spanish for the WorkplaceTRPR/SPAN 663: Commercial and Legal TranslationTRPR/SPAN 664: Literary and Cultural TranslationTRPR/SPAN 665: Scientific, Technical and Medical TranslationTRPR/SPAN 666: Medical TerminologyTRPR/SPAN 668: Translation Project Management4. TRPR/SPAN 667: Computers in TranslationDirected Study (3 credit hours):TRPR/SPAN 669: Spanish Translation ProjectContext Courses (6 credit hours. A total of 2 courses chosen from at least two of the following 3 categories*):1. Advanced Professional WritingENG 675: Studies in Professional WritingENG 676: The Rhetoric of Science2. LinguisticsSPAN 624: Studies in Hispanic LinguisticsLING 630: Language and Culture3. Cultural StudiesHUM 562: Studies in Hispanic CultureHUM 671: Theories of CultureHIST 534: The U.S. and Latin AmericaCOMM 630: Communication and MulticulturalismCOMM 640: Communication in Social ServiceSPAN 644: Origins and Development of Hispanic Culture4. Health & Medical CarePCHI 501: From Bench to Bedside, Introduction to Clinical Research*NB: Students pursuing an MA in Spanish are strongly encouraged to take courses other than Spanish
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Requirements for Admission
- ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS & PROCEDURESApplicants to the Graduate Certificate in Translation must demonstrate advanced proficiency in both Spanish and English. Prerequisites for admission include an undergraduate/baccalaureate degree granted by an institution of higher education or its equivalent (where Spanish or English is the language of instruction). Students must meet the standard criteria for general admission to the University of Louisville Graduate School, and supply all standard documentation required for admission. (Those wishing to pursue the graduate certificate in conjunction with a graduate degree program in another UofL department should first apply and be admitted to the degree program before applying for admission to the Graduate Certificate in Translation.)To be submitted to the School of Interdisciplinary and Graduate Studies (SIGS)• SIGS application and application fee. (Be sure to read application directions carefully before beginning your application.)Transcripts from all accredited institutions where undergraduate and/or graduate credit was earned. Minimum GPA required for undergraduate work: 3.0 on a four-point scale. (All University of Louisville transcripts will be submitted automatically with completion of an application for graduate study.)• Two letters of evaluation. Letters must be recent (written no more than a year prior to application date). Please ask evaluators to comment specifically on your proficiency in both Spanish and English. Evaluators should mail their completed evaluation form directly to SIGS.• TOEFL iBT scores (applicants for whom English is a second language). Minimum required: 85, though evaluators will give special weight to the reading and writing scores. (Applicants holding a bachelor's or advanced degree from an accredited institution in the United States are exempt from this requirement.)• ACTFL scores Writing Test (applicants for whom Spanish is a second language). Minimum required: Advanced High. (Applicants who have successfully completed graduate coursework in Spanish are exempt from this requirement.)NOTE: While submission of GRE scores is not required for admission to the Graduate Certificate in Translation, those students whose undergraduate GPA does not meet minimum requirements for admission might consider submitting scores as a means of demonstrating their true potential for graduate study. Minimum score required by other graduate programs at the University of Louisville: 900 (combined verbal and quantitative).To be submitted to the Director of the Graduate Certificate in Translation• A personal statement of 1-2 pages (written in the applicant’s second language) discussing how the Graduate Certificate in Translation relates to the applicant’s professional or personal goals. Specify which areas of translation are of most interest to the student and detail relevant experience.• A cv detailing experience relevant to language proficiency and especially to translation.Mail statement directly to: Director of the Graduate Certificate in Translation, Department of Classical & Modern Languages, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292.Complete applications to the Graduate Certificate in Translation are considered throughout the academic year, although priority will be given to applications received at least six weeks prior to the intended start date. The Director of the Graduate Certificate in Translation reviews applications and, in consultation with the graduate faculty, makes all admission decisions. In some cases, applicants may be admitted on a conditional basis even though application materials are incomplete.Questions?Please contact, Dr. Clare Sullivan, current Director of the Graduate Certificate in Translation at clara.sullivan@louisville.edu.
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The Faculty
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- Rhonda Buchanan is a Professor of Spanish and Director of Latin American and Latino Studies. She has translated novels, short stories, poetry, and essays by Latin American writers. In 2004 she won an award to participate in a residency program at the International Banff Centre for Literary Translation, and in 2006 she was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship to translate Alberto Ruy-Sánchez’s novel Los jardines secretos de Mogador: voces de la tierra. She also translated Limulus: Visions of the Living Fossil, a book by the artist Brian Nissen and Alberto Ruy-Sánchez, which was published in 2004 by Artes de México. Her translation, The Entre Ríos Trilogy: Three Novels by the Argentine writer Perla Suez was published in 2006 by The University of New Mexico Press. In 2008, White Pine Press published her translation, Quick Fix: Sudden Fiction by the Argentine writer Ana María Shua, followed by The Secret Gardens of Mogador: Voices of the Earth in 2009.
- Dr. Fonseca-Greber has worked as a technical translator in France and Switzerland. She also served as a consultant to a machine translation start-up, Unikom. She translated a biography of French dancer Patrick Dupond, by Swiss dance critic Jean-Pierre Pastori.
- Dr. Rodríquez has worked as a freelance translator and interpreter in technical, medical and legal domains. She has also served as a proofreader and QA/QC specialist for computer-based reading software specializing in instructional design. She has worked in telephone interpreting in technical and medical settings as well as volunteering with the Latino community in the US as an interpreter and translator in the medical setting and legal contexts.
- Dr. Sullivan, current director of the Graduate Certificate in Translation, has worked as a literary translator for more than ten years. She has published two novels by Latin American authors. She received an NEA Translation Fellowship for 2010-2011 to translate The Black Flower and Other Zapotec Poetry, a work by indigenous Mexican poet Natalia Toledo.
Dr. Simona Bertacco
- Dr. Bertacco is currently involved in a research project that attempts to bring together her two main areas of research: postcolonial studies and translation studies by looking at postcolonial literatures from a translational perspective. She contends that the real challenge facing postcolonial studies today is to become, literally, a discourse of and on translation in order to be responsive to the complexity of the textuality, and even the literariness, of postcolonial texts.
Dr. Jesse Roman- Dr. Jesse Roman is Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology & Toxicology, Chair of the Department of Medicine, Distinguished University Scholar, and Interim Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Research at the University of Lousville. He joined UofL in 2009 after 18 years as faculty at Emory University. Dr. Roman is engaged in both basic and clinical research. His laboratory focuses on the mechanisms that control lung tissue remodeling and how this impacts lung development, inflammation, and carcinogenesis. The laboratory is currently funding by 3 NIH and VA grants. He also directs a clinical research program searching for new treatments of lung fibrosis and this work is supported by NIH grants and industry.
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Dr. Irma Ramos- Dr. Ramos is a physician scientist with formal training in pediatrics and international medicine. She has extensive experience in the fields of medicine focused on pediatrics, public health, global environmental health education, community medicine, and community-based research. Dr. Ramos has been the director of NIEHS Community Outreach and Education Core for many years and is internationally recognized as a leader in training lay health workers. She serves as co- investigator for the National Center Study for Jefferson County, Kentucky. Dr. Ramos current research projects include fetal basis of environmentally-induced pediatric disease; community-based research with disadvantaged populations, environmental health literacy, and epigenetics of environmental disease.
CONSULTANTSJennifer Maxwell
- Jennifer Maxwell is the Director of Spanish for Health Care Certificate program at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. She teaches medical Spanish, interpreting and translating courses to undergraduate and graduate nursing and health science students. She is also a medical translator and interpreter in the metropolitan DC area. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Spanish from Middlebury College and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.
- Madalena Sánchez Zampaulo is the owner and CEO of Accessible Translation Solutions, providing translation, localization, and telephonic and on-site interpretation for several industries and fields. She often presents at the American Translator Association annual conference and is currently the Administrator of the ATA’s Medical Division. Madalena is an active member of Women for Economic Leadership & Development (WELD) and is a mentor for the 2012 Latina Mentoring Program (LMA) in Columbus. She frequently contributes to Multilingual Magazine, including her review of Joe Kutchera’s book, Latino Link: Building Brands Online with Hispanic Communities and Content, among other publications.
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- Date: May 4-5, 2013
- Location: Capital Plaza Hotel, Frankfort, Ky
- Fee: $250
The purpose of this 2-day workshop is to provide continuing training and professional development for Spanish-English and French-English court interpreters who are already practicing in the field.The workshop format will combine consecutive, sight, and simultaneous exercises going through the various stages of court proceedings in sequential order. This will provide participants a hands-on opportunity to interpret and better understand each stage of the process as well as the vocabulary, protocols, and techniques required in each phase of the case. Examples of additional settings in which judicial interpreters may work will also be explored.During this workshop, participants will acquire terminology related to medical forensics, pre-trial release, changes of pleas, and trial proceedings, such as opening statements, witness testimony, and closing arguments. The workshop will also cover issues such as the role of the interpreter from conduit to clarifier, training in self and peer critique, in-class glossary development, and note-taking techniques. All instruction will be given by way of hands-on practice sessions within the context of practicing the three most commonly used modes of interpretation: simultaneous, consecutive, and sight translation. At the conclusion of each module, participants will benefit by completing a worksheet highlighting key concepts. By the end of the workshop, participants will have created an extensive working glossary of terms and will have a better understanding of the steps and procedures involved in the legal process. Participants will be asked to bring a recording device, compatible headphones, and if possible, laptop computers to assist in their practice.A few pictures from out Legal Translation for Bilingual Professionals workshop - we had attendees from all over the country and learned a lot!
We recently visited San Diego, CA for the American Translators Association conference. It was a wonderful couple of days and we enjoyed meeting some new people!
