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The European Masters in Translation

The EMT sets the standard for translation across Europe

The European Masters in Translation (EMT) is a quality label for postgraduate translation programmes offered by universities across Europe.

If you select a translation programme recognised by the EMT network, then you can be confident that your translation qualification will open doors with well-respected employers in the industry.

The aim of the EMT

The EMT was set up by the EU’s Directorate General for Translation as a way of improving translator training, and encouraging qualified translators to work at the EU.

Because, as well as “pure translation”, the modern translation profession involves an increasing range of additional activities and skills – such as localisation, terminology management, project management etc. – the DG drew up a translator competence profile.

This profile outlines the 6 core competences it believes translators need to be successful in today’s market:

This is what the EU does best – designing and implementing the building blocks needed to create a single market, in our case for translation services.

DG Translation encourages systematic cooperation between universities, the language industry and translation services in the EU, national language institutes and professional associations, promoting the profile of translation as a profession.

The EMT is not only a pan-European quality standard for translation, the EMT network effectively functions as an umbrella organisation for Europe’s national translation associations (e.g. the UK Chartered Institute of Linguists, Austria’s Universitas, etc.), and actively enhances the status of translation as a profession.

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How you benefit from a European Masters in Translation

• A recognised and respected translation qualification accepted by the language industry across Europe
• EMT students get priority for unpaid traineeships in DG Translation ( a great way to get your foot in the door)
• EMT students can apply for work placements available in the language industry

The EMT network

The EMT network consists of those European universities whose translation programmes have been recognised by the EU’s DG Translation as meeting set standards in these 6 fields.

EMT network members relevant to our German-English combination include the following:

UK

• Aston University, Birmingham – MA in Translation in a European Context
• University of Birmingham – MA in Translation Studies
• Durham University – MA in Translation Studies
• University of Surrey, Guildford – MA in Translation
• Roehampton University, London – MA in Audiovisual Translation
• University of Manchester – MA in Translation and Interpreting Studies
• Newcastle University – MA in Professional Translation for European Languages
• University of Portsmouth – MA in Translation Studies
• University of Salford – MA in Translating / MA in Translating for International Business
• Swansea University – MA in Professional Translation (MAPT)

For more details about the courses offered by these universities see German translation courses in the UK.

IRELAND

• Dublin City University – MA in Translation Studies / MS in Translation Technology

GERMANY

• Fachhochschule Köln, Cologne – MA Fachübersetzen
• Universität Leipzig – Master Translatologie

AUSTRIA

• Universität Wien, Vienna – Masterstudium Übersetzen, Schwerpunkt Fachübersetzen

SWITZERLAND (observer status)

• ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften – Masterstudiengang Angewandte Linguistik mit Vertiefung in Fachübersetzen

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For more details about the European Masters in Translation visit the DG Translation website.

Happy studying!

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