Comparative Literature at UC Santa Barbara is home to the Graduate Emphasis in Translation Studies and the Translation Studies Minor.

The doctoral program atTranslation Research and Instruction Program (TRIP) is primarily designed to prepare its graduates for careers in both the academic field and scholarly research, including research-informed translation. It offers individualized interdisciplinary tracks to accommodate a variety of backgrounds.

The Bard Translation and Translatability Initiative (BTTI) brings together scholars, practitioners, and students to explore translation and its discontents. Translation at Bard is read in both the narrower interlinguistic sense of moving meaning between two languages, as well as through an interrogation of the broad hermeneutic conditions at stake in questions of translatability.

The Literary Translation at Columbia (LTAC), an integral part of the Columbia University MFA Writing Program, extends the opportunity for all Writing students to delve into the realm of literary translation through coursework. LTAC isn’t structured as a formal translator-training initiative; rather, it emerged from the conviction that exposure to literary translation enriches a writer’s…

The Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication (PTIC) offers a diverse curriculum that allows undergraduates to develop their understanding of intercultural communication from numerous perspectives. 

The Translation Center at the University of Massachusetts Amherst integrates multilingual services with academic study and learning. Their mission is to educate through translation. Beyond offering services to their collaborators, the Center is committed to broadening awareness of translation and language accessibility among our students, the university community, and beyond.

The Modern & Classical Language Studies Department offers basic foreign language instruction, Bachelor of Arts degrees in foreign language, Bachelor of Science degrees in translation, and undergraduate minors, as well as Master of Arts degrees in foreign language, literature, and culture; pedagogy; and translation; and a Ph.D. degree in Translation Studies

The Certificate in Literary Translation is open to students enrolled in Comparative Literature graduate courses, and it comprises 21-24 credits.

Students enrolled in graduate and undergadate courses participate in Translation Workshops in which they develop the skills translators use by working through their own translation projects. The workshops are accompanied by seminars on the craft and theory of literary and humanistic translations.

BU Master of Fine Arts in Literary Translation provides  intensive training for those interested in a career as a literary translator. Working with faculty who are themselves professional translators, students will engage with the theory and practice of literary translation while refining their stylistic and linguistic skills and expanding their knowledge of the field of…