Department of Translation and Interpreting
In our globalized world, translation is more important than it was before. It is the central means of the transmission of information through various channels. The world is becoming more and more dependent on translation as a tool for cross-cultural communication.
The Department of Translation and Interpreting at Istanbul Arel University, founded in the 2007-2008 academic year and included in the Faculty of Letters and Sciences, aims to train professional translators and interpreters who
- Are aware of the critical role translation plays in intercultural communication,
- Are conscious about the ethical principles and values of the translation profession,
- Have a high level of English and Turkish proficiency,
- Can use translation technologies,
- Have the necessary technical skills, knowledge and research competence,
- Have the basic theoretical and methodological knowledge to conduct scientific research on translation,
- Can translate written texts in a foreign language other than English
- Can translate and interpret written, oral and audio-visual texts from English into Turkish and from Turkish into English in the fields such as social sciences, political science and international relations, economics, literature and law.
Taking into consideration this aim and the contemporary and future requirements of translation and language services sector, the undergraduate program in Translation and Interpreting offers courses on translation, interpreting, textual analysis and technical writing, translation theory and criticism, translation technologies, linguistics, editing and proofreading as well as courses on the various fields of expertise such as literary translation, media translation and legal translation.
The graduates will be qualified to work as translators, interpreters, editors and language/culture consultants in translation and language services sector as well as in media organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, embassies, non-governmental organizations and in different fields of the services sector.
