Postgraduate research in languages and translation studies
Our research explores many different aspects of languages and translation studies including applied language studies, intercultural studies, area studies and sociolinguistics. In translation studies, research reflects the evolving nature of the discipline, encompassing topics such as new technologies, audio description, sociological perspectives on translation and innovative practices in interpreting. The Centre for Translation Studies (founded 1982) enjoys an international reputation for its research and is staffed by scholars who are actively involved in the national and international research scene in translation and interpreting.
PhD
Programme
At the core of our PhD programme are the regular meetings which our students have with their supervisors. For us, writing is key to understanding and developing new perspectives: you will be submitting written work from the very start. In the first year, you will – with the guidance and support of your supervisors – be laying the foundations of your research by refining your research proposal, engaging with the literature and planning the structure of your work, based on an agreed timetable. Key to the planning of your work is training in generic skills (for example, giving presentations, managing your time) as well as participation in a module in research methods. You will gradually learn to work more independently as you progress into your second and third years (or the equivalent for part-time students).
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Entry Standards
For Translation Studies, a good first degree and/or Masters degree in translation studies (translation, audiovisual translation, interpreting), in languages (with a literary or linguistic background), or in related subject areas. For other topics, a good first degree in linguistics, applied linguistics, education, languages (including literature) or in related subject areas.
Applicants wishing to pursue doctoral studies in audio description or intralingual subtitling (SDH) only require a high level of proficiency in English. Non-native speakers of English are normally required to have IELTS 6.5 or above (or equivalent), with a minimum of 7.0 in writing. Applicants with a degree in English or with demonstrable experience of operating in an English-language teaching environment are normally exempt from this requirement.
Students are initially registered for a PhD with probationary status and, subject to satisfactory progress, are subsequently confirmed as having PhD status.
Funding
Fees
UK/EU students - £3,828
Overseas students 2011/12 entrants onwards - £11,550
Overseas students pre 2011/12 entrants - £11,025
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Programme length
33–48 months full-time
45–96 months part-time
Start date
1 October, 1 January, 1 April, 1 July
Research director
For general enquiries
T: 0800 980 3200 or
+44 (0)1483 681681
E: pg-enquiries@surrey.ac.uk
For admissions enquiries
T: +44 (0)1483 686240
E: ctsresearch@surrey.ac.uk
Languages and Translation Studies research overview
Research
Proposals for research projects are welcome in the following areas:
Translation and Interpreting Studies
- Audio description
- Audiovisual translation
- Business and public service interpreting
- Computerised terminology/terminography
- Corpus-based studies
- Cultural policy making/questioning
- Humour theory
- Languages for special purposes
- Linguistic/pragmatic aspects of translation
- Linguistics (including text linguistics) and translation
- Modelling the discourse process of (audiovisual) translation and interpreting
- New technologies in interpreting (remote/videoconference interpreting)
- Paratextual framing of translated texts; ideology and/of translation
- Social movements and translation
- Specialised translation
- Spoken language research and its applications in interpreting and interpreter training
- Strategic and pragmatic dimensions of (audiovisual) translation and interpreting
- Terminology studies
- Think-aloud protocols
- Translation and agency
- Translation and language learning
- Translation and sociology
- Translation theory
- Uses of corpora and corpus-linguistic methods in translation and interpreting
Applied Language Studies
- Aspects of language teaching and learning in higher education
- Franco-British intercultural relations
- Intercultural communication with a focus on pragmatics
- Language testing
- Latin American literature and film
- Sociolinguistic issues in France/the Maghreb
Research environment
Our PhD students are provided with office space, access to a computer and excellent library facilities in the cosmopolitan atmosphere of a multilingual and multicultural community of students and scholars with international reputations in their field. Software is available to support corpus-based analysis, subtitling and audio-description topics, as well as state-of-the-art interpreting facilities. Students also participate in research training days and an annual postgraduate research conference.
Languages and Translation Studies research groups
Languages Studies
Research interests in applied language studies and intercultural studies complement topics in area studies and sociolinguistics. Research areas include language assessment (applied linguistics), language teaching in higher education, English for academic purposes, intercultural communication with a special focus on pragmatics, sociolinguistic issues in France and the Maghreb, Franco-British intercultural relations, and Latin American literature and film.
www.surrey.ac.uk/languages/research
Centre for Translation Studies
Research here explores many different aspects of translation studies as a fast-developing discipline. Topics covered include specialist translation and terminology, the emergent research area of audio description as a form of intermodal transfer, as well as interlingual audiovisual translation, corpora and interpreting/translation/terminology, new modes of interpreting, and sociological perspectives on translation. The Centre has a very active innovative research programme in all areas, including co-funded European projects on interpreting using videoconferencing technology and 3D virtual environments.
www.surrey.ac.uk/languages/research
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