Master of Japanese Interpreting and Translation*

• General information
• Entry requirements
  • (a) Native English applicants:
  • (b) Native Japanese applicants:
  • (c) Other than (a) or (b) above:
  • (d) Applicants with professional experiences in the relevant area:
• Course structure
  • Core units (48 points)
  • Elective units (24 points)
• Advanced standing

General information

Course code: 3072 + Course fees: Local students -- HECS; international students - $A13,500 + On-campus + Clayton + Coordinator: To be advised
SUBJECT TO APPROVAL.
This program is designed for highly motivated students who wish to develop advanced competence in Japanese and English interpreting and translation. This course is suitable for both native and non-native speakers of Japanese.
Graduates should be able to operate as consecutive interpreters and translators at a high level of generalist professional competence. Graduates should also gain knowledge and understanding of the professional aspects of interpreting and translation and an advanced knowledge of theoretical concerns relevant to studies of interpreting and translation.
The duration of the course is normally three semesters full-time (one-and-a-half years) or six semesters part-time (three years). Students can exit the course after one semester with a Graduate Certificate of Arts or, after one-year (or part-time equivalent), with a Postgraduate Diploma of Japanese interpreting and translation.

Entry requirements

The minimum requirement for entry is set for essentially four groups:

(a) Native English applicants:

• Bachelors degree with completion of very advanced Japanese (Level E at Monash) with credit average or above equivalent, or
• Bachelors degree with credit average in the final year of any discipline and holds a certificate of the Japan Foundation's Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 2 (Nihongo Nooryoku Shiken 2-Kyuu) or above.

(b) Native Japanese applicants:

• Monash entry requirements for international students will apply. This applies, apart from application of fees, also to native-Japanese applicants who hold permanent residency in Australia.

(c) Other than (a) or (b) above:

• Monash entry requirements for international students, and
• Japanese proficiency requirements as stipulated for native-English applicants in (a) above.

(d) Applicants with professional experiences in the relevant area:

• Bachelors degree with credit average in the final year of any discipline, and
• Demonstrable professional experience of minimum three years full-time equivalent at senior level in Japanese-English interpreting and translating. Applicants of this category will need to supply a CV, a 1000-word statement and the names of two professional referees.

Course structure

This degree is available by coursework at full-time and part-time enrolment (part-time enrolment does not apply to the Graduate Certificate of Arts). The course of study leading to the Master of Japanese Interpreting and Translation is a tightly structured program studied over one-and-a-half years (three semesters) full-time, and three years (six semesters) part-time.

Core units (48 points)

• JIT4200 Theory and practice of translation B (6 points)
• JIT4832 Translation of Japanese business documents (6 points)
• JIT4622 Interpreting B (6 points)
• JIT4621 Interpreting current events in Japanese and English B (6 points)
• JIT4843/JIT5843 Advanced theory and practice of translation (12 points)
• JIT4731/JIT5731 Theory and practice of Japanese interpreting (12 points)

Elective units (24 points)

• JIT5842 Advanced Japanese interpreting
• JIT5940 Projects in Japanese interpreting and translation
• AST5680 Research project A
• TRN5060 Translation 3: translation as cultural competence
• TRN5070 Advanced methodology in translation studies

Note that graduation from the Master of Japanese Interpreting and Translation will require students to gain credit (60 C) or above in core units and a credit average overall.

Advanced standing

Prior learning may be recognised by giving advanced standing in the following ways:

• Monash Postgraduate Diploma of Arts (Japanese Interpreting and Translation) with grades of credit (60+) or above in every unit -- advanced standing to a maximum of 36 points at level four
• Honours degree with a minimum 2B result and strong Japanese language proficiency and with prior learning in a relevant discipline -- advanced standing to a maximum of 24 points at level four
• Bachelors degree with a credit average in the final year and demonstrable professional experience of minimum three years full-time equivalent in Japanese -- English interpreting and translation. Applicants will need to supply a CV, a 1000-word statement and two professional referees -- advanced standing to a maximum of 24 points at level four
• Applicants who have completed Japanese -- English interpreting and translation studies units at postgraduate level for which a degree or an award has not been taken out -- advanced standing to a maximum of 24 points at level four

All decisions on the extent of advanced standing will be at the discretion of the course coordinator.

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