Turkish – English Translation And Interpreting

The program is geared to address issues of the business sector. A student in Translation and Interpreting Department gains the necessary skills repertoire which enables them to find jobs effortlessly in areas such as import and export, international marketing, advisory services and think- tanks when s/he graduates, as they have a chance to take electives like International Relations, International Trade, and Issues on the Middle East and North Africa, Arts and Advertising.

A large pool of departmental electives provides selective focus in areas including Political Sciences and International Relations, Law, Economy, Literature, Medicine, and Engineering. Students are exposed to the lexis of various disciplines studies in the department. Electives begin at year two and increase gradually. In the third and fourth years, students are placed in businesses in the industry to complete their fieldwork by translating and interpreting for these firms. As part of the collaboration between the school and sector, they develop a sense of reality, their profession, and business demands. Finally, they devise a translation project: they are required to translate a major work from Turkish to English.