TRANS-MIN - Translation Studies (Minor)

Faculty Director: Alexander Key

Minor Advisor:  Cintia Santana

The Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, in cooperation with East Asian Languages and Cultures and the English Department, teaches undergraduates to develop and apply their foreign language knowledge to the production and analysis of translations. The minor is designed to give students majoring in a variety of fields the tools to consider the practical and theoretical issues brought up by translation as an aesthetic, cultural, and ethical practice.

Declaring the Minor

Students will declare the minor in Axess, and then contact the minor advisor, Cintia Santana.  The  program is administered by the DLCL student services office located in Pigott Hall, room 128.  

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Undergraduates who complete the minor in Translation Studies are expected to be able to demonstrate the following learning outcomes: 

1. further linguistic proficiency and textual understanding through the production of a translation. 

2. consider the linguistic, historical, social, and cultural contexts that shape textual production and meaning.

3. consider the practical and theoretical issues brought up by translation as an aesthetic, cultural, and ethical practice. 

4. develop a self-reflective understanding of the critical processes necessary to translate a text. 

5. critically evaluate and compare translated texts.