The Maastricht School of Translation and Interpreting (in Dutch: Vertaalacademie Maastricht) is the only full-time institution of higher education for the training of
translator
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. The English language draws a terminological distinction (which does not exist in every language) between ''transl ...
s and
interpreters situated in the Netherlands.
Programme
The school provides a four-year course leading to the degree Bachelor of Translation. All students study Dutch, English, and one other European language (French, German or Spanish). A foundation year is followed by a three-year main programme during which students specialise in such fields as
technical translation,
legal translation
Legal translation is the translation of language used in legal settings and for legal purposes. Legal translation may also imply that it is a specific type of translation only used in law, which is not always the case. As law is a culture-depende ...
,
professional communication
Professional communication, encompasses written, oral, visual and digital communication within a workplace context. This discipline blends together pedagogical principles of rhetoric, technology, software, and learning theory to improve and del ...
,
subtitling, and
interpreting.
History
Founded in 1981 as an independent institute named the State School of Translation and Interpreting, the School of Translation has since 2001 been one of the constituent parts of
Zuyd University of Applied Sciences. The range of languages offered has varied over time, with provision of Arabic, Chinese and Japanese hived off to a separate institute in 1994, and the provision of Italian, Portuguese and Russian stopped for budgetary reasons.
Initially based in a building on the
Keizer Karelplein, the School of Translation subsequently moved to its current location, which incorporates a
listed building
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originally opened in 1932 as a convent boarding school for the
Sisters of the Poor Child Jesus.
Rijksmonumenten.nl
– listed buildings in the Netherlands. (in Dutch)
References
External links
Official opening on 26 August 1981
by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
Beatrix (Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, ; born 31 January 1938) is a member of the Dutch royal house who reigned as Queen of the Netherlands from 1980 until her abdication in 2013.
Beatrix is the eldest daughter of Queen Juliana and her husban ...
.
The International Maastricht-Łódź Duo Colloquium on Translation and Meaning
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Translation and interpreting schools
Academic language institutions
Zuyd University of Applied Sciences
Education in Maastricht