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Master’s (MS) in Translation & Interpreting

Want to turn your language skills into a translation or interpreting career? Whether you are interested in business translation, medical translation, conference interpreting, legal translation, literary translation, transcreation, or localization, the MS in Translation & Interpreting offered by the NYU SPS Center for Publishing & Applied Liberal Arts prepares you for a wide range of translation and interpretation jobs. This 36-credit, fully online master’s in translation and interpreting degree provides the best of both worlds—the convenience and flexibility of learning on your own terms and at your own pace, while benefiting from a rigorous curriculum, a broad range of elective courses tailored to your interests, and the prestige of earning your degree at NYU, one of the world’s most respected universities.

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Degree Advantages

  • Offered fully online with opportunities to engage with faculty members and students at regular intervals
  • Curriculum that allows you to study translation from any language into English
  • Covers both written translation and the best practices of oral interpreting
  • Elective courses that customize your learning experience
  • Prepares students for the ATA Certification Exam
  • Taught by faculty members who are professional experts in their fields
  • Full-and part-time study options

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Who Should Consider Earning the MS in Translation & Interpreting?

Whether you are interested in a full-time position with a language service provider or prefer the flexibility of a freelance translation and interpreting career, the MS in Translation & Interpreting will prepare you for a professional path in the translation industry, which is growing faster than many other fields. It will provide you with skill sets to work anywhere in the world. In a 2020 survey, 100% of recent MS in Translation & Interpreting graduates reported being employed within six months of graduation.

Employment of interpreters and translators is projected to grow 20 percent from 2019 to 2029, much faster than the average for all occupations - BLS

Become a Language Professional

Faculty members who teach in the MS in Translation & Interpreting share their deep expertise with students from around the world. The degree program focuses on the generalized skill required for translation and interpreting, while thesis advisers provide guidance on the subtle nuances of Spanish to English translation, Chinese to English translation, Arabic to English translation, and so many other language pairs.

Choose From a Wide Range of Electives Courses in Emerging Fields

While the MS in Translation & Interpreting affords a solid core in theory and practice, terminology, and techniques, the degree’s elective courses provide the knowledge to succeed in fields such as legal translation, transcreation, website localization, machine translation, and financial translation that will set you apart and will provide tremendous flexibility in your translating and interpreting career.

Build a Portfolio of Translation Projects That Demonstrates Your Skills

The MS in Translation & Interpreting is designed to ensure that you walk away with a comprehensive portfolio of translation projects that truly demonstrate your translation skills to prospective employers and clients. Your portfolio can be tailored to the area of specialization you choose—from medical translation to legal translation, transcreation to localization of software and websites.

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Program Affiliations

ata - American Translators Association Institutional Member
The American Literary Translators Association
GALA - Globalization & Localization Association
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Department Highlights

March 24, 2023
Working Every Day: My Career as a Freelance Translator
February 28, 2023
ChatGPT and the Importance of Embedding AI-Content Tools in Our Graduate Programs
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Different Faces of Accessibility: Different Roles of Audio Description
January 23, 2023
MS in Translation & Interpreting Student Judith Santos Awarded the Malkemes Scholarship for Fall 2022
January 11, 2023
Terminology: The Border Wall, Entitlements, Abortion
December 22, 2022
Translation and Localization Project Management
January 23, 2023
MS in Translation & Interpreting Student Judith Santos Awarded the Malkemes Scholarship for Fall 2022
January 11, 2023
Terminology: The Border Wall, Entitlements, Abortion
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Translation and Localization Project Management
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Beyond Translation - Beyond Technology: What's So Cool about Software Localization & Why Should I Learn about It?
November 29, 2022
PALA Alumnus Spotlight: Translation/Interpreting Graduate David Proano Celi
July 29, 2022
NYU SPS Club OWLS Wins Community Engagement Prize!
January 11, 2023
Terminology: The Border Wall, Entitlements, Abortion
December 22, 2022
Translation and Localization Project Management
December 20, 2022
Beyond Translation - Beyond Technology: What's So Cool about Software Localization & Why Should I Learn about It?
July 29, 2022
NYU SPS Club OWLS Wins Community Engagement Prize!
April 26, 2022
MS in Translation & Interpreting Speaker Series with ALC Bridge
November 20, 2019
Conversations with an Innovator
January 23, 2023
MS in Translation & Interpreting Student Judith Santos Awarded the Malkemes Scholarship for Fall 2022
January 11, 2023
Terminology: The Border Wall, Entitlements, Abortion
December 22, 2022
Translation and Localization Project Management
December 20, 2022
Beyond Translation - Beyond Technology: What's So Cool about Software Localization & Why Should I Learn about It?
February 11, 2022
MSPW & MSTI Academic Directors Awarded Faculty Innovation and Antiracism Microgrant
November 1, 2021
MS in Translation and Interpreting Faculty Spotlight: Barbara Inge Karsch
March 24, 2023
Working Every Day: My Career as a Freelance Translator
February 28, 2023
ChatGPT and the Importance of Embedding AI-Content Tools in Our Graduate Programs
February 23, 2023
Different Faces of Accessibility: Different Roles of Audio Description
January 23, 2023
MS in Translation & Interpreting Student Judith Santos Awarded the Malkemes Scholarship for Fall 2022
January 11, 2023
Terminology: The Border Wall, Entitlements, Abortion
December 22, 2022
Translation and Localization Project Management
January 23, 2023
MS in Translation & Interpreting Student Judith Santos Awarded the Malkemes Scholarship for Fall 2022
January 11, 2023
Terminology: The Border Wall, Entitlements, Abortion
December 22, 2022
Translation and Localization Project Management
December 20, 2022
Beyond Translation - Beyond Technology: What's So Cool about Software Localization & Why Should I Learn about It?
November 29, 2022
PALA Alumnus Spotlight: Translation/Interpreting Graduate David Proano Celi
July 29, 2022
NYU SPS Club OWLS Wins Community Engagement Prize!
January 11, 2023
Terminology: The Border Wall, Entitlements, Abortion
December 22, 2022
Translation and Localization Project Management
December 20, 2022
Beyond Translation - Beyond Technology: What's So Cool about Software Localization & Why Should I Learn about It?
July 29, 2022
NYU SPS Club OWLS Wins Community Engagement Prize!
April 26, 2022
MS in Translation & Interpreting Speaker Series with ALC Bridge
November 20, 2019
Conversations with an Innovator
January 23, 2023
MS in Translation & Interpreting Student Judith Santos Awarded the Malkemes Scholarship for Fall 2022
January 11, 2023
Terminology: The Border Wall, Entitlements, Abortion
December 22, 2022
Translation and Localization Project Management
December 20, 2022
Beyond Translation - Beyond Technology: What's So Cool about Software Localization & Why Should I Learn about It?
February 11, 2022
MSPW & MSTI Academic Directors Awarded Faculty Innovation and Antiracism Microgrant
November 1, 2021
MS in Translation and Interpreting Faculty Spotlight: Barbara Inge Karsch