Translation Polytechnic Institute of Bragança

Overview

The holder of this Translation programme at the Polytechnic Institute of Bragança is qualified to work as a translator, specialised in the field of scientific and technical translation, Audiovisual translation and multilingual products, namely software and web-based material; researchers in the field of translation theory and methodology, text and multimedia editors and revisers.

Key Features

• a) To develop and and enhance the knowledge obtained in the first cycle, in order to develop and apply that knowledge to original situations in the field of Translation and diversified Language Services as well as in the context of Translation Studies research;

• b) apply their knowledge and understanding and problem solving capacities to new and unfamiliar situations in wide multidisciplinary situations, although related to their area of studies;

• c) integrate knowledge, deal with complex matters, develop solutions or put forward opinions on situations of limited or incomplete information, including reflecting upon the implications and ethical and social responsibilities that result from both those solutions and opinions or indeed that condition them;

• d) communicate their conclusions and the knowledge and reasoning that underlie them, both to experts and non-experts, clearly and unambiguously;

• e) develop competences that will enable them to benefit from self-oriented or autonomous lifelong learning.