Your Plan of Study

Whether you are launching a new career or seeking advancement in your current position, this 12-month certificate program—offered in person or hyflex—will provide you with the tools to thrive. 

In this program, you will receive a combination of theory-based instruction and hands-on training. You will learn how to translate texts from different genres, edit translations, navigate the translation marketplace, and analyze the process of translation as a socio-cultural, ethical, and linguistic intervention/operation.  

You will develop a skillset that includes audiovisual translation, machine (or computer-assisted) translation, literary translation, community translation, localization, cognitive translatology, and transcreation. And through professionally oriented webinars, you will acquire the skills necessary to set up a freelance practice, covering such topics as business promotion and billing.

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The Courses of the Graduate Certificate in Translation Studies

Required (6 units)

  • TRST 500: Theory Informed Practices and Perspectives in Translation (3 units)
  • TRST 696: Research Methods for Translators and Multilingual Experts (3 units)

Select one of the following (3 units)

  • TRST 401: Translation Workshop (3 units) OR TRST 551: Audiovisual Translation (3 units)

Electives (3 units)

  • TRST 510: Literary Translation in Transit (3 units)
  • TRST 551: Audiovisual Translation (3 units)
  • FREN 560: The Art of Translation (3 units)
  • ITAL 460: Exploring Italian Translation (3 units)
  • RGR 603: Theory and Practice of Literary Translation (3 units)
  • SPAN 461: Introduction to Translation and Interpretation (3 units)
  • SPAN 462: Written and Sight Translation I: English/Spanish (3 units)
  • SPAN 463: Written and Sight Translation II: Spanish/English (3 units)
  • TRST 401: Translation Workshop (3 units)
  • ASLD 411: Advanced Interpreting and Ethics 1 (4 units)
  • ASLD 412: Advanced Interpreting and Ethics 2 (4 units)
  • ASLD 424: Global Deaf Cultures and Languages (3 units)
  • ASLD 434: Practicum (3 units)
  • RGR 585: Intercomprehension among Romance Languages: A Road to Multilingualism (3 units)
  • LING 501: Corpus Linguistics (3 units)
  • TRST 535: Psycholinguistics of Translation and Bilingualism (3 units)
  • TRST 552: Localization: Website, Software, App and Video Game Translation (3 units)
  • TRST 599: Directed Study (1–3 units)

During your course of study, you will benefit from the programs and resources of the Clorinda Donato Center for Global Romance Languages and Translation Studies, which offers programing, coordinates internships, and supports the study of languages not regularly taught at CSULB.