Modern Languages, Translation and Interpreting BA Honours
UCAS Code: 1R19 (4 Years)

Graduate destinations for this subject

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Translation and Interpreting Careers

Studying for our degree in Modern Languages, Translation and Interpreting will open the door to a wide variety of career paths, while adding the specific skills of translation and interpreting to your portfolio.

You may decide to embark directly upon a career in translation and/or interpreting, or you could follow the tracks of some of our other Modern Languages graduates and find work in areas as diverse as tourism, marketing, management, the civil service, advertising and the media, teaching and banking.

Alternatively, if you want to study translation and interpreting further, our degree is excellent preparation for a postgraduate professional qualification.

Our degree will equip you with highly marketable translation and interpreting skills, which will be increasingly attractive as the world economy recovers.

It also gives you the wider skills you get from all degrees at Newcastle:

  • the self-confidence to communicate orally as well as on paper
  • the ability to work effectively in a group
  • the ability to organise and plan your work
  • the ability to find solutions to problems by critical, logical and creative thinking

These skills are highly valued by a wide range of employers across all sectors, including industry and business.

Many School of Modern Languages graduates also choose to go into teaching, taking a Postgraduate Certificate of Education (PGCE) for either primary or secondary education in the UK, or beginning careers teaching English outside this country. Others go into jobs in which their language skills are desirable, such as the media, sales, e-commerce, and finance.

The University’s Careers Service offers a lot of help and support to undergraduates planning their future, with a careers adviser specifically dedicated to supporting School of Modern Languages students.

Careers and employability at Newcastle

Newcastle University consistently has one of the best records for graduate employment in the UK. 93.4% of our 2011 UK/EU graduates progressed to employment or further study within six months of graduating. More than three quarters (78.7%) of our graduates who entered employment achieved a graduate level position.

We provide an extensive range of opportunities to all students through an initiative called ncl+ which enables you to develop personal, employability and enterprise skills and to give you the edge in the employment market after you graduate.

Our award-winning Careers Service is one of the largest and best in the country, and we have strong links with employers.