Name of qualification Name of qualification: Magister prevajanja/magistrica prevajanjaAdd to comparison
Translated title (no legal status) Translated title: Master's degree in translation
Type of qualification Type of qualification: Master’s degree
Category of qualification Category of qualification: Educational Qualification
Type of education Type of education: Master's education
Duration Duration of education:
2 years
Credits Credits: 120 credits
Admission requirements Entry conditions:
  • A bachelor's degree in interlingual mediation in a stream that is relevant to the desired stream of the master's programme (the languages selected in the master's programme must correspond to the languages selected in the undergraduate programme); or
  • an academic bachelor's degree in any field, either from undergraduate programmes designed in accordance with Bologna guidelines or from those in place before the higher education reform; candidates must sit an examination to test their linguistic competences in Slovene and two foreign languages (depending on the desired stream); depending on the competences acquired in the undergraduate programme and the results of the examination, up to 60 credits may be recognised or added.
ISCED field Field:
Arts and humanities
ISCED subfield subfield: language acquisition
Qualification level

SQF Level: SQF 8
EQF Level: EQF 7
EOVK Level: Second level

Learning outcomes:
The qualification holder will be able to:
(general competences)
  • communicate orally and in writing,
  • work as part of a team,
  • independently acquire knowledge and expertise,
  • pursue lifelong learning in a knowledge-based society,
  • analyse, synthesise and anticipate solutions and consequences,
  • develop own research approaches and a focus on problem-solving,
  • use information and communication technologies,
  • demonstrate mastery of research methods, procedures and processes, 
  • demonstrate critical and self-critical judgement,
  • demonstrate a capacity for ethical reflection and a commitment to professional ethics,
  • work autonomously within the discipline,
  • develop a critical intellect,

(subject-specific competences)

  • work in a multilingual and multicultural environment,
  • respond appropriately in socially, culturally and ethnically diverse environments,
  • demonstrate textual competences in Slovene and two foreign languages with regard to the specifics of textual and communicative conventions,
  • demonstrate understanding of textual communication processes in society and analyse them,
  • demonstrate understanding of the interdependence of texts and the civilisational, cultural and social context,
  • demonstrate knowledge of and proficiency in translation strategies and techniques,
  • provide a description and a theoretical analysis of translation processes,
  • recognise the interconnectedness of empirical research and the theoretical premises of translation studies,
  • identify fundamental texts and theoretical starting points in the history of theories of translation,
  • formulate an autonomous view of the status of the translation, the translator and translating,
  • use translation tools.

Assesment and completion:
Examination performance is graded as follows: 10 (excellent); 9 (very good: above-average knowledge but with some mistakes); 8 (very good: solid results); 7 (good); 6 (adequate: knowledge satisfies minimum criteria); 5–1 (inadequate). In order to pass an examination, a candidate must achieve a grade between adequate (6) and excellent (10).

Progress:

In order to progress to the second year, students must have completed all course units laid down by the curriculum and individual syllabuses for the first year, for a total of 60 credits.

Progression:

Third-cycle doctoral study programmes (SQF level 10)

Conditions for obtaining a public document:

In order to complete the programme, students must complete 120 credits and all course units prescribed by the curriculum and individual syllabuses, write a master's thesis and defend it in a seminar and pass a master's examination. Within the context of the master's seminar, students must also complete a translation from two foreign languages into Slovene and from Slovene into two foreign languages.

Awarding body:

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts

URL

Awarding body URL:
http://www.prevajalstvo.net/department-of-translation
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