The master of Conference Interpreting is a professionally-oriented graduate program intended for graduates who wish to specialize in conference interpreting, which is a branch of the translation profession requiring intensive training. The program is intended for full-time students.

Languages

The aim of the program is to train interpreters primarily for the Canadian market. Therefore all courses will be conducted in either English or French. All students are expected to interpret both from English into French and from French into English, although it is recognized that they may not achieve equal proficiency in both directions.

The professors included in the list below are members of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. This means that they are authorized to supervise or co-supervise theses. A complete list of the faculty and staff members associated with the program can be found at http://www.translation.uottawa.ca

BASALAMAH, Salah, Associate Professor
Translation studies (theory); postcolonialism; cultural studies; philosophy of translation; translation and law (copyright)

BOWKER, Lynne, Associate Professor
Machine (-assisted) translation; corpus linguistics; terminology; translation pedagogy; organization of information

BRISSET, Annie, Full Professor
Discourse analyses; culture and translation; translation theory; pedagogy of translation and interpretation (curriculum development)

CHARRON, Marc, Associate Professor
Literary translation; translation methodology ; adaptation; translation studies ; hispanic literatures ; new media sociology

DELISLE, Jean, Emeritus Professor
Pedagogy of Translation, History of Translation

FOLKART, Barbara, Adjunct Professor
Translation and enunciation; modes of writing; literary of translation

FOZ, Clara, Associate Professor
History of translation; hispanic translation; technical translation (pedagogy)

FRASER, Ryan, Assistant Professor

GRUTMAN, Rainier, Full Professor
Bilingual writers and multilingual writing (involving combinations of French, English, Spanish, Italian, Dutch and German), self-translation (in Canada, Spain and Belgium), the poetics and politics of intertextuality - in particular in the Romantic era

MARSHMAN, Elizabeth, Assistant Professor
Corpus-based terminology; conceptual relation extraction; translation and terminology tools

VON FLOTOW, Luise, Full Professor
Literary translation; gender and translation; audiovisual translation; Canadian studies

WILLIAMS, Malcolm, Replacement Professor
Translation teaching (quality assessment)

1. - An honours BA in Translation; or

- A degree in any other subject plus a qualifying program; or

- A university certificate or diploma in translation, and relevant experience; or

- An accreditation certificate of a professional association of translators or interpreters recognized by the Canadian Translators and Interpreters Council, the International Federation of Translators or the International Association of Conference Interpreters, in addition to relevant experience; or

- Classification as TR2 or above in the Public Service of Canada, or equivalent classification in another jurisdiction or in private enterprise.

2. Successful completion of the STI's entrance examination.

Qualifying Program

Candidates without a BA in Translation or without recognized experience in translation will be required to take an entrance examination for admission to a qualifying year to assess their aptitude for translation and interpretation (see STI for details). After the qualifying year, candidates will be required to submit a new application for admission to the interpretation program and to take another entrance examination (see STI for details). These conditions also apply to candidates whose dominant language is neither English nor French.

Admission Procedure

In addition to completing our on-line application and paying the application fee to the Ontario Universities' Application Centre, students must also assemble all relevant documentation and forward the complete application package to the director of the School of Translation and Interpretation. Applications will not be processed without the application fee and complete file.

To find the application deadline, please check the "program-specific requirements" under Application Procedures and Information at the following address: www.grad.uottawa.ca/apply.

Entrance Examination

The offer of admission is valid for one year. If applicants have not registered in the program by the end of this period, they will have to sit the entrance examination again.

• Six compulsory courses of 3 credits (TRA5951, TRA5952, TRA5921,TRA6950, TRA6951, TRA6952) - 18 credits
• Six workshop laboratories of 3 credits (TRA5970, TRA5971, TRA5972, TRA5973, TRA6970 and TRA6971) - 18 credits
• Practicum (TRA6910) (3cr.)
• Final examination (TRA6998) (cr.)

Duration of the Program

Residence

Minimum Standards

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