Facilities
We offer excellent facilities for both private study and teaching activities.
You will have access to two translation labs that are fully equipped with around 60 workstations plus an extensive range of specialist software for translation, subtitling, dubbing, and project management.
There are also two interpreter training facilities (ITF1 and ITF2) available, featuring both single and double interpreter booths. A video link between the conference suites means you can practise remote interpreting and record the performances so you can monitor your progress. One of our ITF suites holds virtual conference interpreting classes in conjunction with DG Interpretation at the European Commission (DG SCIC) and other Universities. With remote interpreting becoming much more widespread, this will greatly improve your ability within accreditation tests for International Organisations and make you more employable.
You will also have access to our online materials for translator and interpreter training. We test and integrate new technologies within our teaching, ensuring that your learning will be enhanced by the latest industry developments. We are also continually compiling and updating very large corpora of texts in digital form, enabling you to analyse source texts and produce more idiomatic translations.
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Research student facilities
Our School has two dedicated study areas with around 30 workstations for research postgraduates. The Human Communications Laboratory provides support for software usability, annotation of multimodal data, recording of interviews and digital editing.
We work closely with specialists in language studies from other centres and schools, so you will also have access to a recording studio, a phonetics laboratory for acoustic and articulatory analysis of speech, and a linguistics laboratory with eye-tracking apparatus.
Other facilities
You will also be able to use the Language Zone which is free and open to all students at the University. This has a computer cluster for personal study, books, magazines, and audio and video resources to help you learn all the languages in our wide portfolio.
The University’s excellent library service also offers cutting-edge learning spaces and vast digital and print-based collections.
Acknowledgements
The Centre for Translation Studies at Leeds would like to express its thanks to:
- RWS for access to Trados Studio, Multiterm and Passolo through the RWS Campus programme
- memoQ for the supply of free one-year student licences for memoQ Project Manager edition through the Academic Program
- Phrase for granting free access to their platform and to Phrase Strings through the Phrase Academic Program
- Zoo Digital for their free licences to access professional tools for subtitling, dubbing, and voice over
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