FACULTY OF HUMANITIES

Graduate Program in Translation

Address : Box 22613, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00931-2613

Telephone : (787) 764-0000, exts. 2047, 3742

E-mail : pgt@uprrp.edu

DEGREE OFFERED

MA in Translation

FACULTY

David A. Auerbach, PhD, City University of New York, 1993; Assistant Professor.
Legal, financial, and literary translation.

Carmen E. Díaz-Zayas , MA, University of Puerto Rico, 1974; Certificate of Specialization in Medical Translation, 1982. Professor.
Medical, business, and environmental translation .

María C. Hernández , Doctorate, University of Salamanca, 1996. Professor.
Classical philology; Hispanic linguistics; general translation .

Sara Irizarry , MA, University of Puerto Rico, 1977. Professor.
Social science, historical, and administrative translation .

Yvette Torres , MA, University of Puerto Rico, 1977. Associate Professor.
Social science and historical translation .

María de los Ángeles Vázquez , MA, University of Puerto Rico, 1982; Certificate of Specialization in Business Administration, 2002. Associate Professor.
General, business, and pharmaceutical translation .

Margaret Charlotte Ward , PhD, Harvard University, 1981. Professor.
Literary translation; poetic theory; medieval philology .

MASTER’S PROGRAM

Requirements for Admission

Applicants must fulfill the general requirements for admission to graduate studies at the Río Piedras Campus. They must also:

  1. present two letters of recommendation,
  2. take the aptitude test administered by the program.

Requirements for Graduation

Candidates for the master’s degree must fulfill the general requirements for graduation from the Río Piedras Campus. In addition, they must:

  1. Pass a qualifying exam,
  2. Present and defend a thesis successfully.

Program of Study

Program Requirements

Credits

Required Courses

15

TRAD 6451-6452 Spanish Syntax I-II

6

TRAD 6453-6454 Writing and Style

6

TRAD 6455 Semiotics, or the equivalent

3

Practice Seminars

18

Elective Courses

12

TRAD 6920 Comprehensive Examination

0

Thesis

 

TRAD 6895 Masters Thesis

0

TRAD 6896 Continuation of Thesis

0

Total Credits

45

Description of Courses (PDF)

 

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