Simon Varga

Starting in the 2023 summer semester, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) is offering the newly designed Translation Bachelor's degree program at its Germersheim campus. The program will provide students with qualifications not only in written translation but also in interpreting, two of the core skills taught at the Faculty of Translation Studies, Linguistics, and Cultural Studies based in Germersheim in the south of Rhineland-Palatinate. The three-year program has been developed taking into consideration recent developments in the field of translation and interpreting – with regard to digitalization and new language technologies, for example – and will provide graduates with a qualification for career entry.

Students can choose from a range of 12 languages that include Arabic, German (as a foreign language), English, French, Italian, Modern Greek, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish. No previous knowledge of the languages chosen is necessary, except in the case of English, German (as a foreign language), and French. The initial objectives of the program will be to develop and improve the students' corresponding foreign language skills. Further topics to be dealt with include translation technologies and processes, multilingual communication, media and target group-focused text production as well as basics of academic research including concepts, methodologies and core questions of linguistics and cultural studies.