Dear all,

I would like to inform you that the Universities of Bari, Genoa, and Pisa, in cooperation with theICoN Consortium Italian Culture on the Net, issue an Online University Master’s Program in Technical and Scientific Translation from: English, French, and German into: Italian

Mode of delivery: Blended (on-line + 2 week face-to-face sessions)

Domains:Law, Economics, Engineering, Computing and Localization, Bio-medicine and pharmaceutical sciences in line with the European Master in Translation Curriculum of the European Commission.

The Master’s Program is addressed to translators or candidate translators from English, French, and German into Italian wishing to obtain a high-level specialization and a leading position in the premium segment of the international market in the field of technical and scientific translation into Italian.

The Master’s Program is open to undergraduates (Italian laurea di I livello or equivalent foreign qualification) living outside Italy with an advanced knowledge of written Italian (near native) and a good knowledge of English.

The Master’s Program meets high standards thanks to the collaboration of qualified scholars and professionals from universities, from the translation industry and from leading companies in the field of computer aided and machine translation. Translations done by the attendees will be revised by teachers and qualified translators who will guide participants towards production of professional text according to the market requirements. Participants will be equipped with a dedicated web-based software for assisted translation.

The Master’s Program is equivalent to 60 ECTS credits (European Credits Transfer System).

The Master’s Program will last one year (March 2008-March 2009) in case of full-time participation, and two years (March 2008-March 2010) in case of part-time participation.

Enrolments will be open until January 15, 2008. The cost is of  € 5.000 for the full-time option and of  € 3.000 + € 3000 for the part-time option. Those who enrol by November 15, 2007 and those who live outside Europe can benefit from a discount.

For further information please contact: mastertraduzione@mastericon.it

Those who are interested can enrol through the web portal www.italicon.it

 Best regards

Laura De Renzis

ICoN Consortium Italian Culture on the Net