Postgraduate Diploma in Translation being offered by Gaelchultúr again
July 8, 2014
Coláiste na hÉireann/Gaelchultúr is pleased to announce that the Dioplóma Iarchéime san Aistriúchán (Postgraduate Diploma in Translation), the first postgraduate programme being offered by Coláiste na hÉireann/Gaelchultúr (www.gaelchultur.com), will be accepting a second cohort of students from September of this year.
Gaelchultúr was awarded the status of third level college by the government body Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI, or HETAC as it was formerly called) in July of last year and the company chose Coláiste na hÉireann as a name for the new college.
The Dioplóma Iarchéime san Aistriúchán commenced in September 2013 and eleven students are currently undertaking this first programme.
The Dioplóma Iarchéime san Aistriúchán is a Level 9 NFQ course and it lasts three semesters. It’s aimed at those who already have a good standard of Irish, but who wish to learn translation skills or to enhance the skills they already have. It’s also ideal for those who work through Irish on a daily basis – teachers and journalists, for example – who wish to improve their standard of writing in the language. The course will also benefit those who are interested in working as a translator, administrator or lawyer-linguist in one of the EU institutions.
The classroom-based sessions are held on one Saturday a month in Coláiste na hÉireann/Gaelchultúr’s headquarters in Dublin city centre. A great deal of the course material is available on Gaelchultúr’s e-learning website, ranganna.com, and this gives students from all parts of Ireland the opportunity to undertake the programme (the first cohort, for example, includes students from Tory Island and the Kerry Gaeltacht).
Information sessions regarding the Dioplóma Iarchéime san Aistriúchán will take place in Coláiste na hÉireann/Gaelchultúr, 11 Clare Street, Dublin 2 at the following times and dates:
6.00–7.00pm, Tuesday, 26 August 2014
12.00–1.00pm, Saturday, 30 August 2014
For more information about the Dioplóma Iarchéime san Aistriúchán programme, or to download the course brochure and application form, please visit http://gaelchultur.com/postgrad.aspx. You can also call (01) 484 5220 or write to eolas@gaelchultur.com.
The deadline for applications for the upcoming course is Tuesday, 2 September 2014.
