Postgraduate Course in Literary Translation
Postgraduate Course in Literary Translation
The Postgraduate Course in Literary Translation will train you as a professional in one of the most enriching specialities in the world of translation. With hands-on learning through specialized workshops, you can focus on a dynamic, autonomous and growing profession.
On the Postgraduate Course in Literary Translation you will learn to interpret and translate literary texts such as poems, memoirs or novels between different languages and for different cultural realities.
Why choose this program
Master translation in all types of literary texts
You will learn to work literary texts of all kinds, be it essays, novels, poetry, or theatre... and even in languages other than English.
Acquire legal and labour knowledge
You will learn about the aspects of translation covered by the Intellectual Property Law: publishing contracts, moral and proprietary rights, royalties, assignments, etc. You will also learn how to issue invoices and declare your taxes, as well as how to promote yourself with specific tools in the sector.
Network
You will make contact with prestigious professionals in the sector and expand your network of contacts with other professionals in the world of translation, which will open up new job opportunities.
Work in a real and up-to-date professional environment
You will be able to participate in a test for a translation project with the publisher Penguin Random House.
Who is it for?
This program is open to all who wish to make literary translation their profession. Being a professionalizing postgraduate course, you can train as a translator regardless of your study profile. The main translation will be from English to Spanish, so a good command of both is required.
This program is structured in:
Curriculum
The training is divided into 3 blocks: a first part of compulsory seminars, another of compulsory workshops and another of optional workshops.
You will need to choose 3 of the options offered in the optional workshops. The workshops will only be held if the established minimum number of participants is reached. The choice of workshops will be made in order of enrolment since in some cases there is a maximum number of participants.
Introduction. Mandatory seminars
Mandatory Workshops
Optional workshops
Postgraduate Final Project
Qualification obtained
Once you have passed the program, you will be awarded the degree of Diploma de Postgrado en Traducción Literaria, issued by the Pompeu Fabra University.
Nota: Elective courses will be carried out in case of reaching a minimum number of enrolled students. The final offer for each academic year may be adapted depending on the academic planning.
Faculty
Academic directors
Associate Professor UPF-BSM
Associate lecturer at the Faculty of Translation and Language Sciences of Pompeu Fabra University
Faculty
Associate Professor UPF-BSM
Associate lecturer at the Faculty of Translation and Language Sciences of Pompeu Fabra University
- Ana Alcaina Pérez
Freelance editorial translator from English to Spanish.
Bachelor in Translation and Interpretation from the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Associate professor of English-Spanish translation at the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting of the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
She is also co-founder of the Anuvela translator group and co-founder and director of the editorial agency Wider Words.
- Jonathan Boulting
Founder of Actos Poéticos in London, Ireland, California, Barcelona and Patagonia.
Lecturer of literature at the University of Belgrado (Buenos Aires).
- Lluís Comes Arderiu
Translator for several box-office success feature films.
- Andrés Ehrenhaus Yael
Writer and translator.
He is also the founder of Knowhaus and editor at La Fuga (Barcelona) and Paradiso Ediciones (Buenos Aires)
- Robert Falcó Miramontes
Freelance book translator.
Postgraduate course in Translation and interpretation from the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona.
He is also co-founder and director of the editing and publishing agency Wider Words.
- Gabriel Hormaechea Arenaza
Literary translator from French to Spanish.
Bachelor in Philosophy and Humanities from the Deustuko Unibertsitatea (DEUSTO).
Lecturing professor at the Department of Translation and Philology of Pompeu Fabra University.
- Silvia Komet Dain
English, French and Catalan to Spanish Literary Translator.
- Adan Kovacsics Meszaros
German and Hungarian Literary Translator and essayist.
- Alicia Martorell Linares
Freelance translator from French to Spanish and editorial broker.
Bachelor in French Philology from the Complutense University of Madrid.
She is also a professor of legal translation, documentation and correction and the 1995 Stendhal Translation Award.
- Carlos Mayor Ortega
Translator and journalist.
- Valerie Miles
Writer, publisher and journalist.
Founder of Granta en Español magazine.
She publishes in The New York Times and The New Yorker.
- Jose Neira Martínez
Style corrector, spellchecker and layout designer for different publishers. Corrector and copy editor of Ajoblanco magazine.
Bachelor in Hispanic Philology from the University of Zaragoza.
- Víctor Obiols Llandrich
Translator and Music Therapist at the Fòrum Parc Salut Hospital del Mar Health Park.
PhD in Human Sciences from the University of Barcelona.
- Irene Oliva Luque
Freelance editorial translator for English, Italian and French
Postgraduate degree in Literary Translation from the UPF Barcelona School of Management.
She mainly translates narrative and essay, but also children's and youth literature and art catalogues. She is also an external translator for the EU.
- Javier Pérez Escohotado
PhD in Hispanic Philology from the University of Barcelona.
Andrés Ehrenhaus
Writer and translator.
Founder of Knowhaus and editor at La Fuga (Barcelona) and Paradiso Ediciones (Buenos Aires)
- Caterina Riba
Teacher and translator (editorial Sabina, editorial Eumo, Bellaterra)
PhD in Translation, Language and Literature Program from University of Vic
Associate professor at the Faculty of Translation of the University of Vic -Central University of Catalonia.
She has also taught the subject of translation, self-translation and gender at the Interuniversity Masters Women, Gender and Citizenship coordinated by the University of Barcelona.
She is an expert in contemporary poetry of female authorship
- José Francisco Ruiz Casanova
Writer and translator.
Tenured lecturer at the Faculty of Translation and Interpretation of Pompeu Fabra University.
He also obtained SIAL-Nobel prize in essay 2001 for "El vuelo del cuervo. Lecturas de Literatura española".
- Mario Sepúlveda Gutiérrez
Head of Legal Office. Specialist in copyright and Intellectual Property Law.
Bachelor of Law from Universidad de Barcelona
He is a lawyer for various Writers and Translators Associations (ACEtt, ACEC and AELC).
- Lluís Maria Todó Vila
PhD in Romance Philology from the University of Barcelona.
Tenured lecturer at the Department of Translation and Language Sciences.
He also won the Josep Pla narrative prize.
Methodology
The Postgraduate Course in Literary Translation is designed to combine theoretical expository sessions with practical workshops and seminars. Seminars are compulsory, while the student has the possibility to choose from a large number of workshops. The postgraduate course is completed with a final project, tutored by a member of the teaching staff, which reflects the assimilation of the training received.
Learn by practising
100% practical orientation towards training, for completely professional learning.
Choose your speciality
You will be able to choose 3 speciality workshops, from among the options we give, so that your learning focuses on what you like the most.
Continuous assessment
Returned, qualitative correction by the teacher of the subject.
Evaluation
The knowledge assessment has an individual basis and is carried out continuously throughout the course, as well as on the basis of the different prepared instalments, the presentations and public defence of the project, and the proactive and constant attitude of the participant.
The evaluation criteria are:
- Process followed by the participant throughout the course: 10%
- Compliance with instalments and milestones: 10%
- Postgraduate Final Project:
- Academic quality of the project: 65%
- Presentation/Oral defence: 15%
Tools
Project-oriented learning and the combination of lectures and active methodologies such as case studies, flipped learning, solving real problems and professional simulations allow the student to connect theory and practice, acquire advanced skills and achieve learning which is transferable to work.
You will have:
- Master's or postgraduate work to learn by doing
- A personal mentor to monitor your Master's Final Project (TFM) or Postgraduate Final Project (TFP)
- Digital resources to achieve transversal skills
- Interdisciplinary activities and workshops
Professional Future
The program, after almost 20 courses, supports you throughout the process of becoming a translator: with professional teachers in the field and through practical workshops, you will learn about the richness of languages and the transfer of knowledge that literary translation can provide. You will also acquire the necessary knowledge to understand contracts and copyrights, to which a professional must be subject. Make your passion your profession.
Student profile
You will share the classroom with students from different parts of Spain, Europe and Latin America, all of them passionate about languages and literature. Most come from translation and interpretation studies and diverse philologies, but each course also has students with other backgrounds, such as journalism or audiovisual communication. You will also meet students taking the Master in Literary and Audiovisual Translation.
Career opportunities
Postgraduate job opportunities include a wide range of possibilities. Given the professional profile of the translator, being mostly autonomous with project work, it does not allow the option of professional internships in companies. However, you will have the support and network of professors of the master who will guide you to look for projects and networks of professionals.
- Translation for publishers
- Correction of texts
- Co-ordination of publisher's projects
- Translation in organizations, institutions, or museums
- Translation and/or adaptation of plays
Admission and enrolment
Our admission process consists of a rigorous evaluation of each application to preserve the quality of the group as well as the training, experience, and work capacity of all students.
Who can apply?
To access the postgraduate course, a university degree is necessary.
Those participants who do not have Spanish as one of their mother tongues or who did not have it as a teaching language in their training studies, must prove that they have at least a B2 level of Spanish (Common European Framework of Reference), as well as fluently take part in a personal interview with the academic director, if necessary.
In addition, a minimum of B2 level of English is required to be able to follow the workshops.
How to apply?
To apply for admission to this program, students must read and accept the Terms and Conditions of Contract once they start the application for admission through the following form.
Application for admission
Complete your application within the next admission rounds:
Round | Application deadline | Admission resolution |
---|---|---|
1 | 11/11/2020 | 26/11/2020 |
2 | 03/12/2020 | 18/12/2020 |
3 | 17/12/2020 | 31/12/2020 |
4 | 12/01/2021 | 28/01/2021 |
5 | 02/02/2021 | 17/02/2021 |
6 | 23/02/2021 | 10/03/2021 |
7 | 16/03/2021 | 31/03/2021 |
8 | 08/04/2021 | 23/04/2021 |
9 | 27/04/2021 | 12/05/2021 |
10 | 13/05/2021 | 28/05/2021 |
11 | 27/05/2021 | 11/06/2021 |
12 | 08/06/2021 | 23/06/2021 |
13 | 22/06/2021 | 07/07/2021 |
14 | 06/07/2021 | 21/07/2021 |
15 | 20/07/2021 | 30/07/2021 |
16 | 02/09/2021 | 17/09/2021 |
17 | 16/09/2021 | 01/10/2021 |
18 | 05/10/2021 | 20/10/2021 |
19 | 21/10/2021 | 05/11/2021 |
Applications for admission will be evaluated when you complete the following steps:
- Complete the online admission form.
- Pay the €120 admission fee. This amount will be returned if you are not admitted.
- Send the following documents through the online platform e-registrar:
- Presentation letter or video
- CV
- Scanned copy of university degree (if you are in the last year of your degree, you can provide your academic records)
- Scanned copy of Transcript of Records. Make sure that it includes your GPA (Grade Point Average)
- Scanned copy of ID Card or Passport
- Passport-size photo (jpg format)
Additional documents may be requested in certain cases.
Application rounds are subject to the number of places available on the program.
Admission
- The Admissions Committee will select the candidates on the basis of a personal or CV-based interview.
- You will be notified of the admission decision in writing.
Enrolment
- Registration must be paid within a 15 days after the admission.
- Once the letter of acceptance to the program has been received, you will need to submit the following original documents before the course begins:
- Stamped and/or authenticated photocopy of your university degree.
- If you have a foreign degree you may need to submit additional documents.
- Paying the reservation fee (25% of the program's tuition fees) is essential in order to reserve your place
- If you pay the tuition fees by bank transfer you will be required to introduce the program code. The program code for this course is 2082.
- The remaining tuition fees must be paid 2 weeks before the start of the course.
Grants, scholarships and financing
Scholarships
The UPF Barcelona School of Management offers you different means of financing so that you can take any of our programs without worry. We offer you the opportunity to finance part of your program, either by rewarding your talent through scholarships, through grants from entities dedicated to promoting education or through collaboration agreements with financial entities.
Beca UPF-BSM
Apply for one of our UPF-BSM Scholarships, awarded specifically to Pompeu Fabra University students with a good academic record.
If you are studying your last undergraduate course (4th year) at UPF or at a UPF Group centre and you have a good record, you can apply for a UPF-BSM scholarship. Remember that you must be a graduate and be in possession of your degree (or failing that, the certificate of receipt) when you start the program in which you have enrolled.
- Be in the last undergraduate year at UPF.
- Have a good academic record.
- Have been admitted or are in the process of admission to a Master or Postgraduate course for which you are applying for this Scholarship.
- Apply for the Scholarship at the time of application for admission.
- Submit a motivation letter with the reasons why you have opted for the Scholarship and a list of verifiable merits.
- Upload the required documentation through the eRegistrar platform
- The dates of awarding or denying of the Scholarship will be published on the website.
- The scholarship candidate will personally receive a communication with the procedures to follow in order to formalize it.
- The Scholarship Committee assesses academic talent (average grade of the report) and personal talent (the motivation of the candidate and their merits).
- The UPF-BSM Scholarships are not compatible with specific aid for the programs, scholarships granted by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, and other UPF-BSM scholarships.
- They are compatible with other scholarships from organizations outside the UPF-BSM and with discounts for large families.
They are applied for and granted in accordance with the dates stipulated below:
Academic year programs 2020–21 and 2021–22
- Scholarship application deadline: 03/12/2020, Awarding of the scholarship: week of 14/12/2020
- Scholarship application deadline: 12/01/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: week of 25/01/2021
- Scholarship application deadline: 23/02/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: week of 08/03/2021
- Scholarship application deadline: 08/04/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: week of 19/04/2021
- Scholarship application deadline: 13/05/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: week of 24/05/2021
- Scholarship application deadline: 08/06/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: week of 21/06/2021
- Scholarship application deadline: 06/07/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: week of 27/07/2021
- Scholarship application deadline: 20/07/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: week of 27/07/2021
- Scholarship application deadline: 02/09/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: week of 13/09/2021
- Scholarship application deadline: 05/10/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: week of 18/10/2021
- Scholarship application deadline: 21/10/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: week of 01/11/2021
Remember that you must apply for the scholarship when you complete the application for admission to the program that interests you and always before classes start. The Scholarship cannot be processed for a program that is already being studied.
If you have any questions about how to apply for the UPF-BSM Scholarships, you can contact our scholarship secretariat via email.
Social Value Scholarships
UPF Barcelona School of Management, for this next academic year, and aiming at the commitment for social welfare, offers the Social Value Scholarships with the objective of supporting and favoring the groups that the School considers a priority. Enter and consult the details.
These scholarships are intended to favor specific groups, to help them in their professional and personal development or people who are in a situation of economic difficulty.
The Social Value Scholarship program covers from 25% to 70% of the total tuition fee for the master's degree and from 25% to 50% of the total tuition fee for the diploma or postgraduate course for all the programs offered by the Institute of Continuing Education Foundation.
The University Master's Degree in Law and any other master’s degree carried out in conjunction with an institution outside the UPF-BSM are excluded. Also excluded are programs for which the interested party wishes to carry out any recognition. Repeating students will also not be eligible for the scholarship.
- "Impulsa MUJER" (“Promote Woman”)
Aimed at all professional women, from any environment, who wish to study a management program in any area of the company, to occupy leadership positions or to lead a professional project.
Sporty woman: Specifically addressed at professional sportswomen interested in studying the master’s degree in Sports Management in any of its modalities. - "Post COVID boost"
Aimed at people over 40 who are unemployed or in ERTE. ERTE is a term used in Spain to refer to the suspension for a specific time of the labor contract of part or all the workers of a company due to force majeure. This temporary suspension of the contract has been applied in Spain during the COVID-19 pandemic and remains in effect until the Government and the Employer decide. - "Entrepreneur Scholarship for local economy"
Aimed at entrepreneurs and small businesses with a direct impact on the local economy and regions that need specific training to boost business.
- You must have applied for admission into one of the master's offered by the UPF Barcelona School of Management (except the Official Master's Program in Advocacy or those master's) and have been admitted to the program for which the grant is being requested.
- Present a letter of motivation with the reasons why you are applying for the scholarship with a list of merits or outstanding aspects that can be contrasted.
Consult the specific criteria for each of the modalities in the rules.
Submit your application for the Social Value Scholarship via the "Application form" of the program that you are interested in.
Submit the documentation via the "Scholarships and Funding" section of the eRegistar platform, to which you will be given access when applying
Please note that your application must meet all the requirements for both documentation and deadlines. Otherwise, it cannot be evaluated.
All documents except for the academic transcript must be in either Catalan, Spanish or English. The academic transcript can be presented in Catalan, Spanish, English, French, Italian or Portuguese. If it is another language it must be accompanied by a sworn official translation into Catalan or Spanish.
Social Value Scholarship applications have to be made at the same time as completing your application for the program and always before classes begin. Social Value Scholarships cannot be processed for a master's program that has already begun.
Equally, applications presented after the deadlines of the established rounds will not be accepted, even if classes have not yet begun.
Social Value Scholarship are applied for and awarded according to the dates outlined below.:
Programmes for the academic year 2021-2022
- Scholarship application deadline: 12/01/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: during the week of 25/01/2021
- Scholarship application deadline: 23/02/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: during the week of 08/03/2021
- Scholarship application deadline: 08/04/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: during the week of 19/04/2021
- Scholarship application deadline: 13/05/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: during the week of 24/05/2021
- Scholarship application deadline: 08/06/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: during the week of 21/06/2021
- Scholarship application deadline: 20/07/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: during the week of 27/07/2021
- Scholarship application deadline: 02/09/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: during the week of 13/09/2021
- Scholarship application deadline: 05/10/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: during the week of 18/10/2021
- Scholarship application deadline: 21/10/2021, Awarding of the scholarship: during the week of 01/11/2021
The Scholarship Committee will only award Social Value Scholarships to those applicants who, having completed the corresponding documentation and been finally admitted to the program for which they are applying, have passed the various tests that may be requested and meet the criteria established in each established typology in which they wish to enter.
The Scholarship Committee will inform each applicant of the decision individually by e-mail, following the dates published on the website.
If you have any questions about how to apply for a Talent Scholarship, do not hesitate to contact our Scholarship Information Office. You can also consult the competition rules here.
Grants and discounts
Alumni discounts
If you are a member of our alumni associations or of one of our partner universities, we offer you a series of applicable discounts on the amount of tuition for your program.
- UPF Barcelona School of Management or UPF-IDEC Alumni: If you have previously studied at UPF Barcelona School of Management or UPF-IDEC a 15 credits (or more) program and you decide to take on a new program with us, you are entitled to a discount of 20% on your program tuition fees. It is required to be registered in the Alumni network of the UPF Barcelona School of Management upon your application. This discount is not applicable to short courses and postgraduate courses which are part of the same itinerary.
- UPF Alumni: If you have previously studied a degree, a master program or a doctoral program at Pompeu Fabra University, you are entitled to a discount of 15% on the UPF Barcelona School of Management Masters and postgraduated program tuition fees (those programs with more than 15 credits) beginning on or after 01/01/2019.
- ESCI-UPF and Tecnocampus Alumni: If you have previously studied a degree or a master at ESCI-UPF or Tecnocampus, you are entitled to a discount of 15% on the UPF Barcelona School of Management Masters and postgraduated program tuition fees (those programs with more than 15 credits).
UPF Employee Discounts
If you are a member or family member of an employee of the UPF group or belonged to the collaborating institutions of the UPF Barcelona School of Management, you can enjoy a series of applicable discounts on the tuition fees for your program.
- Administrative and Service Staff (PAS) of Pompeu Fabra University. You are entitled to a 35% discount on tuition fees for open programs subject to prior communication from the rector's office and/or the UPF general manager's office.
- Administrative and Service Staff (PAS) and Teaching and Research Staff (PDI) of the UPF Group. Discount of 20% on tuition fees for open programs.
- Relatives (up to second degree) of UPF and the UPF's Institute of Continuing Education's Foundation teaching and research staff (PAS and PDI, in Spanish). Discount of 20% on tuition fees for open programs.
- If you work at a company member of the Institute of Continuing Education Foundation's Board of Trustees or at any of our councils' companies. Discount of 20% on the tuition fees of our master's and postgraduate courses.
APTIC Discount
Professional Association of Translators and Interpreters of Catalonia Discount
DTRAD - ACE Translators
ACE Translators Discount.
Funding
Financing simulator
You can choose how to finance your studies by consulting our simulator and receive an answer in less than 24 hours.
Collaborating entities
In addition, UPF Barcelona School of Management collaborates with various banks and financial entities which provide study loans on favorable terms. For more information you can contact any of the following links (in Spanish).
Note, however, that in order to benefit from these special conditions you must have a NIE if you are not a European Citizen. Therefore, UPF Barcelona School of Management strongly recommends international students to seek first for students loans at bank entities of their country of origin, or to search for funding opportunities through international entities.
The Agency for Management of University and Research Grants of Catalonia (AGAUR, in Spanish) also offers loans to university students with legal residence in Catalonia through the PREPOST program.
Language: Spanish
Price: 5350€