MA Interpreting, Technology and AI

University of Surrey

Join the UK’s only course which helps you develop advanced skills across all interpreting modes – consecutive, simultaneous, dialogue and distance interpreting. Learn from internationally recognised experts in the field of interpreting technology to gain proficiency in remote/distance interpreting and in the use of AI-enabled speech and language technologies to prepare for the future of interpreting in a rapidly evolving industry. Surrey’s Centre for Translation Studies (CTS) is one of the UK’s top translation and interpreting research centres, with over four decades of experience in postgraduate education and research training.Our course has a strong, language-pair-specific practical component and explores emerging areas of the discipline, including different forms of audio/video-mediated remote or distance interpreting, hybrid modalities of interpreting and audiovisual translation (e.g. live subtitling), and AI.As a UK centre of excellence in interpreting studies, supported by the Surrey Institute for People-Centred AI, our teaching is guided by our leading research on integrating professional interpreting practices with AI-driven technologies such as neural machine translation, speech technologies and generative AI (e.g. ChatGPT).We support internships and professional development activities, which will enable you to collaborate with language service providers and build a professional engagement portfolio that you can present to future employers.

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences