Greek Translation Courses

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Μεταπτυχιακές Σχολές Μετάφρασης σε Αγγλία, Γαλλία, Γερµανία, Ισπανία και Ιταλία (έρευνα που διεξήχθη από ομάδα μελών ΔΕΠ των ξενόγλωσσων Τμημάτων της Φιλοσοφικής Σχολής του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών)
Αυτή η σελίδα στα Ελληνικά

Recommended book for Greek translation exam preparation:
Modern Greek Translation for GCE, O & A Level by K. Tofallis more in the translation bibliography page.

Below you can find a list of Schools / Colleges / Universities which provide training for translation from and into Greek (mainly for English<->Greek but also some schools offering French, Spanish and Italian). The list is quite comprehensive but if you are aware of any other Institutes which provide teaching for translation from and into Greek we would be happy to add them in this list. At the end of the page you can find links to translation and interpretation courses provided worldwide for all languages. The British Council used to offer translation courses but the tutors have founded their own schools (Metaphrasi and Glossologia).

GREECE

Ionian University
Department of Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting
Corfu 491 00
URL: www.dflti.ionio.gr
E-mail: noc@ionio.gr

Metaphrasi
Academias 52, 106 79
1st floor
Literary Translation, Technical and Medical Translation, Legal Translation, SDL Trados, Software and Website Localisation, Subtitling, Editing and Proofreading, Drama translation, Business Translation, Professional Development and Marketing for Translators.
The main 1-year Translator Training course is also offered by Distance Learning.

The School is run by Vassilis Babouris and Constantina Triantafyllopoulou

Tel 210-36.29.000
Fax 210-36.29.370
More in Kathimerini article (English)
e-mail: info@metafrasi.edu.gr
URL: www.metafrasi.edu.gr

Glossologia
11 Sina St,
106 80 Athens
tel: 210 36 40 000
fax: 210 36 40 490
e-mail: askme@glossologia.gr
URL: http://www.glossologia.gr

translation, literary & theatrical translation, specialised seminars, interpreting, audiovisual translation, creative writing, playwriting & acting, teacher training, TOEFL / IELTS / GMAT, Diploma in Translation exam preparation
Language pairs offered: Greek-English-Greek, Greek-French-Greek,  Greek-Spanish-Greek

Read also:
2008 Prize for the most successful IoL exam centre

European Centre for the Translation of Literature and the Humanities
(Ευρωπαϊκό Κέντρο Μετάφρασης Λογοτεχνίας και Επιστημών του Ανθρώπου - ΕΚΕΜΕΛ)
Lykabettou 2 & Academias Street,
Athens
Tel 210-36.39.520 / 210-36.39.525
Fax: 210-36 39 350
e-mail: ekemel@otenet.gr
URL: www.ekemel.gr

(Bidirectional literary translation courses: Greek <-> English / French / German / and soon Spanish)
NB. There have been some funding problems with this school. Read more about this.

City Unity College
Many translation courses
Building Α
1 Kartisi & Kolokotroni
Syntagma, Athens 105 61
Tel.: +30 (210) 32.43.221, +30 (210) 32.43.222
Fax: +30 (210) 32.25.253

Building Β
15-17 Thiseos
Syntagma, Athens105 62
Tel.: +30 (211) 71.09.150

Athens Metropolitan College
(ex European Educational Organisation )
Feron 15,
Victoria Square,
104 34 Athens
Tel . 210-8225004
Fax 210-8818638
(Bidirectional Courses from English into Greek, French, German, Italian Spanish, Russian, Swedish and Finnish)
Affiliated with London Metropolitan University.
Extension Diploma for Translators and Interpreters

BA in Bilingual Translation (English-Greek) (Roehampton University) 3 έτη BA in English Language and Literature (Cyprus College) 4 έτη
MA in Specialised Translation (Roehampton University) 1 έτος FT ή 2 PT
MA in Audiovisual Translation (Roehampton University) 1 έτος FT ή 2 PT

URL: www.athensmetropolitancollege.gr

CELT - Centre for English Language & Training
77 Academias Street
106 78 Athens
Greece
Tel. 210-3302406
Fax. 210-3301455
E-mail: celtath@otenet.gr
Web: www.celt.com.gr
View Course Description
(Distance Diploma in Translation course - preparatory course for the Institute of Linguist's Diploma in Translation English to Greek or Greek to English)

The centre is run by Marisa Constantinides, Dip.RSA, M.A. App Ling - CELT Athens also offers a wide range of Methodology Courses in TEFL - from Certificate to Cambridge CELTA and DELTA.

ΙΕΚ Ξυνή
ΜΕΤΑΦΡΑΣΗ - ΔΙΕΡΜΗΝΕΙΑ (Institute of Linguists)
Αθήνα, Πατησίων 29 και Καποδιστρίου
Πειραιάς, Φίλωνος 39
Γλυφάδα, Αχιλλέως 31 & Λ.Βουλιαγμένης
Θεσαλλονίκη, Μοναστηρίου & Ταντάλου 24
Τηλεφωνικό κέντρο (30 γραμμές) 210-5279500
e-mail omilos@xinis.com
URL: http://www.xinis.com/index.htm
Αγγλικά - Γαλλικά - Γερμανικά - Ιταλικά - Ισπανικά - Ρώσικα

Tsakiris-Mitchell Translation and Foreign Languages School
Asimakopoulou 41
153 42 Agia Paraskevi
Tel & Fax. 210-6007813
(Courses from English into Greek and Greek into English)

Enossi Foreign Languages
7 Stadiou Street
105 62 Athens
Tel. 210-3250081
Fax 210-3232247
(Courses from English into Greek and Greek into English)

Hellenic American Union
22 Massalias Street
106 80 Athens
Tel . 210-3629886
Fax 210-3633174
URL: http://www.hau.gr
E-mail: hau@hau.gr
(Courses from English into Greek)

Rousseau
236 Patission Street
112 56 Athens
Tel 210-8643779 / 210-8654316
Fax 210-8625277
(Courses in translation & interpretation from English and French into Greek)

INSTITUT FRANCAIS D'ATHENES
Sina 31,
Athens 106 80
URL: http://www.ifa.gr
seminaires specialises pour traducteurs
traduction professionnelle (CEFTP / Strasbourg II)
traduction litteraire
(Courses in translation from French into Greek and Greek into French)


University of Athens
Interuniversity Interdepartmental Postgraduate Programme of Studies (I.I.P.P.S.) in Translation and Translation Theory
a) English b) French c) German d) Spanish e) Italian
The Interuniversity Interdepartmental Postgraduate Programme is expected to run for a period of ten (10) years.
Scientific Coordinator: Prof. Athanasia Milioni
For Information, contact : The Secretariat, (I.P.P.S.)
Tel. and Fax: 210-727-7753, 210-727-7750
URL: http://www.translation.uoa.gr/english.html


Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Interdepartmental MA in Conference Interpreting and Translation
Languages supported: Modern Greek, English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.
It is possible to accommodate other languages, in particular those of the Balkan countries.
The interpretation programme is partially funded by the European Parliament.
For more information: http://www.enl.auth.gr/events/findex.htm
and/or School of English, Aristotle University, 541 24 Thessaloniki, Greece

Metaphrasis (Thessaloniki)
Kiriaki Papakonstantinou
Egnatias Street 117 & Iasonidou (Kamara)
546 35 - Thessaloniki - Greece
Phone & Fax : +30 2310 968 608
Email: info@metaphrasisoffice.gr
URL: http://www.metaphrasisoffice.gr
Courses: Diploma in translation and Diploma in Public Service Interpretation

DIPLOMA IN TRANSLATION

Albanico
Kolokotroni 12 - 1st floor,
Athens105 61
(behind old House of Parliament)
Tel.: +30 210.3251214-5
Fax.: +30 210 3251215
e-mail: info@abanico.gr
URL: http://www.abanico.gr
Spanish-Greek translation courses

El curso de Traducción III está dirigido a alumnos que han concluido los dos primeros cursos de traducción en ABANICO y a aquellos que han adquirido un nivel avanzado en traducción. Los alumnos trabajarán un texto de Alfonso Reyes, Las tres Electras (ensayo), el cual será publicado por la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).

INTERNATIONAL

Salford University
School of Languages
Students on this programme work into and out of English and
one or two of the following languages: French, German, Greek, Italian and Spanish.

MA/PgDip Translating
MA/PgDip Interpreting and Translating
MA/PgDip Translating for International Business

University of Bradford
Jo Pinder Course Director
Department of Modern Languages
Bradford West Yorkshire BD7 1DP
tel: +44 (0) 1274 2345 71
fax: +44 (0) 1274 385 590
E-mail: j.m.pinder@bradford.ac.uk
course title: PgDip/MA Interpreting and Translating (Ft), Diploma/Certificate in Conference Interpreting languages: English plus two of French, German, Russian and Spanish. Optional: Greek

University of Portsmouth
Mr Ian Kemble Course Leader
School of Languages and Area Studies
Park Building King Henry I Street
Portsmouth PO1 2DZ
tel: +44 (0) 1705 846 102
fax: +44 (0) 1705 846 040
course title: MA Translation Studies (Ft/Pt) languages: German, Italian, Spanish, Greek, Chinese and Arabic

University of Surrey
University of Surrey
Professor Margaret Rogers
Director of Studies
Centre for Translation Studies
Department of Languages and Translation Studies
Guildford, Surrey
GU2 7XH
UK
Contact: Mrs Karen Short - Postgraduate Programme Administrator
Tel: +44 (0)1483 686240
Fax: +44 (0)1483 686201
E-mail: K.Short@surrey.ac.uk
URL: http://www2.surrey.ac.uk/languages/cts/

Course title: PgDip/MA in Translation (FT)
Languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish (subject to demand)
.
Also available:
PgDip/MA in Audiovisual Translation
PgDip/MA in Monolingual Subtitling and Audiodescription
PgCert/PgDip/MA in Public Service Interpreting
PgDip/MA in Translation Studies
PG Cert/PgDip/MA in Business Translation with Interpreting
PgDip/MA in Translation Studies with Intercultural Communication


Manchester University
Centre for Translation & Intercultural Studies
Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies
School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures
The University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL
UK
Tel: +44 (0)161 275 3559
Fax: +44 (0)161 275 8668
(Offers a postgraduate course which has been attended by many Greeks)

 

Università degli studi di Roma la Sapienza - master di II livello in Traduzione Specializzata

Il master di II livello in Traduzione Specializzata ha la durata di un anno, è ad accesso riservato e richiede la frequenza obbligatoria. Scopo del corso è fornire strumenti adeguati e specialistici per l’attività di traduzione professionale sia in campo letterario sia tecnico e preparare professionisti che dispongano di una conoscenza altamente qualificata e specializzata di una lingua. Il corso mira a una elevata preparazione per l’inserimento nel mercato del lavoro in settori in cui la traduzione diviene essenziale strumento di comunicazione quali, per esempio, l'editoria, i media, il teatro e lo spettacolo, le produzioni cinematografiche e di audiovisivi.

LINGUE ATTIVABILI PER L'A.A. 2009-2010:

Albanese, Arabo, Bulgaro, Catalano, Ceco, Cinese, Croato, Danese, Ebraico, Etiopico, Finlandese, Francese, Georgiano, Giapponese, Inglese, Macedone, NeoGreco, Persiano, Polacco, Portoghese, Russo, Serbo, Slovacco, Sloveno, Spagnolo, Svedese, Tedesco, Turco, Ucraino.

URL: http://www.masterintraduzione.it
Direttore: Prof. Alessandro Gebbia
Tutor didattico: Prof. Isabella Imperiali
e-mail segreteria: master.traduzione@uniroma1.it
telefono: 06 49917262

Università degli Studi di Bari - Corso di Teoria e prassi della traduzione

Curricula Traduzione letteraria
Curricula Traduzione tecnico-scientifica

Erasmushogeschool
Rue des Treves 84 1040
Brussels Belgium
Tel : 32.2.230 12 60
Languages: A : Dutch B : French, English, German C : Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Greek, Danish, Russian

Belgian schools are fully subsidized, which means that for EU citizens school fees are between 10.000 and 15.000 BF a year (approx. 300 - 500 US$) Curricula differ from one school to the other, and each school has strong and weaker languages sections, e.g. the Russian department at Erasmus is extremely good, on the other hand Spanish is better at VLEKHO than at Erasmus.
The first two years (candidatures) SS take either 1 B-language and 1 C-language or 2 B-languages, as well as a series of general education classes. Translation is done from B and C language into A language. In the 2 following years (licenses) different schools have different curricula. At Erasmus SS have to pass a test to be allowed into the interpreter section. Others go to translators (this is a very simplistic explanation though). Interpreting is done in the first year into the A language, in the second year in both directions.

At VLEKHO, the choice happens between the third and fourth year, also after taking tests.

At ISTI SS first take four years of translator classes, then after graduating as a translator, can go on to 1 or 2 extra years as interpreter.

Fachbereich Angewandte Sprachwissenschaft der Universitat Johannes Gutenberg Mainz
Abteilung Germersheim An der Hochschule 2
D-6728 Germersheim
Germany
Diplom Dolmetscher(in) (AIIC recognized) German + English, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Russian Diplom Ubersetzer(in) German + English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Polish, Greek
All courses are taken in Germany. Nine semesters with a year spent in a related university or institute abroad.
URL: http://www.fask.uni-mainz.de/


Links

Greek

Schools (Index of private schools and colleges)
Careers Services Office (by the Thessaloniki Aristotle University - Information on postgraduate courses and employment opportunies - English home page)
Ministry of Education
Athens Center (Greek for foreigners)

International

List of translation courses in the United Kingdom (by ITI)
Institute of Linguists | IoL Diploma in Translation Handbook (1.2 MB, pdf document)
US Universities List
World Universities List