Literary Translation Programs


United States (O - Z)

Additional programs:  U.S. (A - N)  |  Canada & Puerto Rico  |  U.K.



Oakland University

Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
418 Wilson Hall
Rochester, Michigan  48309-4401
Phone: (248) 370-2060
E-mail: orme@oakland.edu

www2.oakland.edu/dml/

Courses in translation (French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish)
Translation Certificate


Oberlin College

Departments of Creative Writing
173 West Lorain Street
Oberlin, Ohio  44074
Phone: (440) 775-8121

www.oberlin.edu/crwrite/courses/Default.html

Translation workshops (Creative Writing/Comparative Literature)


Ohio State University

Department of Comparative Studies
308 Dulles Hall
230 W. 17th Avenue
Columbus, Ohio  43210
Phone: (614) 292-2559
Fax: (614) 292-6707

comp-studies.ohio-state.edu

Graduate course: Theory and Practice of Literary Translation


Oklahoma City University

The Modern Language Department
2501 N. Blackwelder
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma  73106
Phone: (405) 521-5127

www.okcu.edu/petree/humanities/modern/index.htm

Undergraduate course: Methods of Translation (German)


Pennsylvania State University

College of the Liberal Arts
Department of Comparative Literature
311 Burrowes Building
University Park, Pennsylvania  16802
Phone: (814) 863-0589

complit.la.psu.edu

Undergraduate and graduate seminars in translation

Princeton University

Program in Creative Writing
185 Nassau Street
Princeton, New Jersey  08544
Phone: (609) 258-4712
Fax: (609) 258-2230

www.princeton.edu/~visarts/cre.html

Undergraduate translation workshops (Creative Writing, Comparative Literature)
Graduate course: Arts of Imitation (Comparative Literature)


Queens College of the City University of New York

Department of European Languages and Literatures
King Hall
Kissena Boulevard
Flushing, New York  11367
Phone: (718) 997-5980
Fax: (718) 997-5072
E-mail: ell@qc.edu

forbin.qc.edu/ELL/

Translation courses (French, Greek, Italian, Russian, Spanish)


Rhodes College

Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
2000 N. Parkway
Memphis, Tennessee  38112
Phone: (901) 843-3733
Fax: (901) 843-3633

www.rhodes.edu/modernlanguages/About.htm

Courses: Introduction to Translation (French), Workshop in Literary Translation (German)


Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Department of Spanish and Portuguese
105 George Street
New Brunswick, New Jersey  08901-1414
Phone: (732) 932-9323
Fax:(732)932-9837
E-mail: spansport@rci.rutgers.edu

span-port.rutgers.edu

Undergraduate Certificate of Proficiency in Translation (Spanish, English)
MA option in translation (Spanish)
Translation courses (French, Spanish)


San Diego State University

College of Arts & Letters
Department of Spanish & Portuguese
San Diego, California  92182
Phone: 594-6588
Fax: 594-5293

www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/spanish/

Undergraduate Certificate in Spanish/English Translation Studies


San Jose State University

Department of Foreign Languages
One Washington Square
San Jose, California  95192-0091
Phone: (408) 924-4602
Fax: (408) 924-4607

www2.sjsu.edu/foreignlanguage/foreign_lang.html

Translation courses (French, Spanish)


Sonoma State University

Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Stevenson Hall, Room 3016
Sonoma State University
Rohnert Park, California  94928
Phone: (707) 664-2351

www.sonoma.edu/ForLang/

Course: The Art of Translating (German)


Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Mailcode 4521
Carbondale, Illinois  62901-4521
Phone: (618) 536-5571
Fax: (618) 453-3253

www.siu.edu/~dfll/

Course: Translation Techniques (French)


Southern Methodist University

Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
309 Clements Hall
Dallas, Texas  75275-0236
Phone: (214) 768-2316
Fax: (214) 768-4133

fllc.smu.edu

Undergraduate courses: Translation Theory and Practice (French, Spanish),
Translation (Russian, as part of study abroad program)


State University of New York, The University at Albany

Slavic & Eurasian Studies
Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
Humanities 235
Albany, New York  12222
Phone: (518) 442-4222
Fax: (518) 442-4111
E-mail: ah610@cas.albany.edu

www.albany.edu/slavic/

Post-M.A. Certificate of Advanced Study in Russian Translation


State University of New York, Binghamton University

Center for Research in Translation  
Library Tower 1302
P.O. Box 6000
Binghamton, New York  13902
Phone: (607) 777-6765
E-mail: trip@binghamton.edu

trip.binghamton.edu

PhD in Translation Studies
MA with concentration in literary translation (Comparative Literature, Romance Languages)
Graduate Certificate in Translation Studies (literary or non-literary; can combine with any PhD or MA program)
Undergraduate translation workshops


Swarthmore College

Modern Languages and Literatures
500 College Avenue
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania  19081-1390
Fax: (610) 328-7769


www.swarthmore.edu
/Humanities/mll/

Translation workshop  
Course: Theory and Practice of Translation (German)


University of Arkansas

Department of English
333 Kimpel Hall
Fayetteville, Arkansas  72701
Phone: (501) 575-4301
Fax: (501) 575-5919
E-mail: english@cavern.uark.edu

www.uark.edu/depts/english/PCWT.html

MFA in Literary Translation


University of California, Berkeley

College of Letters & Science
201 Campbell Hall
Berkeley, California  94720-2920
Phone: (510) 642-4487

ls.berkeley.edu/divisions/art-hum/index.html

Courses in translation (Comparative Literature, German, Japanese, Russian)


University of California, Irvine

-- Department of English and Comparative Literature
435 Humanities Instructional Building
Irvine, California  92697-2650
Phone: (949) 824-6712
Fax: (949) 824-2916

www.humanities.uci.edu/english/index.html

Graduate courses in translation theory and practice

-- International Center for Writing and Translation

www.humanities.uci.edu/icwt/index.php


University of California, Riverside

Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages
Humanities and Social Sciences Building
Room 2401
Riverside, California  92521
Phone: (909) 787-5007

complitforlang.ucr.edu/index.html

MA in Comparative Literature with emphasis in translation
Undergraduate course in translation (German)


University of California, Santa Barbara

College of Letters and Science
2217 Cheadle Hall
Santa Barbara, California  93106
Phone: (805) 893-2145
Fax: (805) 893-2441

www.eastasian.ucsb.edu/content/graduate_main.html
www.lais.ucsb.edu/courses/graduate.shtml

Undergraduate and graduate courses in translation
(Comparative Literature, Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese, Spanish)


University of Central Oklahoma

Modern Languages, Literatures, & Cultural Studies
100 North University Drive
Edmond, Oklahoma  73034
Phone: (405) 974-5647
Fax: (405) 974-5848

www.libarts.ucok.edu/forlang/index.htm

Undergraduate courses in translation (French, German, Spanish)


University of Denver

Department of Languages and Literatures
Sturm Hall 346
2000 Asbury Avenue
Denver, Colorado  80208-2662
Phone: (303) 871-2662
Fax: (303) 871-4555
E-mail: langs-lits@du.edu

www.du.edu/langlit/

Undergraduate course: Techniques of Translation (German)


University of Georgia

Comparative Literature Department
131 Joe Brown Hall
Athens, Georgia  30602
Phone: (706) 542-2140
Fax: (706) 542-2155

www.uga.edu/cml/

Graduate course: Problems in Literary Translation


University of Hawaii at Hilo

Japanese Studies Department
200 W. Kawili St.
Hilo, Hawaii  96720-4479
Phone: (808) 974-7736
Fax: (808) 974-7685

www.uhh.hawaii.edu/academics/cas/humanities/japanesest.php


University of Hawaii at Manoa

Center for Interpretation and Translation Studies
College of Languages, Linguistics and Literature
Moore 161
1890 East-West Rd.
Honolulu, Hawaii  96822
Phone: (808) 956-6233
Fax: (808) 956-2078
E-mail: cits@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu

cits.hawaii.edu

Certification Program in Conference Interpretation (French, Japanese, Spanish and Chinese)
Liberal Studies concentration in translation and interpretation


University of Houston

Department of Modern and Classical Languages
Houston, Texas  77204-3048
Phone: (713) 743-3007
FAX: (713) 743-0935

www.hfac.uh.edu/mcl/

Undergraduate courses: Introduction to Translation (German), Advanced Translation (French, German)


University of Illinois at Chicago

--Department of English
601 South Morgan Street M/C 162
Chicago, Illinois  60607-7120
Phone: (312) 413-2200
Fax: (312) 413-1005
Email: english@uic.edu

www.uic.edu/depts/engl/info/

Graduate translation workshop

-- Department of Germanic Studies
601 South Morgan Street M/C 189
1524 University Hall
Chicago, Illinois  60607-7115
Phone: (312) 996-3205
Fax: (312) 413-2377

www.uic.edu/depts/germ/german2.html

Course: Introduction to Translation Theory

-- Department of Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese
Phone: (312) 996-3222
E-mail: carlap@uic.edu

www.uic.edu/depts/sfip/index.htm

Course: Methods and Principles of Translation (French)


University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
294 Lincoln Hall
702 S. Wright St., MC-446
Urbana, Illinois  61801
Phone: (217) 333-1350

www.las.uiuc.edu

Courses in translation (Comparative Literature, French, German, Russian, Spanish)


University of Iowa

Department of Cinema and Comparative Literature
425 English-Philosophy Building
Iowa City, Iowa  52242
Phone: (319) 335-0330

www.uiowa.edu/%7Eccl/
www.uiowa.edu/~ccl/grad_progs/trans-mfa.html

MFA Program in Translation
Iowa Translation Workshop


University of Kansas

Humanities and Western Civilization Program
308 Bailey Hall
Lawrence, Kansas  66045-7574
Phone: (785) 864-3011
E-mail: hwc@ukans.edu

www.hwc.ku.edu

Undergraduate course in translation


University of Maine

Department of Modern Languages and Classics
201 Little Hall
Orono, Maine  04469
Phone: (207) 581-2073

www.umaine.edu/MLandC/

Undergraduate courses in translation (French, German)


University of Maryland

School of Foreign Languages and Literatures
3215 Jiménez Hall
College Park, Maryland  20742-4821
Phone: (301) 405-4240

www.languages.umd.edu


University of Massachusetts

Translation Center
442 Herter Hall
Amherst, Massachusetts  01003
Phone: (413) 545-2203
Fax: (413) 577-3400
E-mail: transcen@hfa.umass.edu

www.umass.edu/transcen/education.html

MA in Translation Studies


University of Michigan

Program in Comparative Literature
2015 Tisch Hall

Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

Phone: (734) 763-2351
Fax: (734) 764-8503
E-mail: complit.info@umich.edu

www.lsa.umich.edu/complit/

Courses in Translation Studies


University of Minnesota

Program in Translation and Interpretation
196 Klaeber Court
320 16th Avenue SE
Minneapolis, Minnesota  55455
Phone: (612) 624-4055
Fax: (612) 624-4579
E-mail: pti@tc.umn.edu

www.cce.umn.edu/creditcourses/pti/

Some coursework in non-fiction translation


University of Mississippi

Department of English
Bondurant Hall C128
Box 1848
University, Mississippi  38677-1848
Phone: (662) 915-7439
Fax: (662) 915-5787
E-mail: engl@olemiss.edu

www.olemiss.edu/depts/english/

Courses in translation theory


University of Nebraska at Kearney

Department of Modern Languages
Thomas Hall 215
Kearney, Nebraska  68849
Phone: (308) 865-8536
Fax: (308) 865-8806

www.unk.edu/acad/languages/

Undergraduate course in literary translation
Certificate in Translation and Interpretation (French, German, Spanish)


University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Department of Languages and Culture Studies
Barnard 225
9201 University City Boulevard
Charlotte, North Carolina  28223
Phone: (704) 687-2338
Fax: (704) 687-3496

www.uncc.edu/langweb/Tr/index.htm

Certificate in Translating (French, German, Spanish)


University of Oregon

Department of German Languages and Literatures
202 Friendly Hall
Eugene, Oregon  97403-1250
Phone: (541) 346-4051
Fax: (541) 346-4126
E-mail: gerscan@darkwing.uoregon.edu

darkwing.uoregon.edu/~gerscan/

Graduate course: Translations/Transformations (German)


University of Rhode Island

Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures
60 Upper College Road
Kingston, Rhode Island  02881
Phone: (401) 874-5911
Fax: (401) 874-4694

www.uri.edu/artsci/ml/index.html

Undergraduate course: Techniques of translation (Italian)


University of Texas at Arlington

Department of Modern Languages
Box 19557
Arlington, Texas  76019
Phone:  (817) 272-3161
Fax:  (817) 272-5148

langlab.uta.edu

Undergraduate courses in translation (Russian)


University of Texas at Austin

Graduate School
Main Building 101
Austin, Texas  78712
Phone: (512) 471-4511
Fax: (512) 471-7620
E-mail: gradschool@mail.utexas.edu


www.utexas.edu/ogs/degree_programs/programs.html

Graduate courses in literary translation


University of Texas at Dallas

Center for Translation Studies
School of Arts & Humanities
Box 830688  (JO 51)
Richardson, Texas  75083-0688
Phone: (972) 883-2092
Fax: (972) 883-6303
E-mail: jeffrey.green@utdallas.edu

translation.utdallas.edu

Undergraduate and graduate translation workshops
Translation-based thesis option for MA and PhD


University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Department of French, Italian, and Comparative Literature
P.O. Box 413
Milwaukee, Wisconsin  53201
Phone: (414) 229-5968 or (414) 964-6931
Fax: (414) 229-2939

www.uwm.edu/Dept/GCIT/

Graduate Certificate Program in Translation (French, German, Spanish)
MA with concentration in French, German, or Spanish translation


Utah State University

Department of Languages and Philosophy
0720 Old Main Hill
Logan, Utah  84322-0720
Phone: (435) 797-1209

www.usu.edu/langphil/

Undergraduate courses: Techniques in Translating German Texts
Russian Translation for Science, Business, and Culture


Washington University

Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
Campus Box 1104
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, Missouri  63130-4899
Phone: (314) 935-5106
E-mail: german@artsci.wustl.edu

artsci.wustl.edu/~german/

Graduate course: The Theory and Practice of Literary Translation (German)


Wayne State University

Department of English, Comparative Literature Program
Room 2242, 51 W. Warren
Detroit, Michigan 48202
Phone: (313) 577-7556
Fax: (313) 577-8618

www.english.wayne.edu

Undergraduate and graduate course: The Art of Translation (required for MA in Comparative Lit.)


Wesleyan University

Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
300 High Street
Middletown, Connecticut  06459
Phone: (860) 685-2830
Fax: (860) 685-2831

www.wesleyan.edu/romance/home.html

Workshop in Literary Translation (French)


West Chester University

Comparative Literature Studies
537 Main Hall
West Chester, Pennsylvania  19383
Phone: (610) 436-2335

www.wcupa.edu/_ACADEMICS/sch_cas/comp_stu/

Undergraduate translation workshop


Wright State University

Department of Modern Languages
133 Allyn Hall
3640 Colonel Glenn Highway
Dayton, Ohio  45435-0001
Phone: (937) 775-2641
Fax: (937) 775-2707
E-mail: modern_lang@wright.edu

www.cola.wright.edu/Dept/ML/

Graduate course: The Art of Translation (Spanish)



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