Career and Further Studies

School of Arts and Social Sciences Programmes & Courses Undergraduate Programmes (full-time) Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Language Studies and Translation Career and Further Studies

Career prospects

This programme prepares students for a career as a professional translator or any language practitioner such as a language teacher. There is a variety of jobs available to the Language and Translation graduate in Hong Kong: in the civil service, public utilities, education, the mass media nad commerce.

Further studies

Opportunities area available for the graduates of this programme to advance to postgraduate studies in Hong Kong and abroad. Some students continue to study for a master’s degree by coursework or research after graduation; and others pursue postgraduate studies part-time while working full-time. Some choose to study further in the field of language studies, legal translation and applied translation, while others study another subject area, such as linguistics, applied linguistics, bilingual studies and education according to their career plans.