Which uni should I go?Macquarie,RMIT or University of Western Sydney? (1 Viewer)

[khfon1]

I wanna pursue a career which involves languages ( e.g. language teaching, translating/Intrepreting ) .

I am interested in the following courses

1)Macquarie University : Bachelor of Arts (major in Italian and Spanish )

2)Australian National University (ANU ) : Bachelor of Translation (Asian Region)

3)University of Western Sydney ( UWS ) : Bachelor of Arts (Intrepreting and Translation)

4)RMIT University ( in Melbourne ) : Advance Diploma of Interpreting & Translation

I know ANU is the most famous. But its course is not regconized by NAATI (National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters} . The one in UWS is regconized. But many people say UWS's reputation sucks. So which one should I go ? Will I be discriminated by employers if I graduate with a UWS undergraduate translation degree ? I wanna do a bachelor degree course but only UWS and ANU offer a bachelor translation/intrepreting course. Geez! Which one should I go ? :mad1:

 

[xeuyrawp]

No idea why you made two threads, but still chose ANU. You can easily get NAATI accreditation by doing exams. ANU tops all for translating.

 

[DTFM]

You probably wouldn't be discriminated against by employers in Australia if you go with UWS. That said, ANU would still be a better choice. Translation isn't one of UWS's strong points; it is one of ANU's.

 

[yinyin]

hey im at unsw doin commerce n arts
but for arts im doin chinese, n jst did chinese interpreting n will do tranlsation between chinese n english next semester, the lecturer told us that for the exams that we did for our finals its equal to NAATI level 2 and if we complete our undergra degree we can do the NAATI exam level 3, n then if you want further studies u can do master~

 

[xeuyrawp]

Whichever Uni is close to you. Though course wise I'd say ANU or Maq will be the best, but UWS is a good uni (I go there) and most people there are laid back.

Macquarie's got an okay undergrad translation component, but it and other unis are completely incomparable to ANU.

 

[melsc]

I don't know if it still is but I remember that UWS used to restrict what languages applied to the translation degree and I think they were mainly asian ones and not Italian because at one stage I looked at that...just check it up in the UAC book or website to be sure because a lot of translating degrees are taught on the basis of where the demand lies for translators

 

[sf_diegoxrock]

either RMIT or ANU, no question about it.