The Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication was inaugurated in fall 2007. Initially located in the Department of Comparative Literature, it is now supported by the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies. [Read more]
David Bellos
French and Italian, Comparative Literature
[Full committee]
All students enrolled in the certificate program are required to successfully complete the following:
The program’s two core courses: TRA 200 Issues in Translation and TRA 400 Senior Seminar in Translation and Intercultural Communication
Translation Practices: At least one course selected from a small roster of courses in different areas. For this semester, students may choose from among the following courses:
- ANT 413 Cultures and Critical Translation
- COS 402 Artificial Intelligence
- CWR 305 Advanced Creative Writing (Translation) (also COM 355)
- CWR 306 Advanced Creative Writing (Translation) (also COM 356)
- LIN 216 Language, Mind, and Brain (also PSY 216)
- PHI 317 Philosophy of Language
- PSY 208 The Brain: A User’s Guide
Three additional elective courses selected from a list of approved courses (see below); substitutes must be approved by the program director. Students will be closely guided in their individual choices, and departments will be invited to make their own suggestions for their contributions to this certificate.
International Experience: Students wishing to achieve a certificate in the program will spend a year, a semester, or six weeks of the summer in a Princeton-approved course of study or internship program in an area where the chosen non-English language of proficiency is spoken.
Senior Thesis: Students in the program will write a senior thesis that incorporates issues of translation in one or more of its several senses. In departments where this option presents a difficulty, a student may petition to have another piece of independent work meet the requirement. Such projects may be completed, for instance, during a summer stay abroad.