About the Master’s program in Intercultural Communication and Translation
The Master’s degree in Intercultural Communication and Translation prepares versatile, trilingual experts to manage multilingual translation and communication projects.
Graduation is based on two years of rigorous teaching, two internships (4 and 6 months), two consulting assignments with partner companies, and a thesis followed by an oral presentation.
CIT graduates have developed their linguistic, writing, IT and digital skills, and know how to combine discipline and curiosity, attention to detail and adaptability – which are all essential qualities for succeeding to manage complex projects.
Faculty
- Professional translators
- Communications professionals
- Researchers and academics
Learning objectives
- To train students in the evolving fields of translation, communications and big data.
- To train students capable of organizing, planning and managing all communication activities in foreign languages using multilingual and multimedia tools.
- To produce graduates capable of managing international communication projects in an intercultural context.
Practical skills acquired
- Multilingual communication: general and specialized translation, sight translation, CAT, technical writing, terminology, website and software localization, post-editing, liaison interpreting, multilingual professional speaking.
- Internal and external communication: community management, communication plan, web marketing and SEO, multilingual web site and content creation, multilingual project management.
- Project management: methodologies and tools.
Courses
Year 4
UNDERSTANDING THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
- Project management
- Business ecosystem and dynamics
- Business communications
- Digital communication: basics, professions, tools
- Marketing
- Revision post-editing
- Sight translation
- Professional copywriting
- SEO Translation
- Translate, Communicate, Transcreate
- General comparative terminology
COMMUNICATING IN AN INTERCULTURAL & MULTILINGUAL CONTEXT
- Professional speaking
- Introduction to consecutive
- Technical translation
- Economic translation
PROJECTS AND RESEARCH
- Leadership and self-marketing
- Career forum
- Minimum 3-month internship
A choice of specializations: Translation OR Communication
| TRANSLATION SPECIALIZATION | Computer-assisted translation I |
| Law I | |
| Specialized comparative terminology | |
| Localization | |
| Literary translation I | |
| Automatic language processing | |
| Translation project management |
| COMMUNICATION SPECIALIZATION | Webmarketing and Search Engine Optimization I |
| Information architecture | |
| Video technology | |
| Image processing and photo editing (Photoshop) | |
| Community management I | |
| Digital Publishing (In Design) |
Year 5
DEVELOPING EMPLOYABILITY
- Branding (EN)
- Public institutional communication
- International communication
- Writing documents and communication tools
- Copywriting
BECOMING A PROFESSIONAL WITH MULTICULTURAL AND MULTILINGUAL EXPERTISE
- Website translation
- Legal translation
PROJECTS AND RESEARCH
- Thesis
PROFESSIONAL INTEGRATION
- 6-month internship or 1-year apprenticeship
- Career forum
- Personal Branding
A choice of specializations: Translation OR Communication
| TRANSLATION SPECIALIZATION | Computer-assisted translation II |
| Law II | |
| Audiovisual translation | |
| Subtitling | |
| Literary translation II – Publishing professions | |
| Post-editing | |
| Liaison (CI) or PPP (TD) |
| COMMUNICATION SPECIALIZATION | Webmarketing and SEO II |
| Press relations | |
| Web writing techniques | |
| UX Design | |
| Graphic identity (Illustrator) | |
| Community management II |
Two possible double degrees in Year 5
- METS- European Mobility in Specialized Translation program
Accessible only after a fourth year at ISIT, the METS program offers translation students a year to become professional, intercultural translation specialists through a unique program involving 12 European partners.
Find out more about METS program
- The double degree with Paris Diderot University:
accessible to selected students who have completed their 4th year at ISIT, this double degree course leads to the award of a Master’s in Intercultural Communication and Translation (ISIT) and a Master’s in the Language Industry and Specialized Translation (ILTS).
Find out more
Careers
Once you’ve completed this Master’s degree, you’ll have a wide range of career opportunities, in both communications (including all its variations) and translation.
Consult our job descriptions
Getting ready to apply
Prerequisites
Languages
Our course is open to candidates with a solid level in their mother tongue and two other working languages: French and English are compulsory, and the third working language can be chosen from Arabic, Chinese, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
Students may also choose a 4th working language among the official languages of ISIT
Degree level
- Admission in Year 4 : 3rd year of higher education (L3) successfully completed
- Admission in Year 5: Master 1 or equivalent (4 years of higher education in France or abroad officially recognised as being worth 240 ECTS) successfully completed
IMPORTANT: For the Intercultural Communication and Translation specialization, the student’s Master 1 or equivalent qualification must be related to translation and multilingual communication.
Admission tests
- Here you will find past papers related to ISIT’s Master’s admission process, including tests and subjects for each master’s degree from previous years, so that candidates have a complete overview of the expectations and requirements of the selection process.