English Translation and Interpreting

Hello, my name is Barış Şahankaya. I am a first year student at the Department of English translation and interpreting at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University. The English translation and interpreting program is an undergraduate program that focuses on interpretation and written translation. The aim of this department is to train translators who have knowledge in this field and have high analytical skill, who will ensure communication among foreign people in certain areas of public institutions, private sectors, tourism sectors and sports sectors. This department is located within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. There are courses such as comparative grammar, advanced speaking and listening skills, introductory translation courses, introductory translation courses which include news texts, medical texts, and legal texts. We graduate with the title of translator. We can find work in public institutions, translation offices, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as in the tourism sector. Graduates can become English teachers after completing the pedagogical formation program. The reason why I chose this department was because I was exposed to English, I heard people speaking this language a lot, and I developed a natural skill for it, which pushed me to an above-average level, and I started to consider this as my future profession. My friends who studied in Bandırma before also recommended this university and this department to me. Among the opportunities offered to me while I was studying this department, the libraries and computer laboratories were the ones I benefitted the most. After graduating from this department, I want to get a go-kart certificate and work in the tourism sector by doing a master's degree in the tourism and guidance department. I can also work in the public sector. My advice to candidates who will attend Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University and the Department of English Translation and Interpreting is to be eager to learn other languages, be social, be assertive, being this way will always move you forward in this sector. I wish success to the candidates who will take the university exam and I welcome everyone to Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University.