My mother tongue is Spanish and on my first year, I chose the language combinations above. I had studied English since I was the age of 12 and to me this language has always been a very useful and easy to learn. Besides, a great deal of the European translation market is in English.
My choice for German was inspired on the strong belief that business and technology will slowly move to German as a strong part in European commerce. Also, this is a language that always fascinated me for its reputation as a difficult language to learn, which motivated me even more.
As for Italian, for a long time, I had been willing to learn this language. In fact, I had the chance to improve my proficiency very quickly, thanks to native speakers I met.
For the second year of my degree I was granted an academic external placement at Anglia Polytechnic University, in Cambridge (UK). This experience allowed me to better understand the culture and get a true intensive course on my language skills.
This is a summary of the main modules I took over the four year programme.
First year - University of Granada - Spanish language analysis
- Advanced English language and grammar
- German language and grammar (level 1)
- Italian language and grammar (level 1)
- United Kingdom and United States history and culture
- Computing
Second year - Anglia Polytechnic University - Advanced English language and grammar
- General translation English>Spanish
- General translation Spanish>English
- German language and grammar (level 2)
- German history and culture
- Italian language and grammar (level 2)
Third year -University of Granada - Simultaneous and consecutive interpreting
- Specialised translation English>Spanish
(scientific, technical, legal and commercial)
- Specialised translation Spanish>English
(scientific, technical, legal and commercial)
- German language and grammar (level 3)
- General translation German>Spanish
- Computing applied to translation
Fourth year - University of Granada - Sci-tech specialised translation English>Spanish
- Sci-tech specialised translation Spanish>English
- Sci-tech specialised translation German >Spanish
- Localisation and IT translation
- Italian language and grammar (level 3)
- General translation Italian >Spanish