Internship (Translation and Interpreting Degree)

1. Placements offered

The companies or organisations that want to invite students to apply for work placements must make their application via this form. Public or private organisations can participate, whether internal or external to the UAB.

The work assigned must be in the field of translation, interpreting or language mediation, and must allow students to work using one of the languages from their degree programme: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese or Romanian.

4th year students have a high level of language and translation studies competence, but are not professionals.

The work placements can be carried out:

• In the first semester: October – January
• In the second semester: February – June
• In the summer: July – August

The company can offer placements in more than one of the three different periods.

The placements in each company will have an indefinite duration. If the company fails to state the opposite, the offer will continue to remain in place for the following academic years, always on the same terms which were written up the first time. In any case, at the beginning of each year, the Faculty will send an email to the companies, reminding them of the fact the placement is still open.

Students cannot work for more hours than those set out in the agreement (100 hours). If there is a wish to lengthen the placement, a work contract or another extracurricular work placement agreement must be signed via the UAB Employability Service.

The Faculty cannot guarantee that all of the places offered will be filled. If this happens, the company or organisation will be notified that their placements have remained vacant.

2. Assigning places and signing the agreement

Place assignation is the responsibility of the Vice-Dean’s Office for Professionalisation, which will allocate the work placements to students according to

• The specific requisites in each company or organisation.
• The average grade on your academic record.
• Balance in the distribution of students between companies (exceptions can be made to ensure a fair distribution):  
   

The companies cannot undertake selection processes among candidates.

If they do so, the Faculty can exclude them from the work placement programme.

The official allocation will be made public according to the course calendar and the Academic Management Office will email the company the name of the assigned student.

It is compulsory to sign a specific agreement between the organisation, the student and the dean’s office in the Faculty, signed electronically. This agreement is necessary whether a general agreement is in place with the UAB or not. If there is a general agreement in place, specific agreements can also be signed while it is in force.

If the organisation or centre that has been allocated the student is part of the UAB, the documents that provide legal coverage for the work placement are the  “statement of conditions for undertaking a work placement” and the“resolution for undertaking a work placement”, which must both also be signed.

Once a company has been assigned, the students must contact their tutor in the company to agree on dates and working hours, and then pass on this information to the Academic Management Office so the agreement can be drawn up. Students cannot start their work placement until the agreement has been signed by all parties and enrolment complete, since it is only at that point that they will be insured and legally covered.

3. Tutoring

The external tutor is the main point of reference for the student during their work placement. He or she will assign work, guide the student and review the quality of their work.

Since the aim of the work placement is to provide both training and learning, if the student receives little guidance or follow-up from the tutor, the coordinators may withdraw that specific place in the future.

The tutor must respect the deadlines and procedures established in the course calendar and can consult the Company Tutor’s Manual prepared by the universities.

If the student has any complaints about the company or organisation (undertaking work other than what has been specified, little interaction with the external tutor, unfair treatment, etc.), they can send  an email to practiques.fti@uab.cat

4. Evaluation

At the end of the work placement, within the deadline set out in the course calendar, the tutor in the company or organisation must evaluate the student through a report from the tutor. The Academic Management Office will send a reminder to the external tutors in the companies asking them to fill in the report form once the students' work placements have ended.

The final grade for this subject will be calculated as follows:

1. 65%: evaluation by the external tutor (report).
2. 25%: evaluation by the internal tutor (lecturer at the Faculty), who will assess the professional portfolio prepared by the student (CV, cover letter, invoice and fictitious rates, work samples).
3. 8%: participation in professionalisation activities (short summaries).
4. 2%: Short final report.

The company or organisation must allow the student to include real samples of their work in their professional portfolio, since this material is confidential and only the Vice-Dean for Professionalisation and the internal tutor will have access to it.

5. Other types of work placements

If the company or organisation prefers extracurricular placements of more than 100 hours, these must be processsed through the UAB Employability Service.

Every company or organisation also has the option of advertising job offers through the Employability Service itself (laboral.practiques.so@uab.cat) or the Vice-Dean for Professionalisation in the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting (professionalitzacio.fti@uab.cat).

6. Other important information

All e-mail messages regarding the work placements must be addressed to: practiques.fti@uab.cat.

If the placement involves contact with minors, please read and follow the instructions below: Information on the requirement for certification from the Central Sex Offender Registry for work placements.

1. Enrolment and insurance

The External Work Placement subject must be enrolled for during general enrolment, as long as the following requirements are met:

1. Students must have passed 120 credits of their degree programme.
2. Students must have passed all 1st year subjects.

To carry out the work placement, the student must have accident and civil liability insurance, which is contracted when formalising their enrolment by selecting the "Complementary insurance" rate.

If a student is going to participate in an exchange programme during the academic year and has already taken out mobility insurance at the time of enrolment, they will not need to take out complementary work placement insurance, since they are already covered.

Foreign students in a mobility programme at our Faculty who enrol for "External Work Placements" must take out complementary insurance even if they already have their own mobility insurance. 

2. Information session

Two information sessions will be held in June and December, where the Vice-Dean will describe the procedure for assigning a company or organisation and for formalising work placements.

Attendance is compulsory for all students who wish to take the subject during the following academic year.

The date, time and classroom, as well as the link for online attendance, will be provided on the Virtual Campus and via the Faculty's usual communication channels.

At that time, the key dates in the course calendar will also be made public, including all the milestones and deadlines.

3. Form for the selection process

Students must select a place within the deadline established in the course calendar, indicating four options in order of preference through the SIA webpage. Once they have accessed the application, they can consult all the offers and companies available for that work placement period.

The Faculty will guarantee a place for all enrolled students. Students should not contact companies directly. Any questions must be sent to the Academic Management Office (practiques.fti@uab.cat).

It is possible to suggest a placement in a company not included in the list using the Autopracticum form. The Vice-Dean can accept or reject these suggestions. Only work placements in translation, interpreting or language mediation will be considered.

4. Agreement

To guarantee legal coverage, an agreement must be signed between the company, the Faculty and the student, which will be centrally managed by the Academic Management Office in the Faculty.

The student can only contact the company once a place has been assigned to them, to agree on dates and times for the work placement, which are essential in order to draw up and sign the agreement.
Work placements cannot begin until the agreement is signed by all parties and students cannot work more hours than those established. The terms and conditions of the work placements will be those included in the regulations and the indications provided on this website. For example, with regards to timetables, it is important that the company allows the student to follow the teaching schedule and evaluations for the subjects he or she is taking at the Faculty. If the company wants to extend the internship beyond 100 hours, an employment contract or an extracurricular agreement must be signed through the UAB Employability Service.  

5. Tutoring

The student must work under the supervision of their external tutor, who will assign tasks, guide them and makes observations. At the end, the external tutor will evaluate the work undertaken in a final report by the external tutor, which represents 65% of the student’s final grade.

At the same time, an internal tutor at the Faculty will superviss the student's professional portfolio, corresponding to 25% of their grade, and can offer methodological or content-based advice. It is recommended that students keep in touch with their tutor from the beginning of the work placement period.

If there are any incidents in the company, the student must contact the coordinator of the subject or the Vice-Dean for Professionalisation, via the following email address: professionalització.fti@uab.cat.

6. Evaluation: professionalisation activities, professional portfolio, final report

The External Work Placement subject is awarded 6 credits and has a total workload of 150 hours, of which 100 hours are carried out in the company or organisation. The evaluation of these hours is carried out by the external tutor and represents 65% of the student’s overall grade.

The other 50 hours include informative and professionalisation sessions at the Faculty, as well as the preparation of a professional portfolio and a final report as part of the student’s independent work. Professionalisation activities will involve talks or conferences on cross-disciplinary topics (e.g. CVs or self-candidacy) or specific to the degree programme, with a variable number of 2 to 5 per semester. Students must register their attendance and submit a short 10 line-summary within a week after the event. Summaries without proof of attendance will not be accepted. If students are unable to attend, they can propose alternatives approved by the Vice-Dean and submit a certificate and a summary. This represents 8% of the student’s total grade.

The professional portfolio, sent to their internal tutor, will be evaluated within the deadline established in the course calendar and may include a printed copy if requested by the tutor. This evaluation is worth 25% of the total grade.

The final report includes the description and assessment of the tasks carried out and the experience acquired. Its evaluation, carried out by the Vice-Dean for Professionalisation, represents 2% of the student’s total grade.

The overall assessment of the subject is calculated as follows:

1. 100 hours of work placement: 65% (evaluated by the external tutor)
2. Professional portfolio: 25% (evaluated by the internal tutor)
3. Summaries of professionalisation activities: 8 % (evaluated by the Vice-Dean)
4. Final report: 2 % (evaluated by the Vice-Dean)

7. Other types of work placements

If the student wishes to carry out extracurricular internships of more than 100 hours, these must be processed through the UAB Employability Service. These placements cannot receive recognition as part of the External Work Placement subject.

Another option is to receive recognition for work and professional experience. This is for students who have an employment relationship —not university work placements— with companies in the translation, interpreting or other types of language mediation fields. This application must be processed at the Academic Management Office by appointment and, if approved, 6 External Work Placement credits will be awarded with a grade of "Pass".

There is no need to enrol in this case, since application involves payment of any corresponding university fees.

8. Other important information

All emails related to work placements must be sent to: practiques.fti@uab.cat. If the placements involve working with minors, please read and follow the following instructions: Information on the requirement for certification from the Central Sex Offender Registry for work placements.

There is a section below contaning all the university regulations governing this subject.

Work documents:

Company or organisation:

• Form with placements being offered
• Final report of the external work placement tutor

Students:

• Professional portfolio
• Final report
• List of companies and organisations (AY 2026-2027)

Internal work placement tutor:

• Form to evaluate your professional portfolio

Other options:

• Extracurricular work placements through the UAB Employability Service.
• Recognition of accredited work and professional experience.