One of the aims of the Translation Programme is to "provide a challenging bilingual education for those who wish to specialize as translators" or "to work in other professions which demand good language skills and cross-cultural communication." Judging from the statistics provided by the Student Services Centre, the Programme has been successful in achieving what it is meant to achieve. Take the last two graduate employment surveys, for example. It is encouraging to note that the highest monthly income universitywide was earned by Translation graduates. In referring to these statistics, one has no intention of putting undue emphasis on material success; yet it is hard to ignore one of the yardsticks by which people measure an academic programme's relevance: its ability to meet students' needs careerwise.

In the past years, a lot has been said about the Programme's liberal arts orientation as well as its role in preparing students for graduate studies; not much has been said about Translation students' prospects. Hence a few words about things less inspired.

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