Welcome to the Institute for Applied Lingustics

The Institute for Applied Linguistics (IAL) is a research and training unit within the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State. Affiliated with the Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies, the Institute and its faculty coordinate the four-year Bachelor of Science Program in Translation, the 2-year Master of Arts specializing in Translation and the Ph.D. in Translation.
These translation degree programs focus on translation research skills, specialized translation, computer-assisted terminology and translation, software localization and project management for the language industry, but are also designed to provide a comprehensive foundation for skill development in humanistic translation and translation studies. The IAL's B.S. and M.A. curricula provide a firm foundation in translation studies and translation practice for students in French, German, Japanese, Russian and Spanish while the Ph.D. program provides advanced training in translation studies and language informatics.

A center for research in translation studies and in several areas of language engineering (computer-assisted translation and terminology, multilingual document management and cross-language information exchange and retrieval), the IAL is one of America's leading university-based translator training programs and the only comprehensive B.S. to Ph.D. program.

Dr. Françoise Massardier-Kenney, Director

Contact Information: Institute for Applied Linguistics, 314 Satterfield Hall. 330 672 1792

Professional Foreign Language Translation

Regents Foreign Language Academy:

The Regents Foreign Language Academy is a four-week residential summer language immersion experience at Kent State University that focuses on high school students who will be juniors and seniors during the 2007-2008 academic year. The Academy offers the opportunity to study Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, and Russian for four semester hours of college credit.