I’m torn between a July literary translation summer school (three intensive days of workshops) and a single 12‑week MA module this spring; I work mainly from Catalan and French into English and want something that deepens register and cultural subtext, not just technique. If you’ve done either route, which left you with more durable gains in editorial rigor and voice, and did the peer critique continue to shape your cadence months later?
I did BCLT’s summer school one year and a 12‑week MA module the next; the module gave me more durable “editorial rigor” thanks to weekly line edits and iterative revisions, while the summer school sharpened ear and contacts, especially on Catalan/French register. If you choose the summer route, pick one with pre/post tasks or a mentorship add‑on (e.g., https://www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-centres/bclt/summer-school), otherwise the buzz fades faster than a café crème.