The Spanish or Portuguese Graduate Student Translation Exam

Fall 2026

Register here: https://forms.gle/nr1v8CPuM6K4Xe6f7 (form closes November 4 at 3:00pm)

For those who can’t make it this semester: we offer the exam every semester, so please check back in the spring.

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Date: November 6, 2026

Time:  1:30-3:30pm

Place:  HQ 307

For graduate students in other departments who must fulfill a foreign language requirement.

The exams are offered each fall and spring semester. 

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A physical print Spanish-English or Portuguese-English dictionary may be used for the exam. Dictionaries are not provided.

The exam consists of two passages in Spanish or Portuguese to be translated into English. One passage consists of expository prose; the other is a narrative prose text.

For questions, please email Julia DiVincenzo, julia.divincenzo@yale.edu

Sample Passages for the Spanish Translation Exam:

• Sample Expository Prose Passages

  • Sample A

  • Sample B

• Sample Narrative Prose Passages

  • Sample A

  • Sample B

  • Sample C