Mikhail Kuzmenko, Reviser, the Russian Translation Section of the UN Office in Geneva, gave master classes at St Petersburg School of Conference Interpreting and Translation from January 14 to February 2, 2013. He gave a series of classes in institutional translation, introduced the trainees to the UN terminology resources and documents, conducted a trial test in translation from English into Russian based on the UN general examination text, and gave the trainees general and individual recommendations on improving their translation skills