On September 23-25 St Petersburg was host to the International Translation Forum, the biggest event of its kind in Russia. St Petersburg School of Conference Interpreting and Translation was one of the active participants as well as a co-organizer of the Forum. Ekaterina Shutova was in charge of the Interpretation Section which included such popular round-table discussions as “Schools of Interpreter Training”, “The Quality of Interpretation”, “Foreign Practices in Training Interpreters” and “Universities, Translation Agencies and Clients”. Noel Muylle, Vice-President of the School, played an active part in the Forum. His experience and wide-ranging view of the profession’s problems greatly enhanced the plenaries and discussions at the Forum. Master classes given by the School’s trainers Irina Alexeeva, Sergey Yakovlev, Alexey Pago and Ekaterina Shutova were a model of professionalism; a round-table discussion about interpreting for international organizations chaired by Boris Pogodin was particularly popular with participants. Other sections, such as Translation, Project Management, Translation Software and Translation Marketing, were held in parallel and involved large Russian translation companies. The Forum was attended by about 500 people. A car rally “Moscow-St Petersburg” organized by the Forum’s main sponsor, Roid Translations (Moscow) and its director Vladimir Shebanov preceded the Forum, and a charity event to raise funds for a sick child was also held at the Forum.

Various (including charitable) activities at the Forum were an important step in the formation of an interpreting and translation industry in Russia.

The proceedings of the Forum were filmed and high-quality simultaneous interpretation was provided throughout by graduates of St Petersburg School of Conference Interpreting and Translation. A round of applause at the end of the Forum was a sign of how greatly their efforts were appreciated.

The Forum was timed to coincide with the International Day of Interpreters and Translators.

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