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Мастерская перевода в Пушкинских Горах

From August 27 to September 2, VI German-Russian translation workshop took place in Pushkinskie Gory. It was an important event in the field of literary translation. The project is in its tenth year. Following a rigorous selection process, six German and six Russian translators, including both well-reputed translators and novices, visit alternately Germany and Russia and spend a week of discussions on challenging literary texts currently being translated. Last year the workshop took place in translation center in Straelen (Germany), and a year before – in Yasnaya Polyana (Russia). Natural beauty and proximity to the places where Pushkin’s genius thrived created an aura of special meaning around translators’ work. Along with the works of such classics as Arthur Schitzler, Elias Canetti, Teffy, Andrey Bitov, the translators discussed the subtleties of translating the works of contemporary authors. The project is coordinated by Kristiana Kerner from the German side and Irina Alexeeva from the Russian side.

29 июня 2011 г. состоялось торжественное вручение дипломов выпускникам Санкт-Петербургской высшей школы перевода Герценовского университета

On 29 June 2011, an official diploma award ceremony took place at the St Petersburg School of Conference Interpreting and Translation, Herzen University. The ceremony was attended by high-level Russian officials and international dignitaries including Alexander Gorelik, Director of the UN Information Centre (Moscow), Alexey Fedorov, Deputy Director of the Linguistic Support Department, Russian MFA, Brian Fox, Director of DG Interpretation, the European Commission, as well as Rector’s office headed by President Gennady Bordovski and Rector Valery Solomin, other official guests, media, graduates’ parents.

The first of its kind in Russia, the St Petersburg School of Conference Interpreting and Translation is training professional interpreters and translators for the needs of the Russian government and international organizations. As such, the School has been effectively implementing the “Skolkovo” principle of innovation as applied to humanitarian skills and knowledge through the creation of open educational partnerships which means that training is realized jointly by practicing interpreters of St Petersburg, the United Nations, the European Commission, the Russian MFA, Russian and European universities.

Soon after the ceremony, twelve out of sixteen graduates will be setting off to internship program in the UN linguistic services at the UNHQ and the UNOG, two have received appointments in the Language Support Department, the Russian MFA.

День открытых дверей состоится в школе 26 сентября в 10.00 по адресу: ул. Казанская, д. 3а, 7 этаж

The event is to be attended, among others, by:

Sergey Goncharov, First Vice Rector, Herzen University

Noel Muylle, Honorary Director General, EC, Honorary Vice-President of the St Petersburg School of Interpreting and Translation

Irina Alexeeva, Director, St Petersburg School of Interpreting and Translation

Angelique Antonova, Deputy Director, St Petersburg School of Interpreting and Translation

Мир перевода без границ: серия видеоконференций с Еврокомиссией и Европарламентом

For two years already the School has had video conferences with the language support services of the European Commission and the European Parliament. The experience was successful. The first conference in the current academic season took place on March 28, and the last – on June 16. The students had a unique chance to interpret into English or French under a watchful eye of experienced interpreters, native speakers of the language. The School trainers and European interpreters delivered speeches in turns, and the students interpreted them consecutively and simultaneously. A favourable atmosphere of discussions and the wide international audience helped to boost confidence of the young interpreters and to cope with the stress of speaking in public. From the European side, Vesselina Zaitseva, Sylvian Liberman and Liam Long acted as permanent experts, and the School is grateful to them for their efforts in helping to train a new generation of professional interpreters with the Russian language. Video conferences have become an integral part of the School’s education process since the training strategy is based on the “scenario” principle, a close simulation of real working environment.  Mock conferences in interpretation are held for every language every week.

Школа приняла участие в первой в истории конференции представителей университетов, подписавших Меморандум ООН о договоренности содействовать подготовке переводчиков для ООН

On 3-4 May, 2011, the University of Salamanca – the oldest in Spain – hosted the first conference of the universities that signed with the United Nations a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in preparing candidates for the UN competitive language examinations. Presently, there are 19 such universities, and Herzen University was the fourth to sign an MoU on August 24, 2008. Besides official delegations from the universities, the conference was attended by leading experts in the field of interpreting and translation from the United Nations, the MFA of Russia, the European Commission and the European Parliament. At the conference, a network of the MoU universities had been officially established and initial steps to strengthen cross-links among the universities, the UN and other international organizations outlined. To commemorate the creation of the network, or the so-called Consortium, each member-university had been issued a memorable symbol to signify this alliance under the UN umbrella. Mr Shaaban M. Shaaban, Under Secretary General for General Assembly and Conference Management, addressed the plenary stressing the progress of the St Petersburg School of Conference Interpreting and Translation in implementing the MoU and emphasized its successes in training  interpreters and translators for the UN and other international organizations. Vice Rector Sergey Shilov and SpbS Director Irina Alexeeva represented Herzen University.