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16 – 27 September 2019: Master-classes of Ivan Bogachev, ESCAP translator

On 16-27 September SCIT is hosting Ivan Bogachev, ESCAP translator. Ivan came from Bangkok for two weeks  to introduce the students to the subleties of institutional translation in the international organization, and also to forwarn them about the difficulties a novice translator may encounter.  Ivan’s visit is another step in building up the cooperation between SCIT and ESCAP. This summer Anatoliy Kashin, SCIT alumnus 2019, had an internship at ESCAP. We hope that future graduates will also have the opportunity of an ESCAP internship, and the skills they will acquire in Ivan’s classes will help them to show themselves in the best possible light.

23-25 August 2019: SCIT takes part in Translation Forum Russia

On 23-25 August St. Petersburg hosted Translation Forum Russia, and SCIT took an active part in it bringing in its program a exciting variety of events: SCIT trainers held a training session for translators Teaching Translation: View from SCIT , we invited Florika Fink-Hooijer, Director General of DG SCIC of the European Commission, and Mikhail Kuzmenko, Senior Reviser in the RTS at UNOG, who participated in the plenaries and conducted a round table on blended learning in T&I training. Cecilia Elizalde, director of the UN Documentation Division, also attended the Forum and took part in the plenary session and moderated the session on minimizing the gap between the professional market and T&I training.

SCIT graduates’ presentations enjoyed great success, too. Kirill Kazakov  spoke about the specificity of interpreting in the higher echelons, Grigory Khaustov held a master-class on interpreting in  wine-making and wine-tasting. Withing the Student edition of the forum  SCIT graduates organized the session Tree of Opportunities, where young professionals described their way in the profession.  Lena Zheltova, Kirill Kazakov, Anastasia Gavrilina, and Grigory Khaustov explained why they decided to become interpreters, where and when they studied, how they entered the job market and where looked for jobs, what they do now. We thank all TFR participants for the interest to the School!  

SCIT students interpret at V International Gelological Congress

From 29 May to 1 June 2019 SCIT students were actively involved as interpreters in the proceedings of the V International Gelological Congress Laughter and Communication hosted by Herzen University. Originally planned as an addition to the weekly schedule, the event grew to be a full-scale interpreting project where SCIT students performed as a team.

The Congress organizers expressed their sincere gratitude to Director Irina Alexeeva for organizing the project, and SCIT students for doing a wonderful job of it.

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SCIT participates in MIIS Jubilee Conference

On 4 and 5 May 2019 Middleberry Institute of International Studies at Monterey hosted the conference to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the T&I and Localization program in Monterey. SCIT representatives – Director Irina Alexeeva and Deputy Director Angelique Antonova took part in the festive events as well as in the conference program. SCIT and Televic Education presented their joint project for teaching/assessing interpreter students in a professional setting. SCIT-Televic Education cooperation was used as a shoswcase to demonstrate how important it is to provide customized software and machinery for quality trainig of future language specialists.

Upon the completion of the forum Irina Alexeeva and Angelique Antonova were invited by Rosa Kavenoki, Director of the Russian T&I Program at Monterey, to hold a series of meetings and master-classes for the MIIS students.

Meeting at UN

On 29 May the UN Department for General Assembly and Conference Management hosted the Herzen University delegation.  Catherine Pollard, Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management, and Movses Abelian, Assistant to Under-Secretary General, were happy to welcome in the UN Headquarters Yulia Komarova, Vice-Rector for International Cooperation, Irina Alexeeva, SCIT Director, and Angelique Antonova, SCIT Deputy Director. The participants of the meeting discussed the cooperation under the Memorandum of Understanding between our institutions, stressing the imporatnce of virtual classes, master-classes of practicing interpreters and internships. The Herzen University and SCIT leaders thanked the UN DGACM for their efforts to promote cooperation, and Ms. Pollard and Mr. Abelian congratulated SCIT on the new achievements of SCIt graduates in the UN Language Competitive Examinations.