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3 November: Terra Translatologica seminar at Herzen university

On 3 November Herzen university hosted another meeting of the Terra Translatologica seminar. The event was called ‘The Obvious, the Unbelievable: literary translation. how to teach and how to publish’   The key speaker of the seminar was Alexander Filippov-Chekhov, the moderator was SCIt director Irina Alexeeva.

Alexander Filippov-Chekhov is a translator of German and English fiction and non-fiction, founder and chief editor of the Libra Publishing House. Alexander also inspired the Peredelkino translation projects and is a curator of the translation workshops and residences in Peredelkino.

The meeting comprised two parts: first Alexander told about the profession of a literary translator, their role in publishing and social life at large, shared his discoveries in translation. He also took questions from the audience about the state of the literary translation market in general, about his personal experience in dealing with the challenges of the professional translation. The second part was devoted to the work of the publishing  house and the presentation of the books, followed by the discussion about the quality of the publishing business today. The guest also spoke about the work of his own publishing house.

There was a lot of interest on the part of the audience to the meeting. All participants were eager to ask questions and got involved in the discussion. The project undoubtedly raises the profile of the translator’s profession, enriches the participants with new insights and knowledge.

SCIT takes part in CIUTI General Assembly and Conference in Peru

On 13-17 September CIUTI holds the General Assembly and the conference in the Peruvian university of applied sciences in Lima.  SCIT has been a member of this respected organization for many years now, and we consider it important to maintain the international cooperation on a high level. For this reason Angelique Antonova, SCIT Deputy Director, set off to Lima to take part in this important gathering and present her report at the conference.

The participants have a busy agenda: discussing the results of 2021-2022 year for CIUTI, planning new events and projects, appointment of the governing body, presentation of the new CIUTI members, planning the publication activities and many others. In the meeting discussions the organization members stressed the importance of teaching students the remote interpreting skills and the necessity to enhance the retour skills, especially with English. Besides, the participants eagerly discussed the issues related to mental and physical health of interpreters, especially in the stressful  conditions of remote work.

At the pending conference the participants will share their experiences of teaching translation and interpreting in the new post-covid times, discuss the use of new technologies in T&I training and various issues elated to adapting T&I trainig to the “new normal”. Angelique Antonova will speak about the cluster principle adopted for the SCIT training model.

Слушатели ВШП побеждают в переводческих конкурсах!

На этапе завершения обучения в ВШП наши слушатели активно принимают участие в различных переводческих конкурсах и неизменно оказываются в числе призеров.

В апреле наши ребята приняли участие в Пятом международном студенческом конкурсе устного перевода, который проводился Кафедрой английского языка Факультета финансовой экономики Одинцовского филиала МГИМО. Всего ими было завоевано 9 призовых мест (4 первых и 5 вторых) в комбинациях “английский-русский”, “испанский-русский”, “китайский-русский”, “немецкий-русский” и “французский-русский”. Некоторые победили сразу в нескольких категориях. Вот их имена: Алексей Свистунов, Анна Токарева, Эльвира Курмашева, Валентина Бобачева, Анастасия Гарцуева, Анастасия Щепеткова. (Результаты конкурса можно посмотреть здесь: https://odin.mgimo.ru/nov-pod-mgimo/5226-pyatyj-mezhd).

В мае Оренбургский государственный университет совместно с Ассоциацией переводчиков Оренбургской области и Оренбургским отделением Союза переводчиков РФ проводил Всероссийский конкурс специального перевода, где в номинации «Юридический перевод» (немецкий-русский) победила Екатерина Кабанова. Также в мае состоялся конкурс «Digital Arctic Transfer», организованный Северным федеральным университетом им. М.В. Ломоносова и Архангельским региональным отделением Союза переводчиков России. Татьяна Науменкова заняла второе место в номинации «перевод с французского на русский язык» (Условия конкурса здесь https://narfu.ru/life/news/classifieds/?ELEMENT_ID=366493). Мы также гордимся победой Татьяны в международном конкурсе «Перевод как вектор сохранения национального и мирового культурного наследия», организованным МГУ им. М.В. Ломоносова и Сибирским федеральным университетом (https://ifiyak.sfu-kras.ru/news/mezhdunarodnyy-konkurs-perevod-kak-vektor-sohraneniya-nacionalnogo-i-mirovogo-kulturnogo). Она участвовала в конкурсе с итальянским языком, переводу с которого не учат в ВШП, но тем не менее показала достойный третий результат. Поздравляем победителей и желаем успеха в дальнейшей деятельности на ниве перевода!

Aptitude tests for the next academic year are over

On 21-31 March St. Petersburg School of Conference Interpreting and Translation held the aptitude tests for the next academic year. The exams were organized in the distant format which allowed applicants from all over the world to take part without getting distracted from their current job or study.  Traditionally there are observers from international organizations present at SCIT’s  aptitude tests and final exams. This year the UNOG Russian Translation section and Russian MFA’s  Department of Linguistic Support assigned their staff interpreters to observe at the exams. We thank Mikhail Kuzmenko, Senior Reviser at UNOG’s Russian Translation section, and his colleague Anastasia Gavrilina, and Kirill Kazakov, Second Secretary of the Russian MFA, for their professionalism and constructive expert input during the aptitude tests.  Nine people are recommended for the study at SCIT. We heartily congratulate them and hope to see them in September!

SCIT takes part in the meeting of the Moscow Translation Club

On 10 December Angelique Antonova, SCIT Deputy Director, took part in the meeting of the Moscow Translation Club. The festive mood of the meeting did not distract the participants from discussing serious issues of the T&I industry. The discussions touched upon the ineraction between T&I schools and T&I providers and clients. The stakeholders discussed, among other issues, internships for T&I school graduates in translation agencies, clients’ and providers’ expectations and the conditions for fruitful cooperation with regard to respect for mutual interests.  The universities were represented by participants from T&I departments of MGLU (The Maurice Thorez Institute of Foreign Languages)  and the Higher School of Economics.